Thanks Stas, I understand now.

The real problem seems to be that the effective aperture of the MP-65 lens is dependent on the magnification factor, and HR doesn’t know that. At a distance of 51 mm, an aperture of f/8 and a magnification of 3x (which I’m using), the effective aperture is f/32, even ...

I tried the suggestions, but they don’t seem to work. My setup is a Canon 5D3 with a Canon MP-65 lens. Using the Stackshot I proceed as follows:

1: Set the near and far focus points (A and B). Distance shown is 70/70.
2: Return to the near (A) position
3: Ensure that ‘Auto’ is checked and click the ...

I’m having trouble figuring out how set Helicon Remote parameters when using a Stackshot. Specifically, what are the units in the ‘Interval’ field? When using the Stackshot standalone, I set the near and far focus points manually, then calculate the depth of field, and based on that, determine the ...

I have the same issue with default file naming, only on HF Pro 6.3.0, OSX 10.10.4. As an FYI, checking for updates with HF Pro (Help->Check for updates...) says that 6.3.0 is the latest version. Clearly not.

- Ken

Any chance of command line processing being ported over to the Mac version? Running version 6.0.108 I can start it up in Terminal:

$ /Applications/HeliconFocus.app/Contents/MacOS/HeliconFocus -silent "~/Desktop/test”

but it appears that HF does not process the passed parameters. Passed command ...