What does focus stacking achieve in large format?

It produces front-to-back sharpness across very large, stitched image surfaces by combining several focal planes and keeping them consistent across tiles.

Large-Format Focus Stacking

Category: Capture

Focus stacking applied to large format and gigapixel resolution: several focal planes are combined into continuous sharpness across very large image surfaces.

Focus stacking combines several frames with different focal planes into one image with continuous depth of field. The principle is well established in photography; applied to large format and gigapixel resolution, the focal planes must remain consistent not only within each frame but across thousands of stitched tiles.

This renders subjects with great depth – such as interiors, architecture or detailed close ranges – sharp from front to back across the entire, very large image surface.