Olympus Macro Photography - Focus Stacking vs Bracketing Mode?

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@MicaelWidell Год назад

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I haven't had music in my videos for over a year. Mostly because I'm lazy. Today I tried adding some music again. What did you think? Was the video better because of it? Should I use music in future videos?

@jared3622 Год назад

I like the music, gives a really upbeat and relaxing feel to it

@runematthijssens2304 Год назад

I liked it. I have fallen asleep at your videos because they are so calming, especially without the music (the music is calming to but different). Me falling asleep is good for views tho because I’ll have to watch your video again😂.

@Agg1E91 Год назад

I actually paused the video when I realized it had music and went to the Show More section to see what songs those were. But you just listed the sourcing company. No worries.

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Music by Gavin Luke, the songs are "Night Walk" and "Who We Once Were". You can probably find them on Spotify.

@marxiewasalittlegirl Год назад

Music good

@BrasicOne Год назад

An additional tip for focus stacking….between sets, take single photo of your hand to mark finish/start of next set of shots. In post it is very useful to know which shot is your first to select to stack each time. It’s also the focused shot at the beginning of the sequence. This is particularly useful when you take multiple sequences of the same subject and there are only marginal differences between each set…say if you photograph plants from tripod

@MicaelWidell Год назад

This is a great idea!

@DavidH-fz8ky 10 месяцев назад

I've been using this method on my Sony(s) for years with great success (provided you remember to do it). However, to take a single image on the OM-1 don't you firstly need dig into the OM-1 menu to cancel the currently in-use stacking or bracketing mode, take a single photo of your hand, then dig into the OM-1 menu again to reactivate stacking or bracketing mode? The alternative is to unavoidably take bracket mode photos of your hand and (if enabled) a complete stack of your hand as you take a while to cancel the bracket via the shutter button. You won't cancel a stack, which then means a wait while it processes. You can instead mark the last stacked or bracketed image with a tell-tale star by highlighting that image in the thumbnail view and choosing one star. Some photo viewing software displays the stars, some not. If not, OM Workspace displays stars, but won't then export multiple selections to some stacking software. There might be (probably are) easier and far more clever ways, in which case please advise. Edit: Just noticed this post: @torkelstenqvist1279 2 months ago Hi, A tip is to assign a function button to swap between stacking and normal mode, to avoid having to go to menus.

@TheNaught1 Год назад

Totally agree about having too many images to manage. This issue impacts macro, astro, and anytime I accidentally enable stacking or bracketing. I always think to myself, "Self, this is going to be amazing!" then, about 1 hour into coralling the images into a semblance of what I wanted on my copmuter, I say "Self, never again. This is too much work for a hobby." Then 6 months go by, I forget what I said, and go making more stacks. It's people like me the in-camera stacking is made for.

@torkelstenqvist1279 Год назад

Hi, A tip is to assign a function button to swap between stacking and normal mode, to avoid having to go to menus. The focus stacking shoots at rhe focus point, jumps back for 2 shots, then skips the focus point and goes forward.

@gastonpiget1034 Год назад

Thanks! Very informative - and nice photos - artifacts and all!

@andrewlamberson539 Год назад

Great video...and I agree with your final conclusion on when to take one shot, and when to take a stack. I have been doing focus stacking indoors with very stationary insects (dead) and that is really the only way to get a perfect stack. Any movement causes blurring and ruins the stack. When I "stack" outdoors I use a high f/stop for increased depth of field and only take 5 shots. Indoors my stacks are typically 100 shots or more! Download a trial of Zerene Stacker. You will get a LOT better results than with Photoshop. You must have nerves of steel to be able to stack by hand! I always use a tripod, even a monopod wobbles a bit. And I liked the music.

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I actually tried both Zerene and Helicon, but compared to Photoshop I think I get better results in Photoshop, at least for handheld stacks.

@jonathanashton4758 Год назад

Micael when switching from single image to a sta or bracket - may be worthwhile considering a mod eor single image and then assigning a button for a Custom mode so you will then have the different apertures (&flash if need be) for each type of photography.

