Reikan focal, af fine tune calibration on nikon d800 with. For proper af finetuning, the distance between the testing table and the camera needs to amount to 25x the lenss focal length. It took me a good 2 hours i had to buy a collar for the 70200 f4 to put on tripod safely i did each lens, at each focal end, 10. Reikan focal offers fully automatic autofocus fine tuning calibration software perfect for your camera and lens with just one button press. Its also worth saying that there is no correct af fine tune for some lenses. Why and how to calibrate your lenses for razorsharp autofocus. Focal pro from reikan is purpose designed to provide a comprehensive and accurate way to focus calibrate and test most modern canon and nikon dslr cameras and lenses. Fine tuning settings are specific to the lenscamera combination and once you tune a lens, the camera saves the setting, which it reverts to anytime you mount that lens. While there are manual options to af micro adjust, they can be tough to interpret when youre making decisions based upon the sharpness of a. Did you know your cameras autofocus can be adjusted to work optimally with your lenses.
This distance is dependent on the focal length of the lens youre calibrating and the easiest thing to do is check the details on this super. Back in 2007, our first camera that allowed finetuning or calibration of af on a per lens basis was the canon 1ds mk3. Some cameras require a small amount of user assistance to input the afma af fine tune values when running th. You can connect the camera to your pc using a standard usb cable and start the software.
Software control of the af micro adjustment or af fine tune setting on certain cameras designated as user assisted is not possible from a computer. Keep in mind af fine tune not only works at the focal length you tune it at, but also only the subject distance you tune it at. How to af fine tune microadjust in the field nailing your autofocus duration. I really, really wanted focal to work because im a big believer in fine tuning the autofocus on my lenses.
Dottune is a new method ive developed for fine tuning the autofocus on your lenses. Jan 04, 2018 angles and distance matter for dot tuning. The fsp8 dsp manager is our user interface for controlling the fsp8 from a laptop. A point i am making is there is no need to buy the software or the. I think her accent is great and i love knowing that people around the world have the same issues and there are great photographers and educators everywhere. Focal automates the process of calibrating your lens to your dslr camera body, important if not absolutely necessary for critical focus when using fast lenses that yield shallow depthoffield. Sep, 2016 this guidebook applies to any canon eos digital slr with builtin af microadjustment, and applies to all canon ef and efs lenses. Its design was inspired by the solutions used to perfect the audio systems in production vehicles manufactured by focals partners. Sep 28, 2014 im in search of why fine tuning a lens does anything. Reikan focal, af fine tune calibration on nikon d800 with focal.
Automates checking and calibration lenses and cameras for autofocus accuracy. Feb 08, 20 another thing i found out is that its way easier to achieve accurate af fine tuning with primes than the zooms, which varies according to distance, focal length etc. However, if a camera was perfectly calibrated and a lens had a focusing issue, then af fine tune would not work so well at various distances. This episode focuses on how to use the reikan focal software to. Ive set my finetuning on the 150mm to keep a long lens, but i use it as a prime lens now. Reikan focal lens calibration and other features youtube. One of keiths conclusions at the time was that custom focus test targets were at best an expensive. May 28, 2012 this section is about the actual calibration and other features of t. If af fine tune is engaged, the adjustment will be applied regardless of the focal length used. A point i am making is there is no need to buy the software.
Reikan announces major update to focal af tuning software. Micro adjustment is primarily for finetuning static af in order to achieve maximum sharpness for critical situations when dof is extremely shallow ex. As long as the three light paths inside the camera body are consistent with each other lens to primary mirror to ground glass, lens to secondary mirror to af sensors, and lens to image sensor why wouldnt the af system automatically adjust the lens for best focus on the selected af point. We hope it clarifies some points for our customers, and shows that the microadjustment procedure doesnt need to be a long, technical process. This short tutorial video shows you the steps needed to calibrate a the autofocus on your dslr with reikan focal. Jul 17, 2017 for most nikkor lenses theres a high chance youll get a noticeable improvement 3 or more af fine tune points in image quality after calibration, and for around 1 in 5 youll get a massive improvement more than 10 af fine tune points. Why you should af fine tune nikkor lenses reikan focal.
The features that can be controlled are dictated by the camera manufacturer, they expose the ability to adjust certain settings through a documented interface which focal uses to make all the necessary automated adjustments to the camera. Apr 17, 2020 so if i had a camera that required 10 for every lens, which means a camera phase detect issue, keeping af fine tune at 10 at all times would typically work great at any aperture, distance and focal length. I did have a look at the focal software or to be more precise. Some cameras require a small amount of user assistance to input the afma af fine tune values when running. D850 tips auto af finetuning technical solutions nikon. Reikan focal, afma autofocus calibration on canon 6d and 6d. When i have time, i will do the normal af fine tune with this lens with my nikon d810 and the d500 using my lensalign, but i dont plan on doing any internal adjustments on the lens. Focal runs on windows or mac computers and controls your camera to calibrate and analyse. Sep 22, 2015 dottune autofocus finetuning in under 5 minutes posted on september 22, 2015 by adam its been 2 12 years since i posted my dottune video on youtube and im only now getting around to posting a blog entry for it once im done with the v1.
