At Reikan, we like to tinker around with research and development projects in order to break new ground in the areas of camera control and image processing. HyperDoF is the result of some research we did back in February 2012 based on FoCal, and is a utility which allows you to create images you can …
AF Consistency Comparison: Phase Detect vs Contrast Detect
Reikan FoCal software has the ability to run AF Consistency tests, and during the development of some new features in FoCal I noticed something about contrast detect autofocus that didn’t quite go with my expectations, so I’ve run a few tests and captured some quite interesting data. This all stems from my belief that contrast-detect …
Reikan FoCal for Windows 1.7.0.247 Beta Released
We’re pleased to announce the release of a new Reikan FoCal for Windows build. The headline feature of this build is the new QuickCal test, but there are lots of other improvements too. Updates and Fixes The following is a list of the additions and fixes in this version of FoCal for Windows: Addition of …
FoCal for Mac 1.7.0.246 Beta Released
We’re pleased to announce the release of a new FoCal for Mac build. The headline feature of this build is the new QuickCal test, but there are lots of other improvements too. Updates and Fixes The following is a list of the additions and fixes in this version of FoCal for Mac: Addition of the …
FoCal “QuickCal” Test Preview
There’s a new tool coming to FoCal! It’s called the QuickCal Test, and it speeds up calibration for all cameras, especially with cameras that you have to manually change the AF Microadjustment/Fine Tune values (those that run in MSC mode). What’s different? The QuickCal test has been made possible due to the accuracy of the …
EF 24-70 vs EF 24-70 II FoCal Results Comparison
For quite a few months now, FoCal has had a Data Upload feature which has meant that people who use FoCal can optionally upload their data back to us at Reikan so we can analyse the results. The plan has been to use this data to both improve the analysis and guidance in FoCal, and also …
New FoCal for Windows release with lots of improvements
We released a new Mac version of FoCal on Monday after some intensive testing, and this week have seen the same testing on the Windows version. As we use the same underlying test control and analysis code, all the internal improvements in the Mac version are now available for Windows and we updated all the …
A quick FoCal for Windows release to stop beta expiry
As explained in this post, the beta versions of FoCal are time limited to make sure you don’t end up using an old version. FoCal for Windows 1.7.0.224 expired today, so there’s a new version available. We’re not quite ready with the next set of features, so this is functionally identical to 1.7.0.224 which was the last …
FoCal Software Expired Fixed
Ooops! When we release beta software, there is an in-built expiry date which is set to about 1 month after release. This means that you don’t end up using a beta version for a long time – there will always be another or the full general release out within the time limit. Well… assuming we …
FoCal for Mac – a new release is available!
After the best part of 3 weeks we’ve got the next release of FoCal for Mac available for you! This is the result of a huge amount of work, quite a lot “behind the scenes” in improving the test operation, the image handling on OS X, memory management improvement and general reliability work. But we’ve …