Improving My Photography, An Inquiry Into Lens Diffraction (Bill Lockhart)
"...And, in the meantime, I will think about buying a good tilt shift lens, but frankly, why not just buy the Helicon Focus software and save myself about $1,200?..."
Wildlife Photography. July 2005 (Joe and Mary Ann McDonald's)
"...I rarely get excited about software, if for no other reason than I simply don't have the time to learn something new..."
Wildlife Photography. August 2006 (Joe and Mary Ann McDonald's)
"...Each shot showed only a small area in focus, but the Helicon Focus filter blended them seamlessly into a final shot that was, one, in complete focus and, two, had a larger image size than I could have obtained when I tried to shoot both insects parallel..."
Another helpful program (Ed Cushman)
"...All of this lilly is in focus, because 6 pictures of various focus ranges were used..."
Unlimited Sharpness. Helicon Focus gives you the ability to cheat depth-of-field limitations (George D. Lepp And Kathryn Vincent Lepp)
"...Now another barrierthe physical limits of depth of fieldis overcome by software called Helicon Focus.... "
MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro lens, nice to meet you (Bart_van_der_Wolf)
"...Because the total DOF at the optimal aperture (f/8.0) is only something like 0.14 mm, it requires the stacking of multiple focus plane shots to get a reasonable DOF coverage, and Helicon Focus is one of those applications that makes life a lot easier if you have to do a lot of focus stacking..."
Helicon Focus (Michael Stewart)
"...There are a number of ways to combine image for extended depth of field: Helicon Focus is the simplest..."
The Truth Is In The Details (George D. Lepp)
"...nine images were taken to deal with limited depth of field..."
The Focal Lengths Of Macro (George D. Lepp)
"...The longer focal length of the 180mm lens kept the background out of focus while I rendered the buds sharp using five exposures and Helicon Focus software..."
When You Need Three (George D. Lepp)
"...When taking the five images necessary to capture this Amazon tree boa in full depth of field for Helicon Focus software, I needed to fire five times quickly before the snake moved..."
Digital Basics For Outdoor Photography (George D. Lepp)
"...New software can even help you produce images with nearly unlimited depth of field..."
PHOTOGRAPHING with HELICON FOCUS (Jack Graham)
"...Though from my experience, this program really is suited for macro work, although it can also be used successfully for some landscape work there you want a great amount of depth of field, but due to low light conditions you just cant shoot at F16..."
Wildlife Photography. May-June 2008. More on the Helicon Focus Filter (Joe and Mary Ann McDonald's)
"...The Helicon Focus filter will do it, provided I can get a snake to sit still long enough!..."
Image Stacking with Helicon Focus (Peter Fotes)
"...Stacking two lenses using a filter ring made for this purpose to get in a bit closer..."