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Focus Stacking in Product and Macro Photography with BALPRO & CASTBAL PRO with Martin and Andreas
In this session, we will explore the benefits of focus stacking in photography, especially how to properly avoid lens diffraction via much-too-small small lens apertures. Martin Grahl and Andreas Marx host this session.
We will also compare two key tools: the CASTBAL-PRO bellows attachment and the BALPRO bellows unit, and discuss their specific applications. You'll learn when and how to effectively use each device for optimal results.
We will explore and explain the combination of the CASTBAL-PRO and CASTEL-MICRO. In this configuration the camera standard moves while the lens standard remains stationary, allowing for very small yet precise incremental movements in the rear and significant sharpness gains in the front. This setup is ideal for superior product and object photography up to a 1:1 magnification ratio.
Finally, for magnifications beyond 1:1 and larger we'll explain the benefits of switching to the BALPRO system, which allows for setting a fixed magnification ratio and moving the entire unit for adjustments.
Join us to enhance your understanding and skills in macro and product photography through effective focus stacking techniques.
Products mentioned in this webinar:
CASTEL-MICRO
novoflexus.com/auto-step-motor-stacking-rail-sysem/
BALPRO-1 novoflexus.com/universal-macro-bellows-without-adapters-for-medium-format/
BALPRO-T/S
novoflexus.com/universal-macro-bellows-without-adapters-with-tilt-shift-for-medium-format/
CASTBAL-PRO
novoflexus.com/bellows-for-use-with-castel-micro-w-o-castel-micro-focusing-rack/
Pyrite 4.5/90 Lens
novoflexus.com/search.php?search_query_adv=pyrite
Andreas' photography workshops and tours:
www.marx-studios.de/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-marx-4813b4308/
Recorded Tuesday, August 20, 2024 · 1:00 PM EDT
Watch recording on BigMarker:
www.bigmarker.com/NOVOFLEX-US/focus-stacking-in-product-and-macro-photography-with-balpro-and-catsbal-pro
#novoflex #lightpainting #macrophotography
We will also compare two key tools: the CASTBAL-PRO bellows attachment and the BALPRO bellows unit, and discuss their specific applications. You'll learn when and how to effectively use each device for optimal results.
We will explore and explain the combination of the CASTBAL-PRO and CASTEL-MICRO. In this configuration the camera standard moves while the lens standard remains stationary, allowing for very small yet precise incremental movements in the rear and significant sharpness gains in the front. This setup is ideal for superior product and object photography up to a 1:1 magnification ratio.
Finally, for magnifications beyond 1:1 and larger we'll explain the benefits of switching to the BALPRO system, which allows for setting a fixed magnification ratio and moving the entire unit for adjustments.
Join us to enhance your understanding and skills in macro and product photography through effective focus stacking techniques.
Products mentioned in this webinar:
CASTEL-MICRO
novoflexus.com/auto-step-motor-stacking-rail-sysem/
BALPRO-1 novoflexus.com/universal-macro-bellows-without-adapters-for-medium-format/
BALPRO-T/S
novoflexus.com/universal-macro-bellows-without-adapters-with-tilt-shift-for-medium-format/
CASTBAL-PRO
novoflexus.com/bellows-for-use-with-castel-micro-w-o-castel-micro-focusing-rack/
Pyrite 4.5/90 Lens
novoflexus.com/search.php?search_query_adv=pyrite
Andreas' photography workshops and tours:
www.marx-studios.de/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-marx-4813b4308/
Recorded Tuesday, August 20, 2024 · 1:00 PM EDT
Watch recording on BigMarker:
www.bigmarker.com/NOVOFLEX-US/focus-stacking-in-product-and-macro-photography-with-balpro-and-catsbal-pro
#novoflex #lightpainting #macrophotography
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Twilight Painting: A Simple Approach to Working in a Dynamic Environment with Lance Keimig
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Join night Photographer Lance Keimig in this educational webinar as he describes how to use added light during twilight as an approach to controlling foreground and sky exposures during rapidly changing conditions. Photographers often use a technique called “Blue Hour Blends” to deal with the problem of under-exposed foregrounds in astro-landscape photographs. Low-level Landscape Lighting is an...
