Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll be aware of the release of Nikon’s first full-frame mirrorless cameras – the Nikon Z6 and Nikon Z7. Our Nikon Z7 arrived at FoCal HQ last Thursday in the form of the “24-70 + FTZ Kit”. The documentation isn’t available from Nikon yet to control the camera …
Very exciting to see Reikan FoCal Pro reviewed recently in Amateur Photographer, a well respected photography magazine.
Since the introduction of the Nikon D3 way back in 2007, middle to high-end Nikon camera owners have been able to adjust the focus system of their camera to work better with each lens. Reikan FoCal takes the guesswork out of this adjustment by automating the process and using advanced computer analysis to determine the best adjustment …
Since the introduction of the Canon EOS 1D Mark III way back in 2007, middle to high-end camera owners have been able to adjust the focus system of their camera to work better with each lens. Reikan FoCal takes the guesswork out of this adjustment by automating the process and using advanced computer analysis …
We’re often asked whether there really is any point to calibrating your camera autofocus. Obviously we’re going to say a big, fat yes! otherwise FoCal wouldn’t exist, but I wanted to show a few charts to explain the sort of performance you’re likely to get “out the box”. When FoCal is used to calibrate or analyse a …
With the introduction of the EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon opened up some new possibilities for image processing with the introduction of Dual Pixel Raw files. Following on from our previous post on the subject, we’ve been investigating how these files can help with autofocus calibration and general camera analysis. The answer is… quite a …
Canon’s new 5D Mark IV has been announced and includes a feature that’s got our attention. The Dual Pixel Raw format allows for new types of post capture analysis, it’s early days but so far looks very interesting! Dual Pixel Raw Apart from the usual incremental improvements on the 5D line of cameras, Canon have …
With the release of the D5 and D500, Nikon have introduced an “automatic AF Fine Tune” feature into their range of dSLR cameras. We’ve spent a couple of days with our D500 in the Reikan lab running tests to get an idea of how Nikon’s new feature performs. *The D5 and D500 are not yet …
Very exciting news, especially for our US based FoCal users, it’s now possible to buy Reikan FoCal products direct in the USA! New US Based Stockist We have a new stockist, perhaps one of the largest and most well known photography stores in the US, B&H Photo. If you’re already a FoCal user and prefer …
We’re excited to share news of the new FoCal YouTube channel along with the first two new FoCal videos. We’ve been working on updates to the website as part of FoCal V2, things to make it easier for those getting started with FoCal and to help experienced users to get the most from using FoCal. …