FoCal 4.0.1 – macOS fixes, core updates
FoCal 4.0.1 brings fixes for operation on macOS Sonoma, security updates and improvements to the core of FoCal, along with a number of minor bug fixes.
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FoCal 4.0 available now!
It’s here! Our 4th major release of FoCal is now available for everyone, bringing improved performance and compatibility (including native Apple Silicon support), analysis improvements, camera and lens database enhancements, security updates and lots more…
Introducing FoCal 4.0! (Updated)
[This post has been updated with information about the Mac support] On a dark Monday morning in January 2012, FoCal 1.0 was released and immediately started making waves in the world of photography, bringing an easy, fully automatic way to tune your camera autofocus for sharper, more consistent shots. And now, almost 12 years later, …
FoCal Snapshots 1.2 update
We’re delighted to announce the release of FoCal Snapshots 1.2 for both Android and Apple devices, with some big feature additions and improvements.
FoCal 3.10 MR2 – Snapshots updates & more
FoCal 3.10 brings big updates to the Snapshots tool, fixes for File Mode cameras, Windows USB control, lens detection on Nikon mirrorless cameras, control of Canon mirrorless cameras and more!
FoCal 3.9 (MR1) – Nikon Z8 support!
FoCal 3.9 brings support for Nikon’s latest mirrorless camera, the Z8. You can now check, calibrate and analyse your new Z8 with native Z-mount lenses and adapted F-mount lenses to make sure you’re getting the very best from your camera.
You NEED to tune your DSLR autofocus!
I try my very best to avoid making statements that I can’t back up, so I’m going to do just that for the following one: “You are almost certainly not getting the sharpest shots from your DSLR – and it’s not your fault!” What if I then told you there’s an easy fix? Read on …
Mirrorless AF Calibration – Part 6: The Evidence
This is the culmination of a series of posts about how the whole autofocus system works and what issues might still lead to a requirement to calibrate lenses even though the autofocus measurements are now obtained from the same sensor as the image is captured from. I’ll link back to the previous posts at various …
Mirrorless AF Calibration – Part 5: The Autofocus Processor
In previous posts, I’ve covered issues that might affect the AF Sensor and the Lens. The last part of the Autofocus System is the AF Processor – the brains behind the whole operation. When I talk about the AF Processor, I’m talking about a conceptual block of functionality – It may be a dedicated chip …
Mirrorless AF Calibration – Part 4: The Lens
The lens is a huge and critical part of the autofocus system, after all, it actually does the focusing. Far from being a single lump of glass, they’re actually intricate and complex systems of exotic crystals, metal and electronics which are designed to work in harmony to focus light of any visible colour to a …