Blending Night Sky Panoramas in PTGUI and Photoshop with Tim Cooper
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Download the companion handout here: npan.co/BLEND Join master photographer and post-processing guru Tim Cooper for an in-depth educational webinar about multi-row panorama processing. Tim will cover how to blend landscape images shot at a different time with night skies. During this presentation you will experience a complete workflow that starts in Adobe Lightroom Classic, continues on to PTG...
Introducing the KOPF² Modular Gear Tilt Head + QUBE Goniometer Head
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Join us for a live webinar featuring the new KOPF² modular geared head. This innovative and exacting tripod head features precise fine-tuning for both axis, along with a quick adjustment built into both axis. The fine-tuning knobs are equipped with zeroable scales (0-90° in both directions), enabling extremely fine adjustments, while spirit levels at all necessary points ensure additional accur...
How to Make Professional and Compelling Tiny Planets with Matt Hill
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Join Matt Hill to explore some of his whimsical, strange and mind-bending compositions. Technically, the compositions are called spherical panoramas, but their common name is Tiny Planets. Done artfully, they are scroll-stopping images. Then, upon reflection, your sense of wonder and delight are activated as you enjoy an all-encompassing 360x180-degree view that also incorporates the time dilat...
How to Photograph Solar Eclipses with Gabriel Biderman and Matt Hill
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Join photographers and educators Gabriel Biderman and Matt Hill from National Parks at Night to learn how to photograph solar eclipses. Both Gabe and Matt photographed the total solar eclipse in 2017 and the annular eclipse in 2023. Their real-world experience will help you get ready for the total solar eclipse that goes from Mexico to Maine in April of 2024. Gabe and Matt will help you: choose...
Focus Stacking made simple! Using CASTEL M out in the field with Robert Thompson Photography
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Join world-renowned macro photographer and natural history expert Robert Thompson of Ireland as he explores how the ground-breaking CASTEL-M Focusing Rail helps him make better macro photography. Robert will be sharing his experiences from the field and his technical assessment of how the mechanical micro-stepping focus has improved his workflow versus traditional rails. He will also detail the...
Why use a Flat Field Lens for Macro and Repro Photography?
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Using a dedicated lens that is precisely crafted for macro applications has huge benefits. The NOVOFLEX FLEX-PYRITE90 and PRO-PYRITE90 90mm f/4.5 APO lenses are a perfect match for the 35mm and medium format bellows to perform focus stacking from infinity up to 1:1 magnification. Being that is is purpose-built for this, it also is optimized to eliminate chromatic fringing, making the final resu...
The Next Generation Focus Rail CASTEL -M (Webinar Replay)
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Have you ever been frustrated by the countless micro-movements when focus stacking? Fret no more! The CASTEL-M improves this process without batteries or need for electricity. The CASTEL-M focusing rail is the latest in innovative technology from NOVOFLEX. Its stylish and unique design is aimed at photographers who frequently work at magnifications from 1:1 (life-size) to 5:1. The manual focusi...
The Next Generation Focus Rail: CASTEL-M
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Learn More: bit.ly/3MILJ9S Have you ever been frustrated by the countless micro-movements when focus stacking? Fret no more! The CASTEL-M improves this process without batteries or need for electricity. The CASTEL-M focusing rail is the latest in innovative technology from NOVOFLEX. Its stylish and unique design is aimed at photographers who frequently work at magnifications from 1:1 (life-size...
Unlocking Creative Potential: Using Auto Bellows and Reverse Adapters for Fujifilm GFX
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Join Martin Grahl, Sales Manager of NOVOFLEX, in an exciting webinar that demonstrates the capabilities of using auto bellows and the new adapter for Fujifilm GFX cameras. Discover how to take your photography to new heights with this advanced equipment and learn about the creative possibilities it offers. Martin will also be available to answer any questions you may have about the product. Gea...
Dive on in, the macro’s fine: Bellows Macro with the Fujifilm GFX with Alan Shapiro
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Alan Shapiro has long been using his FujiFilm GFX cameras to capture portraits, still lives, food with a particular love for, and macro. He couldn’t wait to get his hands on the NEW NOVOFLEX Fujifilm GFX Auto-Bellows BAL-FUG to see where it took his macro work. Let’s jump to the end of the story: it blew his mind. Join us as we talk to Alan and what this new piece of gear has opened up for him ...