@paddykpaddykav Год назад

Thanks for this one, Michael. Good advice at the end. I've found myself to be taking far too many shots of unsuitable subjects.

@ivan7453 8 месяцев назад

I took a few photographs of the moon recently. I focus bracketed 20 shots for each exposure. I was really impressed with the results. Seeing the blended images, I never knew there were so many craters on the moon which were all in crisp focus. Bracketing produced raw files which meant I could manipulate them in post production.

@gpdude 9 месяцев назад

my OM-1will arrive in a week with the 90mm lens, so excited!

@JayMcCartney365 Год назад

Yip - they're aphids mate (Hemiptera: Aphididae), I'm not sure if you're interested, but half the reason why I love macro photography is because the bugs are so interesting. Eg Aphids are apomictic parthenogenetic, which means they don't need males to reproduce. In fact there are a number of species where males don't exist at all. Also, many species are symbiotic with ants where they produce a sugary liquid for the ants to eat in payments for the ants' body guard protection from predators. So, instead of being eaten by the ants, they live in the ants' territory and pay them with food. Cool eh :)

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I'm always interested to learn more about insects. Perhaps you can recommend a book for laymen who want to learn a little more about insect's lives?

@orifoto Год назад

Nice video. Very relaxing😊

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@truchotpierre8070 Год назад

Thanks for sharing your passion :)

@MicaelWidell Год назад

My pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting!

@catherinetremerryn Год назад

Have rewatched and still brill. Can you tell me the speed that you wd stack with a fly? Many thx

@aventurascomtadeu 9 месяцев назад

Beautiful Macro Photos with Olympus Macro Photography 🐞🐛🐜🐝

@d.k.1394 Год назад

Love the lady bug 🐞 shot

@davey3765 10 месяцев назад

Those images came out great, wonder what Ill get with my 100mm macro Canon RF on the R6 mkii.?

@hakataramea 11 месяцев назад

Good video. I am considering to buy a Sony a6700 or E-M1 Mark III. If I can afford it, the Sony will come with lenses 18-135mm+70-350mm+Sigma 135mm Macro. The Mark III will come with 12-200mm+75-300mm+OM 60mm Macro w/Raynox or 90mm Macro. I like different kinds of photography, but especially macro, and think focus bracketing seems great. Question: Do you know if a6700 can do auto focus bracketing with flash, like you did? That seems very practical. And which of my options seems best for allround photography, but especially macro? I am a little sceptical about the Olympus apparently lack of great bokeh, and that it is apparently not very good in low light conditions. Sizes and weights are also important to me, btw. I already have a (broken) Sony NEX-6, and a Laowa 65mm macro (among others), as well as Godox TT350 flash. Thanks for any input.

@4050ac Год назад

Hello Michael, thank you for all the beautiful pictures🤩! I love macro shots. Could you please be very kind and explain how to set the flash shots to capture in stacking mode? I am using the Lumix SS5 M2 with Godox TT885o and/or Godox VS1o and none of them falshes multiple in focus stacking mode. The flashes only at the beginging once. Not even in serial (mechanical) recording mode

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Actually I am not sure if the Lumix cameras are able to do bracketing or stacking in sync with the flash. If someone else got this to work, please write here. But I'm sorry I cannot help, I only know it works on higher end OM/Olympus cameras.

@briancampbell5243 10 дней назад

Thank you for this video. How do you focus with this setup? Auto focus? If so do you use back button focus or shutter release. What magnification do you recommend? I think with the 60 mm you can only have manual focus at 1:1. Thanks!

@Yosser70 Год назад

I have the OMD EM1 mk1 and it has stacking and bracketing but with a max shutter speed of 1/13th when using flash. Any tips to work with this out doors?

@renzeborkent 5 месяцев назад

Nice video! Please can you tell me what your settings are of your flash? I try focus stacking in TTL mode, but thats not working with this flash (V350O). In M mode the stacking in camera (OM-1) is working, but the photos are very dark. My camera setting is f8, iso200 and 1/200. Please can you help me?

