Cognisys STACKSHOT 3X Owner's Manual page 115

Now we use the slider on the left to adjust the macro rail to the beginning of the focus stack.
Once you are happy with the position of the camera press the "Select Start" button (the button
text will turn green). You will then be prompted to select the end position. Use the slider again
to find the end of the stack. Once at the end position press the "Select End" button. At this
point the "Preview" button will become available. If you want to (optionally) take a photograph
and the start and end point of the stack you can press this button. If everything looks good you
can press the "Ok" button to return you to the main screen. The preview helps you verify your
framing. You may at this point want to use the 3-axis slider button to rotate the Y-axis to
double-check your framing. You already set it for the worst-case stack depth but not necessarily
the worst-case framing (in/out is good, but perhaps not left/right or top/bottom).
Once back at the main screen you'll see the information for the X-axis updated and in this case it
says 15 photos of 150um step size. Now it is time to set the Y-axis. There is already a setting in
there of 11 photos of 1.0 degrees but we're going to want to change this. In this example we'll
set the turn-table to rotate 10 degrees for each stack and do a full 360 degree rotation. To do
this press the "Y" on the main screen:
Now we're given the opportunity to enter the number of motor steps and the degrees per step:
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