Six Essential Ways to Use the New Modular Macro Repro System
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Learn six essential ways the new MS-MACRO-REPRO modular macro repro system can help you get your work done better and faster, in nearly any location. Martin and Matt shared real results and how they achieved them for these configurations: Mini Studio/Focus Stacking Use a Natural Backdrop for your images Film/Slide Digitizing Copy Stand - Backlit Subject Copy Stand - Wrinkled/Creased Documents C...
NOVOFLEX MS-MACRO-REPRO: Modular Macro Repro System
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00:00 Intro 00:08 Why NOVOFLEX MS-MACRO-REPRO? 01:01 Configurations 01:16 Copy stand 01:46 Film Digitizing 02:40 Repro solution 03:35 Mini Studio 04:55 Configurations Hyperlapse Why pay countless dollars for digitizing services, when you can easily do this at home, at your own leisure, and with your own digital camera. All you need is the NOVOFLEX MS-MACRO-REPRO and a few of its many useful acc...
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00:00 Intro 00:38 NOVOFLEX TrioPod: The last tripod system you will ever need 01:04 Why Tripods? 02:37 NOVOFLEX TrioPod System Overview 04:15 NOVOFLEX BasicPod 05:36 NOVOFLEX TrioPod 07:44 NOVOFLEX TrioBalance 09:22 NOVOFLEX TrioPod-M 11:04 NOVOFLEX TrioPod Pro-75 12:44 Which is for you? 13:29 Configurations Hyperlapse Download NOVOFLEX System Chart: bit.ly/3KcElPi The NOVOFLEX TrioPod system i...
How to Use a Flat Field Lens for Maximum Macro Results + Live Studio Demonstration
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Choosing Flexibility: Matt Explains how the TrioPod System aids his creativity
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The Natural World in Focus with Robert Thompson
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NOVOFLEX: Macro Photography Challenge #5 Magnetism, Ferrofluid and Magnets!
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Macro Photography: Finding Zen with a Lightbox with Alan Shapiro
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How to Photograph a Meteor Shower for a Radiant Composite
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NOVOFLEX Macro Photography Challenge #4: Creative Macro Lighting + Food (Webinar Replay)
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How to Create Spherical Panoramas with Jan Röpenack
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RETRO Reversing a Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 S Lens onto Nikon Z Body for macro photography
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Make Amazing Milky Way Panos with Matt Hill
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Please get on with it.
The book continues to be available August 2024 in Canada at The Camera Store. Otherwise the pdf is available online.
I was out last night in Scotland for the perseids meteor shower and was also blessed with the aurora....having watched this video prior and now paid for the download to read how to best post process ....thanks for a great piece of material. 🙂👍
Matt damon and Jigsaw giving a wonderful presentation
Nice piece of equipment but can’t justify the price. Should be half at most.
Did you have no trouble with exact registration between your lawyers? Sometimes Mine will not line up perfectly. I would suspect it’s because I don’t have such a precision click panorama head and I have to line it up. Visually with the digits on the calibrated side. Great video.
Hi! Thanks for asking. I was popping in to share this URL and saw your comment. Yes, using a rotator with click-stops (detents) helps you start and stop int he same place during capture and ensure consistent coverage. Especially at night when using a light to see the hash marks on a panorama base kills your night vision. Second, when processing, it's best to use PTGUI Pro and load all your pano sweeps into one project and export each "layer" separately for perfect (or near-perfect) registration.
What great ball heads, the lack of support from Novoflex keeps me from buying this.
This was a great presentation! I would be interested in seeing how you handle a star tracked panorama! Thank you again!
Great idea! We will add that to our list of future webinar topics.
Sorry to annoy you but I have a third question: if I buy a Laowa AF 10mm (130,4° of field) how should be the RR on a full frame body? Thanks.
What is the difference when used on full frame bodies like the A7s3 ? Thanks.