@dretwav Год назад

Your post processing will be much less frustrating if you use OM Workspace and Helicon Focus. OM Workspace shows you all the metadata about the image's position in the bracket and you can just drag/drop the entire sequence int Helicon focus which is MUICH faster and easier than Photoshop. Also, in Helicon it is very easy to drop individual frames from the stack. It also has excellent tools for eliminating artifacts. I find that combination much more efficient than photoshop alone.

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Thanks I might look into OM workspace. However I do not agree that it is faster and easier to assemble stacks in Helicon. I tried both and for me it is a lot easier and faster to do it in Photoshop. Photoshop is also much more forgiving if the images are not aligned perfectly.

@Perski2844 Год назад

@@MicaelWidellMaybe yes. But from the other side, in OM Workspace you have AI denoising filters for RAW files available for free :)

@dretwav Год назад

@@MicaelWidell That has not been my experience. I find PS bogs down very quickly and I love the retouching tools in Helicon so that if motion cause a "fuzzy" antenna you can just select the frame where it is sharpest and paint that portion into stack eliminating the "fuzz". Helicon does have a learning curve and you have to choose the right model but honestly you are the first person I have heard that likes photoshop better.

@grantnewton5705 Год назад

Yeah, I found Zerene and Helicon both miles better than Photoshop …. Far too many artefacts in Photoshop

@dretwav Год назад

@@grantnewton5705 What is your experience of Zerene vs Helicon. I have never tried Zerene

@speedeurXJR Год назад

Very very interesting video. Thanks a lot. After asking to you severals time wich model is ok for macro I have made a choice : olympus OM-5 and a 90 mm is zuiko. I think it will be great !

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Sounds like a killer combo :)

@agnieszkamurawiec9266 9 месяцев назад

Hello. May I have a question for you? What kind of set up ring do you use to attach raynox 250 to 60 macro lens. It” 46 mm raynox to at least 52. Thank’s. Greetings. Agnieszka M.

@peterfraser5704 Год назад

Great video Michael. Like some other commenters I find that Helicon is much faster than Adobe (maybe 10x), and also gives better results (although I have yet to try it with handheld). Typically what aperture do you use, and do you change the step size according to aperture?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

For the last few weeks I've been shooting at f/7.1 because it gives good sharpness and reasonable depth of field. And yeah you would probably need to change step size if you change aperture or magnification. I wonder if the speed of Photoshop for me is because I am using an M1 Apple computer, and Photoshop is much better optimized to take advantage of that than Helicon?

@andreatonioni 11 месяцев назад

@micaelwidell Grest job! can you arrange a video of your flash setup together focus bracketing?

@MorningDriftwood Год назад

That was a winged Aphid. The term "alate" aphid may also be used.

@ignaciojourdan3934 10 дней назад

Hi how are things? I wanted to know if when you do macro, Focus Stacking or Bracketing. Can you look through the viewfinder or screen? Or it turns off directly and you take the photo "blindly", where the framing may vary a little. The Sony a7 IV, is it the same? Does it have the same features? From already thank you very much.

@Yosser70 Год назад

when you’er focusing for the first shot, is it ok to be at maximum magnification? In my head I’ve got the idea that if I’m at max magnification, there’s no more adjustment to focus deeper into the shot 🤷🏻‍♂️

@lesw.1748 Год назад

Hi Micael, This video provides a lot of interesting information. I visited your website and also checked the information above regarding the equipment, you use. There is no info, how you mounted Raynox 250 on the Olympus lens. Was it step down ring or perhaps it is possible to do that a different way. Can you elaborate this subject?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Yes I use a 46-43mm step down ring, since the Olympus lens has a 46mm filter thread on the front and the Raynox has a 43mm filter thread on the back.

@waegnw3504 Год назад

I know you use a camera flash with the Pope Shield for your macros. However, I would be interested to know if one can successfully use an LED light (with adjustable intensity) on the camera (with a diffuser as needed) to take macro photos. Would an LED, properly set up, work as well as a flash? Any chance of doing a video that compares the two methods? Thank you for considering my question.