You can use this online target distance tool see below how to do this within focal to suggest a suitable target distance for afma focus fine tune lens calibration with reikan focal. Learn more get focal focal on computer with camera attached. Some folks seem to have luck with global changes, however personally i have never owned a lens where af fine tune didnt make it worse overall. Reikan focal is a software tool that takes control of your camera, guides you through the setup and fully calibrates your camera autofocus with minimal interaction from you. Aug 31, 2017 how to get the most from nikons auto af fine tune. Canon publishes free eos af microadjustment guidebook. Connect focal to your camera and it takes complete control. Apr 21, 2016 the tuning curve of my nikon 70200mm f2. Like many working photographers, our work has completely dried up in these challenging times, so ill be at home a lot. This episode focuses on how to use the reikan focal software to automate the process of microadjustment. Jul 06, 2015 automatic af calibration with the nikon d800 camera using reikan focal pro version 2.
My current setup is a nikon d7200 and the nikon af s 80400mm f4. Mar 25, 2015 reikan has announced a major update to its af tuning software, focal. The below series of images illustrate my approach to testing a lens to determine if an af fine tune adjustment is needed. This uses control software to take control of the camera and shoot a series of images of a calibration target at different af fine tuning increments while tethered to a computer.
Reikan has released a major update to its fully automated autofocus tuning software focal which provides autofocus fine tuning for both nikon. Keith wrote up an extensive guide to autofocus microadjustment and has regularly performed the process with new lenses. Although you need to use a cpu lens to reap the full benefits of autofocus fine tuning, older analog or third party lenses can be fine tuned, and the settings saved manually on nikon dslrs. Menusetup menuaf finetuneaf finetune onoff and turn it on.
Technical solutions d4s tips nikon professional services. Reikan focal, test target, sharpness, focus consistency, af. Lately i am not happy with the overall images and would like to know if there is a specific way for me to try and use the auto fine tune feature to dial in the gear better. I would really be interested in doing a series of images at the same af tuning setting or without fine tuning to see what the variance at a given distance is.
Most likely im an outlier when it comes to using focal but my experience was not good. Some cameras require a small amount of user assistance to input the afm. What i found interesting is the option to do more than one shot a a given setting. Reikan has announced a major update to its af tuning software, focal. Note that fine tuning values are stored by lens name focal length and maximum aperture and that only one value can be stored per name, although values recorded with teleconverters attached are saved separately. First off well need to bring up our affine tune to turn it on and make the adjustments.
Nikon d series lenses are a mixed bag with the focal software. Focal takes all the guesswork out of adjusting your lenses, so for the sake of a few minutes with. This distance is dependent on the focal length of the lens youre. Note that auto af fine tuning works best at maximum aperture and may not function in dark surroundings. Reikan focal af calibration software updated to v2. Included with each focal pro purchase is the licence key to use focal pro with supported cameras on both windows and mac operating systems. Thats assuming you can live without you lens and body for a. If you purchase a tamron 150600mm g2 lens, id suggest sending it in for the factory tuning. Jun 30, 2016 most cameras with af fine tuning let you save specific settings for a number of lenses and then apply that correction automatically each time you mount that lens. Reikan focal autofocus adjustment and calibration software. Tune your camera autofocus at the touch of a button. This is where the nikons af fine tune menu is located but other camera manufacturers have a very similar name for it too and should be easy to find. Reikan focal is a software tool that takes control of your camera, guides you through the setup and fully calibrates your camera autofocus with minimal.
Buy reikan focal pro lens calibration featuring pro calibration software license, includes standard hard target 150mm, windows and mac compatible. If you use a 50mm lens, the distance between the testing table and the camera will be 50. It is computer software installed on a pc or mac and is a special target attached to the wall. I recommend you test a zoom lens at the focal length at which it will most likely be used. Note that zoom lenses may require different corrections at different focal lengths, so test at the focal length you use most often. Automatic af calibration with the nikon d800 camera using reikan focal pro version 2. Your lens information should be displayed in the upper left corner and the finetune adjust on the right. I found a video where the host walks you through the process of fine tuning autofocus for your dslr. Its important to use a distance that will enable the lens to work well for a variety of distances not just the one picked for calibration.
Nikon d500 auto af fine tune an analysis with reikan focal. I started working with focal at home but i kept getting horrible results and wild variations in suggested autofocus adjustments. But here is a great example of how not taking into account focus repeatability can give a false calibration result. Automatic autofocus calibration with the canon 6d and 6d mk2 using reikan focal pro. Target distance can be a little confusing at first, essentially the distance at which you calibrate can make a difference to the calibration result.
Reikan offer a software based solution to autofocus calibration called focal. What distance should i use for auto focus calibration. Autofocus lens calibration af fine tuning duration. Now we can assess whether there is any fine tuning to be made with our autofocus. At this close distance, there was quite a difference between the results from focal and the d500s auto af fine tune 14 vs 8. Apr 28, 2016 d500 automatic af fine tune median 14, iqr 4. Target distance tool is now part of focal, scroll down to read about the new feature.
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