Whaaat? I did not understand at all: does this ring keep the control of the focus area or even the AUTOFOCUS ??? Thanks.
Do you realise how distracting it is to watch you read from a teleprompter? I'm considering your line of tripods, and this is really putting me off.
Awesome presentation! Looking forward to the next Nightscaper!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed. We will see you at Nightscaper, as Martin will be attending, too.
Great job, Tim. Thanks for that awesome handout, too.
Our pleasure! So happy to have Tim on the webinar series.
Excellent video! Thank you!
What focal length did you use for the wide angle shot you edited near the end of the video? Thanks.
Hi Dave: I believe Gabe used a 15mm Irix lens for that.
Rotimi, Marion Indiana.
Saw it in Mesa Verde National Park!
Thank you for sharing, very informative 👍
Nice video. I would like to mention what I consider the best option for solar filters. It is Baader Astrosolar PHOTO film OD 3.8. This filter allows the best resolution and is also very inexpensive when buying an 8x12" sheet to make a DIY filter. I have a thousand oaks optical full aperture solarlite polymer filter and it blocks way too much light for photography. I had very slow shutter speeds around 1/10-1/50th F10 ISO 640 when using the thousand oaks filter. The Baader astrosolar PHOTO film OD 3.8 allowed shutter speeds of 1/5000-1/6400 F10 ISO 100. I shot last Octobers eclipse handheld and got tack sharp images. You did mention a baader astrosolar Safety film filter OD 5.0. It works and is viewing safe but the baader astrosolar PHOTO film OD 3.8 blocks less light and allows much faster shutter speeds.
Great, it'd be nice if you worked on your customer service for the USA website. I submitted a question about a month ago, but still no reply.
Excellent tutorial and thanks for the shout out! Clear skies on eclipse day!
Thank you for putting together this comprehensive video. I'm heading to Arkansas in April (2024) to shoot my 1st solar eclipse. I love the diamond ring shot you show at the 1:19.25 mark but am confused about whether or not I should have the filter on to replicate that shot. You mentioned that you missed the initial diamond, but "sure did get the 2nd one" (and I completely agree - fantastic!). The last paragraph says the filter should be off: I just want to confirm that I'm reading this correctly.
You need the filter off to best capture the Diamond Ring. This is hard to do during 2nd Contact (right before the moon totally eclipses the sun as you will still have your filter on and are bracketing. However 3rd contact you can either time (start at the beginning of totality) or you'll be able to see it better and already have the solar filter off. So the 2nd Diamond Ring effect is always easier to capture while your filter is off. It will last for 3-10 seconds before you'll need to put the solar filter on again. Good luck! We'll be in Hot Springs!
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Viele gruesse aus Oklahoma. Ich freue mich Ihnen zu finden. Ich bitte um Ihr Entschuldigung beim meine schrechliche Deutsch. Leider habe Ich viewl vergesson. Ich bedanke mich!
Thanks again Novoflex! Was great putting this together for you.
"It's not complicated. It's German." (@7:38) Whenever I try to understand a German product (eg Cubase) I find it really difficult. I suspect it's a real phenomenon for English speakers, and there's some deep reason why, but I don't know enough to understand.
at 48:31 one other advantage of bellows vs the macro lens; most macro lenses are either 60 or 105 mm in focal length, so have only a 0.8-1.5 m closest focus distance, a bellows set, increases the distance between the rear element and the sensor plane, so increases close focus to ~ 1-2 " away from the front of the lens, so increases the usability of this setup, not just ONLY for macro, but allows a close focus, so the setup doesn't have to be as big, as you aren't 2-3 Metres away from your subject.
thanks your sharing
Great work Robert. A very timely presentation for me personally as I am in the research stage as to opt for a motorised or manual rig for my photography. I have clearly found the right way to go now, having watched your talk and look forward to using the rail in the field. Best wishes, Kevin
the obscene watermark in his images are entirely unnecessary and oozes insecurity.
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Wouldn't the importance of a flat field of focus be diminished when focus stacking is used?
Hi Claus - sorry I missed your question. No, quite the opposite. The benefits of a flat field lens are apparent to me in all situations. But most of all eliminating chromatic fringing helps tremendously when focus stacking 3D objects anywhere, anytime.