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I would not recommend a LED, as it is heavy, weak and cannot freeze the action the way a super fast flash can. See this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ShzAm4WPm-I.html

@idiotequedwaal Год назад

Since you're playing around with the features on the OM, i wonder (sorry if you've already tried this and i missed it) if you've tried the high-res handheld pixelshift thing to grab some hi-defs of static subjects?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I haven't had this camera for very long, so I haven't yet had the opportunity to use that feature.

@solar-e-bike-touring-europe 10 месяцев назад

nice stacks

@llamarvasquez1803 Год назад

Hello there Michael I had a question can you focus stack with flash using a canon R5 ?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I don't think so, but I'm not sure - perhaps some Canon user can answer this?

@perryfriend 8 месяцев назад

Hi Micael! Im learning macro and trying to use the same settings as you. I have the v350o, shooting at 1/32 in manual Mode. Problem is when i stack the flash makes some shots, maybe 8 or 9 and then stops to recharge before continue. Is this normal?

@MicaelWidell 8 месяцев назад

it should be able to give more shots at 1/32. Maybe your battery wasn't fully charged? the behaviour you describe is what I get at 1/16

@SmolStufff Год назад

I love the lady beetle photo! Really nice! Did you have to take extra flash or camera batteries when doing this?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I always bring an extra flash battery, but actually in this video I took 1600 photos at 1/32 strength, with only one flash battery - did not have to change it! The camera battery easily lasts for hours so I don't even own an extra battery - I just make sure to charge it after every photo walk.

@SmolStufff Год назад

@@MicaelWidell Not as bad as I was expecting to be honest. And I get that you don't like going through that many photos. I've done some wildlife photography with burst modes and you end up with too many pictures. I don't want to think about having to go through what flagship cameras would produce at 20 or 30fps.

@toovit2 Год назад

If I have camera with focus bracketing , Can focus bracketing done when you are in manual focus and when you are using lens like laowa 90 lenses , where the camera do not have control on the lens focus? Are you in Manual focus in this movie?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

No unfortunately you need an autofocus lens for auto bracketing to work. Because the bracketing feature needs to use the focus motor.

@MrTibo471 Год назад

Hi Micael, great videos. I've got one question : how can you focus stack without a tripod ? I mean, you must move during the stacking right ? Or are you completely still ?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I have some videos about this, search my name and focus stacking. Basically it is possible, but it is of course tricky, to keep still without a tripod :)

@MrTibo471 Год назад

@@MicaelWidell thanks a lot, I'll try it out !

@cbarnettcti123 7 месяцев назад

I was hoping that indoor michael would tell me what charge interval to use, but he left it at 0. Does the camera handle that automatically?

@MicaelWidell 7 месяцев назад

If the flash can handle it, set it to 0. Otherwise increase step by step until your flash can do the burst long enough without black frames.

@scotimages Год назад

Really enjoyed this video. Great advice about not taking too many stacks. However you really need to get serious about the stacking software and hardware. As you have clearly shown in this video PS stacking is for beginners. Helicon plus a fast graphics card and mode C is what you need.

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I have used Helicon and Photoshop extensively. The reasons the stacks in this video don't look good is that I spent zero time fixing them. They would have looked the same or probably worse in Helicon.

@scotimages Год назад

I am genuinely surprised by your reply. This has certainly not been my experience of Helicon after fine tuning the settings. I will try Photoshop again to see if it has improved recently. Thanks for replying.

@Vincenzo-bm1up 11 месяцев назад

Is the flash in manual mode? No TTL auto?

@MicaelWidell 11 месяцев назад

Yes I always prefer to shoot with the flash in manual mode

@pentagramyt417 Год назад

Hi Micael! would like to go into product photography as a macro type (but not only of course, product in general). Could I ask you what lenses proffesionals mostly uses to product photography? I mean, the brands, like Laowa 90-100 macro, or Canon 100 macro, etc.? I know it could be portrait lens too like 85 mm f1.4, because it depends from type of product, can be big, can be small, but from macro lenses, what lens is like most chosen by proffesionals you think? Like if I can ask to look around for lenses are best into that by your advice and knowledge, would be nice! Thanks! 😊😊

@pentagramyt417 Год назад

And also what camera sensor would you recommend for that? For portrait is a Full Frame as recommended of course, but for product or macro product?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I think any macro lens is a good main lens for product photography, that way you can get as close as you need, even for small products and details in products. Sensor size probably doesn't matter that much, as you will probably want a deep depth of field anyway.

