A hack to improve hand held focus stacking

Following on from the forum post on the uses of a stereo microscope, here is my hack for focus stacking - much faster to use than a tripod. It is just a cheap translucent plastic container with a circular hole cut in the top. Place it over the object, focus etc and hold the camera down hard and press the shutter. Mine is 5 cm high.
It is not my idea. It came from Murray Fagg at CANB.

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Very smart!! Maybe the cover itself could replace the diffuser if one only wants to do focus stacking for the day

Very useful, thanks👍

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