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Do I need to calibrate autofocus?

AF Microadjustment Values for ALL Canon cameras and lenses

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 …


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Reikan FoCal 2.0 MR1 – Adds OS X 10.11 El Capitan Support and bug fixes

FoCal 2.0 MR2 - Improved Nikon support in El Capitan

We’re delighted to announce the release of Reikan FoCal 2.0 Maintenance Release 1 (MR1) for Windows and Mac.  This release adds Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) support as well as fixing several other bugs. This release builds upon the earlier 2.0 release, dedicated blog entry below: Reikan FoCal 2.0 Final Released!  


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Which are the most popular Nikon Cameras? – 2012 to 2014

Following on from the “which lenses are most popular” post, this post is about which are the most popular Nikon cameras among FoCal users from May 2012 through to October 2014. The Data Since 2012, users of FoCal have had the opportunity to upload their results data back to our servers.  We’re really excited about being able to …


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Nikon Top 10 Lenses by Month (2013-2014)

This page gives the month-by-month top 10 lists of lenses on Nikon cameras as shown by the user data uploads from Reikan FoCal users. Each month shows the top 10 lenses.  The Month Percentage column shows the percentage made up by this lens (of the total Nikon lenses used during this month).  The Percentage Change column shows the difference from the …


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