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It even has a feature where it pauses for a determined amount of time after each motor movement (thus minimizing any camera shake). The WeMacro app enables programming the number of exposures to take, and how far the rail with camera travels (from micrometers to mm) from start to end. The larger screen of the laptop is very useful for detailed evaluation and fine-tuning of acquired image focus, exposure and framing before collecting all images for focus stacking. I use Capture One 11 for shooting tethered (Mac Book Pro). It also controls the camera’s shutter, so once set up, I press the RUN button and grab a cup of coffee while the WeMacro system does the rest. What’s nice about this particular rail is that it comes with a mobile app that allows programming of camera movements in exquisite detail via its stepper motor.

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The WeMacro device communicated via Bluetooth to an iOs WeMacro smart application that controls the stepper motor as well as the camera’s shutter. The WeMacro Rail controller device was connected to the camera via the 10-pin remote camera plug.

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Flash was controlled from a Profoto Air remote in manual mode. The example BTS shot shows a modification of this setup for a different product with a softbox with only the inner diffuser as key light and snoot with small grid modifier for fill. I used a Profoto D1 250W with a softbox to fill some of the shadows created from the key light.

To create a relatively harder and directional light, I used a reflector with a grid that brought out more of the texture of surface and screw. I used 2 strobes: My key light was a Profoto D1 500W to backlight the screw from about 45 degrees (above left of the subject). The camera was connected via USB-connection to a MacBook Pro. The screw was placed on a used wood cutting board to add additional “background” interest and texture. For the screw shots, the camera was set up on a tripod and angled about 45 degrees down. The lens choice is somewhat unusual for me as I typically use a 105mm Nikkor 2.8 Macro lens for much of my product and macro work (as I did in the BTS shot above). I used a Nikon D810 DSLR and Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens with Kenko extension tubes.

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The key elements of the set up are very similar: camera on a mono-stand (tripod works as well of course!) use of motorized macro rail strobe lighting (key light is backlighting, about 45 degrees from the upper left of the image frame) and fill light from about 45 degrees right of camera macro-rail movement and camera shutter actuations controlled via mobile app (Bluetooth) shooting tethered to a MacBook Pro laptop using Capture One 11 subject on stable shooting table with a C stand (wood plate screwed on baby plate). The behind-the-scenes photo below is not of the actual shoot but from a similar project (a micro-SD card).

Here we’re going to break down the creation of the video sequence and image.