Marketed as the "Smart Camera Assistant", the relatively new Arsenal remote camera controller is an interesting little device. It is the brainchild of software developer and amateur landscape photographer Ryan Stout. While its primary market appears to be for point-and-shoot photographers, our initial interest was in the manual and time-lapse modes. The new company had a very successful Kickstarter campaign having raised $2,650,310. We were intrigued so we bought one to try it out.

We had a great expedition to Bandon, Oregon (and points nearby) with a group of fellow photographers in early August. The weather was mostly overcast, which is expected this time of year, and custom made for some long exposures. We always enjoy sharing the experience with other photographers and learning from them. We had a great group on this trip. Here are a few of our images from the trip. We plan to post more soon.

There are two types of image stacking methods that are popular today. "Focus stacking" is used to extend the depth of field. Whereas "exposure stacking" can be used to extend the apparent exposure time. This post is intended to be a quick introduction to the latter.

Note: Some would say there is a third type called "action sequencing" but we consider that to be somewhat distinct from focus and exposure stacking. At least for our purposes. 

When to use exposure stacking