@pentagramyt417 Год назад

@@MicaelWidell Thank you Micael, I need to say you are my inspiration in macro photography. No matter how good someone is, you "get to me", and I follow only a few photographers. :)

@d.k.1394 Год назад

I am lazy...I will stick to my canon full frame mirrorless and canon 100mm macro f2.8 L stabilised lens. 1 shot does me😅. Love ❤️ your vids

@karlgunterwunsch1950 Год назад

A properly focused and composed macro image is so much more rewarding and looks so much better than all the stacked detail overloaded mess that is shown recently (since cameras learned to do automatic stacks). For me these simply don't work because I am not into detail overload but rather composition and careful guidance of the viewers look through it.

@brauhaus Год назад

maybe a weird question Micael - who made your hat? Is it available online someplace?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I got it for free from Irix Lens years ago. It says Irix Lens on the hat. Maybe try to contact them to see if it is still available. Great hat!

@jonathanashton4758 Год назад

I note you use manual flash, have you tried TTL flash I find it works just fine.

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I prefer manual, so that I have more control, and so that each exposure is exactly the same

@jonathanashton4758 Год назад

@@MicaelWidell Yes I can understand your reasoning. Is your subject always the same identical distance from the camera sensor because the light intensity will vary with distance if it is set to manual.

@ukaszbanaszkiewicz8328 Год назад

This ghosting is the most frustrating thing that occurs in the later process. Even if I have a very stable position and the insect is not moving, ghosting will always occur. It takes me a lot of time to retouch it, I hate it

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Yeah it is frustrating. I only fix it if it is a really great shot.

@jonathanashton4758 Год назад

@@MicaelWidell I don't know if you use Zerene Stacker but it is excellent to minimise ghosting.

@pedzsan 10 месяцев назад

My camera, Canon R5, does focus bracketing but it won’t do it with flash. So I have a flash that also illuminates constantly. I’ve not tried it out yet though.

@MicaelWidell 10 месяцев назад

Yes, you can probably only do these kinds of stacks with flash on the Olympus cameras. No other system can do it fast with a flash

@user-uy8mm5xn2i 2 месяца назад

@@MicaelWidell nikon z8

@nicksavage4763 Год назад

Lots of Lichen, Miniature Plants and Flowers to choose from Tiny Tiny so Tiny Most times they are Overlooked. Even Larger seedlings 🌱 that can be of interest

@ZNavy Год назад

Hi Micael, if you are settiling down on focus bracketing look in to A7RV.

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Can it sync with flash while doing it?

@ZNavy Год назад

Yes, flash has to have Sony multi hotshoe (like Godox) or you can use that Godox trigger you have for your Sony and use any Godox flash of camera

@danm3d Год назад

Great video as always, Micael! Question: when the OM-1 does focus bracketing, does it use the mechanical shutter or electronic? I notice with my E-M10 III, I get quite a bit of rolling shutter stretching when doing handheld focus bracketing. I assume it's not the case with the OM-1 (because I hear your shutter)?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Actually you can only do bracketing or stacking with the flash with electronic shutter. The maximum shutter speed is 1/100 s. What you hear is not the shutter but the flash actually :) The nice thing with the OM-1 is that at least you get 1/100s shutter speed which is most often enough - I think you are limited to 1/50 s on some older models.

@mmd90 Год назад

om-1 has faster readout speed so less rolling shutter, its a stacked bsi sensor

@TimvanderLeeuw Год назад

For stacking it is probably better to use a specialised software like HeliconFocus, or ZereneStacker. It is hard to get these handhold stacks right, because any small movement can ruin the stack and the more images you have, the higher the chance to have some images that cannot be aligned.

