Fast Stacker: live demonstration

NEW: After 5 years, I completely upgraded Fast Stacker, to make it much better:    • Fast Stacker 2.0: an upgraded DIY focus st...  



This is a live demonstration of my DIY Arduino-based automated focus stacking rail. It is highly optimized for fast focus stacking (for live insects). The total cost for this project - around 150$ (110$ for the manual macro rail Velbon Mag Slider + 40$ for all the rest; this doesn't include the optional items shown in this video, like flash etc.).

Here is my detailed tutorial on how to make this rail: http://pulsar124.wikia.com/wiki/DIY_a... .

Here is an example of what this rail can achieve: a focus stacking (from 151 individual shots) of a dead fly done at 5:1 magnification: https://www.flickr.com/photos/syamast...

Another example: inside a small mechanical watch (stacking from 89 frames): https://www.flickr.com/photos/syamast...

For those who decided to reproduce this DIY project: please join my Flickr group "Fast Stacker" ( https://www.flickr.com/groups/2960405... ), and submit there the photos of your Fast Stacker, and the macro photos made with the help of your Fast Stacker. (Also please post the technical details of the shots - the stacking mode, the flash settings etc.). Let us all learn from each other's experience with this device.