> On 25 Oct 2025, at 07:55, Henk Terhell <henk.terhell@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks all for looking and comments! > Focus stacking is so much easier with programs in modern mirrorless cameras. > Because none of the Pentax DSLRs have this I just do it manually with a remote control for the shutter, hoping there is no change in camera position. > > Henk There are macro rails available which can adjust the focus (presumably moving the camera rather than the helicoid) by as little as one micron. https://www.heliconsoft.com/helicon-remote-stackshot/

Lovely image! Paul > On Oct 25, 2025, at 2:55 AM, Henk Terhell <henk.terhell@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks all for looking and comments! > Focus stacking is so much easier with programs in modern mirrorless cameras. > Because none of the Pentax DSLRs have this I just do it manually with a remote control for the shutter, hoping there is no change in camera position. > > Henk > > Op 25-10-2025 om 05:04 schreef David Mann: >> That's a nice photo. I should probably try focus stacking at some stage but I barely have time to even pick up a camera lately. >> >> I've barely seen any spring mushrooms this year. We've had a lot of warm dry weather recently. >> >> Dave >> >>>> On Oct 25, 2025, at 1:10 AM, Henk Terhell <henk.terhell@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Ralf. The midtone slider of Color Grading didn't do much, so I raised the exposure slider a litle bit, reduced the orange saturation and put it back on Flickr. >>> In reality these mushrooms were very dark in the afternoon light prior to the storm (Benjamin). >>> >>> Henk >>> >>> Op 24-10-2025 om 12:05 schreef Ralf R Radermacher: >>>> Am 24.10.25 um 11:16 schrieb Henk Terhell: >>>>> It is a busy time for me now to look at all species of mushrooms around here in the woods and dunes. >>>>> Here a picture I made yesterday of honey fungi (Armillaria). This is a focus stack of 7 shots merged in Affinity Photo and adjusted in Lightroom. >>>>> https://flic.kr/p/2rB7b89 >>>> Wow! Have you tried bringing up the midtones, just a tad? >>>> >>>> Ralf >>>> >>> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

I do have a macro rail but I don't use it. Maybe due to the fact that the subjects are not really in the macro range I had difficulties with aligning the photos so you get ghosting effects. I still have ghosting sometimes with manual focussing but I guess that is more due to subject motion with wind. Henk Op 25-10-2025 om 10:07 schreef Bob W PDML: >> On 25 Oct 2025, at 07:55, Henk Terhell <henk.terhell@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks all for looking and comments! >> Focus stacking is so much easier with programs in modern mirrorless cameras. >> Because none of the Pentax DSLRs have this I just do it manually with a remote control for the shutter, hoping there is no change in camera position. >> >> Henk > There are macro rails available which can adjust the focus (presumably moving the camera rather than the helicoid) by as little as one micron. > > https://www.heliconsoft.com/helicon-remote-stackshot/ > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.