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Simple auto-focus calibration for DSLRs with adjustable settings.
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<blockquote data-quote="Elliot87" data-source="post: 462906" data-attributes="member: 25183"><p>This description box for this video suggests not setting the camera or lens to manual focus on Nikon bodies for the following reason and suggests setting back button focus instead.<em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">"*** Important Update for Nikon Owners ***</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">After making this video it was discovered that on Nikon bodies <u><strong>the viewfinder focus confirmation range increases dramatically when the body or lens is changed from Autofocus (AF) to Manual Focus</strong></u> (MF). I believe this is becase Nikon wanted to make manual focusing easier and faster by increasing the range of focus that provides a confirmation. However for DotTune this behavior is undesirable because it increases the range of tune values, sometimes beyond the limits of the +20/-20 AF tune scale. Luckily there is an easy workaround, which I strongly advise Nikon owners to use:</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">For step 3, do not set your NIkon body or lens to MF. Instead, configure your body for "back-button" focusing. Back-button focusing means that the Autofocus will not be engaged by a half-press of the shutter, which will allow you to perform steps 4 and 5 while leaving the body+lens still set to AF."</span></span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elliot87, post: 462906, member: 25183"] This description box for this video suggests not setting the camera or lens to manual focus on Nikon bodies for the following reason and suggests setting back button focus instead.[I] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Roboto]"*** Important Update for Nikon Owners ***[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Roboto]After making this video it was discovered that on Nikon bodies [U][B]the viewfinder focus confirmation range increases dramatically when the body or lens is changed from Autofocus (AF) to Manual Focus[/B][/U] (MF). I believe this is becase Nikon wanted to make manual focusing easier and faster by increasing the range of focus that provides a confirmation. However for DotTune this behavior is undesirable because it increases the range of tune values, sometimes beyond the limits of the +20/-20 AF tune scale. Luckily there is an easy workaround, which I strongly advise Nikon owners to use:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Roboto]For step 3, do not set your NIkon body or lens to MF. Instead, configure your body for "back-button" focusing. Back-button focusing means that the Autofocus will not be engaged by a half-press of the shutter, which will allow you to perform steps 4 and 5 while leaving the body+lens still set to AF."[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/I] [/QUOTE]
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