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Mirrorless AF Calibration – Part 6: The Evidence

A selection of charts shown on glass blocks against a brown background.

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 …


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Mirrorless AF Calibration – Part 5: The Autofocus Processor

Lens, sensor and AF Processor render

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 …


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Nikon Z6, Z7, Z50 AF Fine-Tune Firmware Changes

Reikan FoCal - Nikon Z50 Firmware Update

Update 16th Oct 2020: Nikon have released new firmware which fixes the issue described in this blog post. The fixed versions are Z 6/Z 7 version 3.12 and Z 50 version 2.02 (download links below). With the release of the latest firmware for their Z cameras, it seems that Nikon have partially removed AF Fine-Tune …


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