{"id":851,"date":"2026-10-08T11:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/?p=851"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:13:52","slug":"capturing-extended-depth-of-field-edf-images-with-the-zeiss-smartzoom-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/inspection-metrology\/microscopes\/851\/capturing-extended-depth-of-field-edf-images-with-the-zeiss-smartzoom-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Capturing Extended Depth of Field (EDF) images with the Zeiss Smartzoom 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Focused on the top of the inductor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Focused on the board level components<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Extended Depth of Field, everything is in focus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is sometimes desirable to have more in an image in focus than the physics of the lens and aperture will allow. The Smartzoom 5 software allows for automatic “focus stacking” where it takes a series of images at different focus heights and then combines them together into one fully focused image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start by preparing the microscope<\/a> and the object you are imaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using the focus slider or the hand wheel, focus on the lowest part of the object. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Select the Image Processing<\/strong> tab, then click the button to the right of “EDF (Extended Depth of Field)”<\/strong> so that it is green. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expand the row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click Assign <\/strong>next to the “Lowest Focal Plane”<\/strong> box. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Using the focus slider or the hand wheel, focus on the highest part of the object. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Click Assign <\/strong>next to the “Highest Focal Plane”<\/strong> box.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In the top left of the screen click the Acquire <\/strong>button, which has changed its icon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be careful to not touch or knock the microscope during the image capture process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The microscope will automatically capture a series of images and merge them together.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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It is sometimes desirable to have more in an image in focus than the physics of the lens and aperture will allow. The Smartzoom 5 software allows for automatic “focus stacking” where it takes a series of images at different focus heights and then combines them together into one fully focused image. Start by preparing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[250,252,251],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microscopes","tag-microscope","tag-smartzoom-5","tag-zeiss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}