I have a job coming up requiring sharpness throughout a few small and medium-sized objects. Even with tilt, I might not be able to achieve full sharpness without focus stacking, especially if limiting aperture to f/11 to avoid diffraction issues.
Would someone be willing to share their focus-stacking technique, or at least point me to a good online tutorial? Is it as simple as outputting the multiple shots and letting Helicon Focus combine them?
I'm shooting with a Hasselblad H3DII-39. I'm thinking I can either:
- Use it on the H body, with the 120mm lens, and shift the focus by hand or in small increments via Phocus
OR
- Put the back on my Alpa SWA with an HPF ring, and shift the focus by hand.
thanks
ethan