I stumbled across the fact that Helicon Remote works with stepper motors. There is not a ton of information about this that I was able to find and was wondering to understand the functionality a bit more.

I'm using Helicon Remote for focus stacking for photogrammetry, so am wondering if a Trinami ...

thanks for helping to fruitlessly troubleshoot this--and yep, just seems like it's a lens compatibility issue. I picked up a tamron 90 macro and helicon remote works perfectly with it.

tried the version you gave me as well as the limiting movement both on and off as you suggested but still no luck

I'm running on mac (i forget what OS but it's on an Air M2 so it's a fairly recent version by default)

gotcha. I thought that if a lens doesn't have an internal motor it could still be autocontrolled but was done via the body not the lens, or something like that. but yeah, overall it's generally ...

I'm using the most current version but I also tested on an older version as well. and the range is set to full

What expectations exactly should I have from those bottons? It moves the focus in large steps, if that's all your asking. if there's something specific I should be looking for (a set ...

I saw a couple other people have this issue but haven't found an answer.

Nikon d850 with TOKINA ATX-i 100mm Macro F2.8
All my focus and shooting setting are basic as I can make them--Single point focus. Single shot mode. Non Continuous Focus

1. I autofocus for the front point press A button
2 ...