[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, …
After a huge development effort and an extensive alpha testing program, we’re absolutely delighted to announce FoCal 2.9 Beta 1 for public release to FoCal Pro/Commercial users! Wait… What about 2.7 and 2.8? There’s such a lot of changes under the skin that we’ve skipped 2.7 and 2.8 and gone straight to 2.9… This is …
We’re pleased to announce the first beta release of FoCal 1.9 for both Windows and Mac. Updates and Fixes It’s been a long time coming because it’s been a huge amount of work, but we got there in the end! The focus of FoCal 1.9 has been on stability, reliability and consistency across both Windows …
We’re pleased to announce the release of a new FoCal for Mac build. The headline feature of this build is support for the Canon 6D, but there are several other improvements too. Updates and Fixes The following is a list of the additions and fixes in this version of FoCal for Mac: Canon 6D support …
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 …
We’re pleased to announce the release of FoCal 1.7.0.224 Beta (note 1.7.0.234 is functionally identical) which should bring reliable Nikon operation on OS X and adds support for the D600 as well as lots of other fixes and improvements. What’s new in this version? The following is the overview list of fixes since 1.7.0.220 (Windows) …
What a week or two! As explained here, we decided to start work on the Nikon support for FoCal Mac early as the general operation of the software on OS X was working nicely. It actually went considerably quicker than we expected until it came to ironing out a little issue we noticed with connecting …
We’re pleased to announce that Reikan FoCal 1.7 for Windows (Beta) has just been released for FoCal Pro users. What is Reikan FoCal for Windows Beta? FoCal is a software package originally intended for fully automatic AF Microadjustment calibration, but has grown to include features like the ability to check autofocus consistency, finding the sharpest …