(1) By default, the Zerene images are significantly lower contrast, looking pale and washed out, compared to the Helicon Focus or even the originals.
I am open to learning and perhaps someone with a better understanding of either program can come up with ways that flip the results or show that they are more equivalent than I found.Īlso, I am very aware that the subjects moving in the frame wildly violates the basic assumptions/conditions/expectations of either program, so this is very much an "unfair" stress test! But (a) this was the point of the test, and (b) these violations are very common in landscape photography. These were the methods for each that performed best out of the box with the default settings - I did not understand (yet) either program to do anything with any of options/parameters (smoothing etc.). )īelow are side-by-side images of Helicon Focus Method B depth map with default settings (on the left) and Zerene Stacker PMax (on the right), followed by my observations. For the results with the correct settings, see here. This, of course, makes most of the following invalid. Slight adjustments to the Zerene Stacker default settings: (1) DMap, with Radius = 1/100 to 1/200 of the pixel width and (2) disabling extended dynamic range preservation fixed the ghosting and washed out contrast, respectively, I note below. After a little bit of reading, I found that As I found out, though, these do not work well when there is subject movement AND result in washed out contrast.
#Cost of zerene focus stacker series#
( EDIT: The following series of comparisons were made using Zerene Stacker's default settings. I took a series of frames and finally chose two for the stacking, one close and one far. Wind whipping through the scene continuously, and everything that was not a rock or the ground was whipping back and forth. but that might mean waiting forever.Īs an example, here is a hillside on Anzo-Borrego. Sure, you can wait for those moments when the wind dies. You can do everything right - tripod, MLU, etc., but on a windy day, things are just going to be moving all over the place. The thing about landscapes that is a major issue and much less so in macro is control over the wind. I am currently evaluating these two for landscape photography. Seen quite a few comparisons of these two, but every one I've found has been focused (so to speak) on macro photography. Helicon Focus Compared to Zerene Stacker for (Windy) Landscapes.
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