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Yes but actually for handheld stacks I have found that Photoshop is a lot more forgiving than Helicon or Zerene, for small movements in the stack. That is why I always use Photoshop for handheld stacks.

@TimvanderLeeuw Год назад

@@MicaelWidell Ah, I've found HeliconFocus quite forgiving as well after a bit of tweaking of the settings! I use it for stacks of only 2-3 images as well.

@karlgunterwunsch1950 Год назад

The stack is ruined from the get go when there are elements within the subject that overlap each other within the stack depth - such as antennae, legs, hair. No matter what you try, you will get halos around the closer elements because when focusing the the more distant elements they will block that element but will have larger magnification than when it itself was focused - and thus there will be an area surrounding the closer element of which you physically can not capture a sharp image of the element further away.

@TimvanderLeeuw Год назад

@@karlgunterwunsch1950 True, I've frequently had that myself, but fortunately not always. If you are in a position to reshoot, you can try to shoot with narrower aperture but that of course increases diffraction. I don't know if you have any solution for this?

@karlgunterwunsch1950 Год назад

@@TimvanderLeeuw There isn't any solution to this, it's a hard physical limit. IMHO stacks do not work in normal macro photography if your subject has more complexity than a conical smooth object. The solution is easy: Take one shot, put the focus where the composition requires, guide the viewers eye through the shot with the help of all available means (composition, lighting - flash is a poor choice in macro photography anyways and, last but not least, sharpness). Stacks only overload the viewer by showing detail over detail but the subject and the photographers intent get completely obliterated by the stacking process.

@anitahorvatirl Год назад

On my canon bracketing mode is amazing. But my flash won't cooperate with it. It flashes once and that's it. Do you maybe know a reason. I'm using Canon eos 90D Sigma 105 2.8 ex dg macro and Raynox DCR 250 dcr with Godox TT685II.. Please help. Probably I'm doing something wrong

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I think that Canon simply doesn't support bracketing with flash. I think Olympus might be the only brand that supports this.

@anitahorvatirl Год назад

@@MicaelWidell when I'm in live mode than camera switch from electric to mechanical shutter mode.. 🙈 And still I can't figure it out

@dretwav Год назад

I don't shoot Canon but on my Olympus with a third party flash (Flashpoint/Godox) bracketing will only work with manual flash not TTL. Something for you to try anyway.

@anitahorvatirl Год назад

@@dretwav tnx for the answer. I'll try. 😊

@Taciturno23 Год назад

Someone here have the Sony a7RV?? I have this camera and it has focus bracketing also and I wanted to know who it compares with the Olympus for macro photography.

@ruhri0411 11 месяцев назад

The OM-1 has a stacked sensor and is much faster than a Sony 7r IV, plus the Sony has a lot of data to process. For macro, MFT cameras are simply superior, an Olympus 60mm macro lens is so light. You also have to hold the camera as steady as possible and that's easier with lighter equipment.

@catherinetremerryn Год назад

Really useful video, many thx. Now I’m out to have a go…….

@B_a_c_k Год назад

Замечательный режим "Стекинг по фокусу".

@randomstuff53078 Год назад

What happens if your moving - seems like a long time to have to stay perfectly still

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Yes, both you and the subject has to hold completely still for a few seconds - so this is pretty hard

@Innerlightuk Год назад

We call them Greenfly

@karlgunterwunsch1950 Год назад

Macro photography is so much more fun without stacking. Stacking is bound to fail whenever there is any element of the subject overlapping other elements within the depth of the stack, so that's about of 99% of subjects out of the running.

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I agree that stacking can take some of the fun out of macro - can be very tedious. But sometimes necessary to get the best results.

@karlgunterwunsch1950 Год назад

@@MicaelWidell I haven't seen a single successful macro image where the artifacts didn't totally ruin the image - except for those images that were cleaned up manually in a 12-16 hour session by one of the masters of french orchid photography. But he said that the images are more drawing by numbers than photography.

@trellis3000 Год назад

Do you still favor your Sony over the OM?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

I haven't still made up my mind definitely, but I'm leaning towards preferring the OM system for macro photography, and Sony for everything else.