Inspiring!
lease send me a link to your stem stabiliser
Wonderful! Love the details and techniques.
Perth Western Australia, not watching live
Awesome Products A++++ / interesting you have the magicball facing away from you, i turn mine -90 so the handle is in my left hand and my right hand on camera grip & shutter button. I just ordered the c 2840 triobalance, will be here on Saturday 😊
Hi, thanks for doing this. I have the gfx100s and 45-100mm GF lens. I have a macro series to do with 2-3” objects, want fast automated focus stacking. I’m confused with the options: buy the 120mm f4 Macro, 18mm or 45mm extension tubes, this bellows unit, with or without accessories like reverse ring, etc. I’d like to avoid having the camera take so many slices due to razor thin focus plane. Which solution would allow each shot a deeper focus, so Helicon software chews on less data? Does the bellows just allow higher magnification? Does it help in any way when using Fuji in-camera focus bracketing?
Not nodal point. For seamless panorama, it is the entrance pupil that must be on the rotation axis. Confusion possibly comes from cameras where only the lens rotate (Noblex, Horizon, Circut, etc); in that case the rotation axis must be on the (rear) nodal point. That mistake has been repeated on and on all over the internet.
Very nice gear: CASTEL-M; simple and nice to use with a good mechanical stability!
One tripod to rule them all
No , I beg to differ. This device is very unstable. It is is not value for money
Hi. Thanks for your comment. That is not a characteristic of our products. Can you describe what is happening in more detail? Better yet, contact mail@novoflex.de (international) or info@novoflexus.com (USA) to discuss.
Please watch the short videos I posted here. I'm using a C-Mount lens (25mm, parallel precision vertical lens) and an industrial microscope camera with a Sony IMX-226 sensor (I bought from China). How can I improve the quality of the photo and video I take? I'm in California. Thank you.
Hi Matt LA: Thanks for your question. And happy to help. It would be easier to help you solve problems that you identify, rather than making blanket suggestions. Can you describe in detail what you find lacking about your current gear or image quality? One suggestion that could help improve the video technique is to use a geared focusing rail (or two at opposing axes) for moving around the subjects at high magnification.
Is it possible to know what is the magnification value for reversing a 35mm Leica L APO lens?
@@NovoflexUS Thank you! I would have done what you wrote but I do not have the hardware to test with. I thought there was some formula to compute the magnification (or you have had it already tested).
How can you shoot in portrait mode once bellows is attached?
There was mention of answering my question with an email. I am wondering when I might get that.
Hi John, did you email support@novoflexus.com with a question?
I asked my question during the webinar. Matt mentioned me by name.@@NovoflexUS
Great video. Thanks for posting. I just shot the Perseids for my first time doing meteors. I had done most of what you instructed but needed a way to rotate so all would point to radiant. Found that in the e-book you referred to. Was good to see I did most of the other things correctly, including using Photo Pills and Starellium, but learned more about those with your video. More ppl should watch this!
Only problem: this is completely useless. The GF 120mm is corrected for 0.5x magnification, as soon as you use extension tubes or bellows the image quality tanks hard. Using this lens at such a high magnification (and stopping down while doing so) will result in a blurry distorted mess that is only partially sharp in the center and already well into diffraction. It's really too bad but with the 120mm you're better off cropping the image at 0.5x and not using any extension and stopping down to a maximum of f5.
@NovoflexUS Fuji offers their own extension tubes as a "crutch". The visual degedation is extremely noticeable even on the shorter tubes which is why you won't see any professional macro photographer using them. It doesn't matter whether you try to use then for reproductions of flat or three dimensional objects, the sharpness and distortions are horrible and make the image unusable. Even the center sharpness is bad but the edges and corners are unusable. I've compared the GF120mm with extension tubes with a cheap reversed enlarger lens (Nikon EL Nikkor 63mm 2.8n) and the reversed enlarger lens is far, far better. I would have loved to have auto bellows for the GF lenses but they're just designed to be used as is.
@@Crispy_Bee Is this only a problem with the GF 120 macro? In other words, are the other GF lenses more useable for macro using bellows/extension tubes?