There is no way to connect usb camera to Helicon Remote right now. But we are thinking about adding support for it. As you know, Helicon Remote can control external stepper motor which can be coupled with microscope. The hardware (motor+mechanics) costs about $400-$500. I would appreciate if you giv...

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We published new version for Windows yesterday. Please make sure your are testing 2.0.12 version of Helicon Remote. If you still have troubles with D7000, please send us log files (see menu\Preferences\Tools)

Please try this new version of Helicon Focus:
http://www.heliconsoft.com/downloads/HeliconFocus.exe

Please send us (support@heliconsoft.com) Helicon Remote logs (see menu\Preferences\Tools)

Thanks for the samples. I see that you use Manual exposure mode and the same parameters for all your images, which is good. Still, the images have very different brightness and the program was not able to correct brightness changes. Most probably because white background and object itself change the...

Harry, The images will be slightly different anyway, when using focus rail or focusing ring. Helicon Focus by default aligns images, so this is not a problem. I do not have aswer, which technique is better. Focus rails give more control and precision, while focusing ring is easier to use. I think fo...

The queue consists of independent tasks. You can add the same source files with differerent processing parameters to the queue, process all tasks and then choose the best result. Or you can add multiple stacks from different folders and process them. Result of each stack is saved independently.

Please unzip this new version of Helicon Remote into Helicon Focus folder:
http://www.heliconsoft.com/downloads/HeliconRemote.zip

Thanks for your report. We will fix this bug.

Dave,

We just published newer version, please check it and send us log file (support@heliconsoft.com) if the problem persists.

Sorry for confusion. Helicon Remote will not work use StackShot unless connection with camera is established. This will not work with your Panasonic camera.

Thanks for this suggestion. In the current version you can add many stacks to queue and then let the program process them. This feature is available in Pro and X64 version.

Ross,

Please try this version of Helicon Remote Mac Beta:
http://www.heliconsoft.com/downloads/HeliconRemote.dmg

If you encounter errors, please send us (support@heliconsoft.com) Helicon Remote logs (see menu\Preferences\Tools) and information about your system (menu\About this mac)

And new Mac version:
http://www.heliconsoft.com/downloads/HeliconRemote.dmg