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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4972919, member: 19463"]That is a most interesting technology. It combines focus stacking which has been shown here many times with side by side stitching allowing a much larger file. Of course we have to ask what purpose for the file makes it worth the process only to gain 4x more. Perhaps I am not understanding but are you getting a single file that can then be printed or is the result only viewable using the software? What size print is required to show an advantage of this technique over just shooting the coin in a standard manner? I have no source or desire for larger than 20x30" prints. Have you compared results in that format? Certainly the technique allows using a very good lens less limited by field of view requirements. In all honesty what amazes me most is how dust free your image is. </p><p><br /></p><p>Without doubt, some coins will show benefits from this more than others. Below is a similar coin shot in the ordinary way (not focus stacked) and resized down to allow posting on Coin Talk. The inset shows a part of the coin before downsizing. The sharpness boost from your rig is obvious. Thank you for sharing.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195109[/ATTACH] </p><p>With a little compression of the single image, I was able to get a file CT would accept showing only the reverse. Click to enlarge.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195118[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4972919, member: 19463"]That is a most interesting technology. It combines focus stacking which has been shown here many times with side by side stitching allowing a much larger file. Of course we have to ask what purpose for the file makes it worth the process only to gain 4x more. Perhaps I am not understanding but are you getting a single file that can then be printed or is the result only viewable using the software? What size print is required to show an advantage of this technique over just shooting the coin in a standard manner? I have no source or desire for larger than 20x30" prints. Have you compared results in that format? Certainly the technique allows using a very good lens less limited by field of view requirements. In all honesty what amazes me most is how dust free your image is. Without doubt, some coins will show benefits from this more than others. Below is a similar coin shot in the ordinary way (not focus stacked) and resized down to allow posting on Coin Talk. The inset shows a part of the coin before downsizing. The sharpness boost from your rig is obvious. Thank you for sharing. [ATTACH=full]1195109[/ATTACH] With a little compression of the single image, I was able to get a file CT would accept showing only the reverse. Click to enlarge. [ATTACH=full]1195118[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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