@trellis3000 Год назад

I just upgraded to the Nikon Z, to stick with Nikon. But stacking is so hit or miss, I may bite the bullet and try out an OM soon. Maybe.. will be following alone to hear your thoughts.

@karlgunterwunsch1950 Год назад

@@trellis3000 Stacking is a process of failures - because physics (not poor technique or subject movement, simple optical laws suffice) prevent most stacks anyways...

@trellis3000 Год назад

@@karlgunterwunsch1950 I ended up picking up an OM-5 is significantly reduced the failures so far, I definitely miss the full frame dynamic range, but I will likely switch to OM full time, it’s really incredible. Definitely sold.

@karlgunterwunsch1950 Год назад

@@trellis3000 Not even an OM-5 will result in successful stacks. If you happen to know where to look then you'll see the inevitable artifacts, no amount of automatic processing or trickery will result in a truly great macro image, they all will be compromized unless your subject has no depth whatsoever - but then you don't need to stack.

@bernardthongvanh5613 Год назад

1:35 you leave charge time to zero?

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Yes

@bernardthongvanh5613 Год назад

@@MicaelWidell oh and flash to 1/32 with ISO 400, I never dared to go above ISO 100 lol, thanks I will try

@onemanfran Год назад

I feel very envious of people with these new fancy cameras... I'll continue to just take mediocre shots with my 5d mark 3 ha ha

@karlgunterwunsch1950 Год назад

Your shots will be better for it, those fancy technology crutches don't make the images any better...

@leirumf5476 Год назад

My camera shoots 3fps, and can shoot continuously for up to 5 photos... I think any kind of stacking on live subjects is futile UnU

@upload638 Год назад

I am having a terrible time selecting my first ever camera. I have commented on Micael's videos before because I AM STILL SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I narrowed to Canon R6 II, then saw the OM-1 system 4/3 and the focus stacking stuff after someone mentioned how good it is for macro. Then I saw the Panasonic full frame S5 II that also has focus stacking? Once I got further down the research path, and I saw complaints about not having OLPF on some models. I've looked at every damn camera from $1000-$5000 USD and I cannot decide what to do. For a first time mirrorless camera buyer, analysis paralysis is real. I can't even get into the hobby because I'm terrified of pissing away money on junk gimmicks, or missing a massively important feature I don't even know about yet lol

@MicaelWidell Год назад

Most cameras have some kind of focus bracketing feature, but it seems uncommon to have it work in sync with the flash like you can on Olympus. I understand it is hard to choose a system. But don't be too paralyzed - one thing you can do is to buy your first camera and lens used (maybe MPB.com?) and then if you discover down the road that it was the wrong choice, you can sell it and probably get about as much money back as you spent!

@upload638 Год назад

@@MicaelWidell I am ordering the OM-1 and Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 now. I figure if I have an eye for this art, the equipment will not be the most important thing overall in the end anyway :)

@MicaelWidell Год назад

This is an excellent system for macro photography, and in addition it is great value for money. Good choice!

@upload638 Год назад

@@MicaelWidell I am relieved to actually have made a choice! It will all be here tomorrow afternoon, so I will be able to try it all out this weekend. Can't wait to go back through your videos with the camera in my hands so I can apply some tricks!

@karlgunterwunsch1950 Год назад

Don't chose a system because of it's ability to stack - stacks are bound to fail 99% of the times, not because of your or your subject movements but because of physics involved. And use of flash in macro photography guarantees horrible looking images and unnatural looks, not even the best diffusor can prevent that from happening. I too experimented with flash photography for a long time - but today I don't even take my extensive collection of flash guns out of their drawer they live in anymore, at least not if I am going out photographing macro images. Many subjects have highly reflective surfaces which will show the viewer your flash setup and then there are the areas that are iridescent or have so small structures that are within the wavelength of the visible spectrum, these will look horribly unnatural because of the direction of the incoming light.

@marxiewasalittlegirl Год назад

Why is he talking to bush

@d.k.1394 Год назад

Bushes have feelings too😆