This will be the starting point of your focus stack. Use the manual focusing ring of your lens to focus on the near point of focus in your scene.The stack will address the depth-of-field that you wish to obtain. Set the aperture to the desired setting – it is better to use wider apertures and high shutter speeds rather than narrow apertures.The focal length of the lens is also a factor that needs to be considered.Īt this point your camera’s live view will become active Medium and Large steps are also available and you will need to test which one is most suitable for the scene you are capturing. On the Promote Control change the “Step” setting from “None/Reset” to “Small”.You can use “Live Mode” or “Quick Mode” this applies to cameras that have a Live View specific “AF Mode” setting (Canon 5D Mark III and Canon 6D) Set the image preview duration to 2 seconds or less.Once the connection is established, turn on your camera.You do not need the Shutter cable for focus stacking. Using the supplied USB cable connect your camera to the Promote Control.Using the “Mode” key, set the Promote Control to the “Focus Stacking” mode.
Here is how to set up the Promote Control and your camera The Promote Control provides focus stacking functionality in a small unit (5 by 2.5 inch unit that is a little over 1 inch thick. If you have a Canon DSLR camera that supports Live Viiew you are in luck. In the field however, this computer and camera combination may not be practical. You can use software to tether your camera to a computer and use software like Helicon Remote and Helicon focus to create such images. The resulting image has the entire scene in sharp focus (a very deep depth-of-field) These images are then stacked using special software applications and merged into a resulting single image. Focus Stacking is a technique where you take multiple images focused at incremental points through the depth of the scene.