Thanks to everyone who has updated to FoCal 6 and sent us feedback. We’ve now released FoCal 6.0 MR1, a maintenance release that makes FoCal 6 smoother and more reliable, thanks to everything you’ve reported. It doesn’t change how tests are run or scored, so your results carry straight on.
How to get FoCal 6.0 MR1
FoCal 6.0 MR1 is a free update for everyone who can use FoCal 6.0, on both Windows and Mac.
- In FoCal, go to Help > Check for Update and click Download, or
- Log in to your FoCal Account and choose the download for your computer.
The first time you start it, FoCal rebuilds its index of your results. With a large History this takes a little longer than usual.
What’s fixed
- Canon: putting your camera settings back after a test no longer warns about the aperture on some cameras.
- Canon EOS-1D Mark III: no more false “Lens not detected” message, faster tests, and your settings are put back properly if the first test shot fails.
- Fully Auto no longer rejects a result of exactly +20.
- Stabilisation Test: the effectiveness chart now compares stabilisation off against on, which is what it should always have shown.
- History: some results that were missing from History are back, and they’re now included in Analysis and Kit Status. A lens name with an apostrophe no longer causes problems.
- Start-up: FoCal no longer gets stuck on “Performing Maintenance”, and if something stops it starting, it tells you instead of sitting on the start-up screen.
- Saving: settings, exports, backups and reports are all written safely, so a problem part-way through can’t lose what you already had.
There are also fixes to charts in AF Consistency, Aperture Sharpness and CalCheck, File mode, Dust Analysis, and memory use during long tests. The full list is in the Release Notes.
If you haven’t tried FoCal 6 yet, our FoCal 6 announcement covers everything that’s new, including the Kit Health Check, Kit History and Analysis and the new Compare tab.
As always, if you have any problems or questions, get in touch.