Photomicrography (microphotography, macro), focus stacking

2013-07-28

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In this video, I show my setup for taking focus-stacked images with microscope objectives. I use a Lumix GH1, which is a micro 4/3 format camera, and a custom adapter that lets me interface the camera to a microscope body or directly to a microscope objective.

Video-rate focus stacking with a liquid lens:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOyXdnJOHCY

CombineZM software for focus stacking:

http://hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZM/News.htm

Using Photoshop for focus stacking:

http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/post-processing-articles/focus-stacking-made-easy-with-photoshop/