More on whether to move the camera, re-focus, or (on a bellows) move the rear standard.
This is one blossom of a Rhododendron at about 1:5. I don't see any troubling artifacts with any of the three approaches.
See below. All with 105mm Bellows Nikkor on bellows to Olympus e-330. The flower is 70mm wide; the pistil is 20-30mm in front of the petals.
It's really nice to have lots of depth-of-field!
Rhododendron -- Flower at 1:5
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richard1karash
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Rhododendron -- Flower at 1:5
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- 15 slices by moving the whole camera rig. Slight artifact: a border of unsharp background paper around the outer edge of the flower (e.g. at 4 O'Clock position). Also out-of-focus border around whole image, most visible on RHS and LHS.
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Slices by moving the rear standard, keeping the lens in the same position.
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- 5 slices by moving the rear standard, keeping the lens in the same position. At 1:5, the position of the rear standard is so sensitive that I could get only 5 slices; at higher magnifications >1:1, I think moving the rear standard will be the easiest way
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richard1karash
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Finally, slices by moving the lens, keeping same film plane. Except for the change in image size, differences in the last 5% at the edge, I don't see much difference in these. Thus, with camera motions small enough that the perspective doesn't change, it doesn't matter how you do the slices.
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- 18 slices by moving the lens, keeping same film plane. Water droplets on petals have evaporated, so the reflection highlights have changed slightly.
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richard1karash
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Rhododenron Flower
And, here's the view I like better.
Dan, your product Helicon Focus is just terrific.
Dan, your product Helicon Focus is just terrific.
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- 105mm Bellows Nikkor on Olympus e-330 with bellows. Full spectrum fluorescent lighting. 1/10 sec at f/8. Front petal of flower is a little soft, I could have used one more slice.
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