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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 829431" data-attributes="member: 50197">Seriously, focus stacks can be done manually. I even do them handheld. It helps to stop down to f11 or F16 to minimize the number of shots needed. Focus on the nearest point you want in focus and take a shot. Then refocus a little further in and take another and so on. I normally take about 6 to 8 shots for my macro images. I find that easier than messing with the automated system in the camera. Here's one I shot last summer. I used more than normal, about a dozen. I stacked that many because I wanted everything in focus from the tip of the front leg to the far end of the leaf. Most macro shots don't require that much of the field in focus. I used F16 with diffused flash handheld and stacked it in Photoshop.[ATTACH=full]415667[/ATTACH]</blockquote>