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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In part 2, we covered the operation of the AF sensor, so now it’s time to take a look at some potential problems that could occur at the sensor which may affect the sharpness of our final images. This post will specifically look at issues relating to the phase-detection process occurring on the image sensor, …
Overview Autofocus (AF) technology has revolutionised the world of photography, allowing photographers to capture sharp images quickly and consistently. One of the most popular and widely used autofocus technologies is Phase Detect Autofocus (PDAF). In this blog post, I’ll delve into the inner workings of PDAF so we have a solid foundation for understanding why …
“Mirrorless cameras don’t need calibrating.” You hear that a lot, but is it true? At Reikan, we’ve been gathering autofocus calibration results for almost 10 years now from users of our FoCal software, which includes data from users of Nikon Z-series mirrorless cameras… and it suggests that you should calibrate your mirrorless camera. I wanted …
We’ve had a lot of great feedback about the Snapshots feature introduced in FoCal 3.7, and are now nearly ready to release the Snapshots app for Nikon cameras on both iOS and Android!
The Nikon Z9 is Nikon’s eighth mirrorless camera and by far the most powerful to date. Thanks to Nikon Europe we were able to get our hands on one of these elusive beasts for a week in order to add support to Reikan FoCal. This post is a few thoughts, photos, and FoCal results that …
As Reikan approaches 10 years since the very first FoCal release, we’re excited to announce the development of a new product which brings wireless control to all FoCal supported cameras.