Getting up close to a subject creates a thin slice of focus – making getting sharp shots a longstanding challenge for macro photographers. But an unusual new gadget from Novoflex aims to tackle the longstanding challenge by integrating both a macro bellows and a focus rail for a system designed to fight some of the downsides to focus stacking.
Focus stacking is a longstanding technique for sharper macro shots that takes several photos at different focal points and merges them together for a sharper shot. While the process fixes the narrow depth of field in macro photography, minor fluctuations in the lens known as focus breathing can cause shifts in perspectives that can degrade the results with artifacts, which is particularly problematic when working with product photography.
