Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
A few quick test shots with the 35mm lens. And a special thanks to RocketCowboy for the great bargain. I am going to love this lens. Having to wait on the sun to come out to Fine Tune the focus on it.
Dear GAWD but I hate doing lens calibrations... That being said, thank you for reminding me I've not yet calibrated my primes on my D750 and boy do they need it. *sigh*Guess I really need to get down its installing FoCal this weekend and calibrating lenses.
Good tip. I have never calibrated any of my gearI have the Reikan Focal software, but now prefer to fine-tune my lenses manually.
1) Get a very stable tripod and mount the camera and lens,
2) Put the lens in manual focus
3) Turn on Live View and zoom in as far as possible
4) Achieve perfect focus manually. The focus you see in Live View is the same focus that is directly on the sensor.
5) Turn off Live View but DO NOT MOVE THE CAMERA.
6) Still in manual focus mode, look in the view finder and push the shutter button (or BBF if that's how you roll).
7) If the AF indicator in the viewfinder shows the green circle, the AF system agrees with your manual focus. If the AF system shows an arrow left or right, you need to adjust the lens calibration until the circle appears.
You have now trained the AF system to see perfect focus as you have set it in Live View.
Lens calibration is a pain but you'll be glad you did it... Lots of resources on the internet to guide you.Good tip. I have never calibrated any of my gear
Not come across FoCal before the reporting looks very comprehensive.
Will be interested to see the results of the fine tune. Have you used it on other lenses?
For those who have not fine tuned your lenses or want to see how FoCal works here is the shot I did yesterday BEFORE I fine tuned my lens.
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Thats what I needed to see. what a difference.
I assume the PP was exactly the same and no cheating, if so
FoCal looks good to me