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Originally Posted by RosieC
Ok, reading about 'Focus Stacking' on your link I have a question. I hope you don't mind a question from someone with no real clue about photography. 
My little 'shoot and click' digital cammera has something called 'digital macro' which holds the shutter open a loooong time before giving a very clear pic (provided the camera did not move, although it seems to cope with fractional movement becuase I don't have a tripod) at a close up distance the standard macro setting would just get fuzzyness for.
I sort of guessed it might be taking multiple shots then doing some jiggery-pokery with them. Now I read about this 'focus stacking' I wonder if I was right, or is it likely to be doing something completely different.
I should say it was not a cheapy 'shot and click', and has some very good mode settings and even a manual mode, but it comes nowhere near the DSLRs that you guys use. |
Hi Rosie,
I never mind questions. You never learn anything if you don't ask and that's what this Board is about - learning. In fact, I've had to relearn after doing photography for 25-30 years with the advent of digital cameras and I've asked endless questions and am still asking.
Re your camera, I doubt very much if it is doing focus stacking. I don't know of any camera that does it. Probably the reason the camera shutter stays open so long is simply the macro setting. To get any depth of field at that range the shutter has to stay open longer and the image stabilization system is what compensates for small movements.
I would suggest trying to learn to use the manual setting and some of the others also (you probably have aperture priority, etc.) They'll really open up a new realm of possibilities, at least if you are interested in getting good photos of your flowers.
A tripod will really open up a new range of possibilities (but don't get the funny things with bendy legs, they're useless).
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