reikan focal pro lens calibration unboxing

Just over a year ago I had a zoom lens that just kept on misfocusing. There are many reasons why your equipment may not be performing as it should, and no amount of calibration is ever going to be able to fix a badly bashed lens element that has gone and moved inside the barrel. Don’t get me wrong: the manual and software options already explained are perfectly adequate for most situations, but how long do you really want to spend adjusting your kit and, more importantly, do you really think you know more about it than a trained technician might do? Should you do it yourself? To my mind you’re best off spending your time taking photographs, not fixing your misaligned kit. At the highest level the software will take over the camera operation entirely, shooting and adjusting as it goes, but most models require you to make adjustments manually at the request of FoCal’s funny computerised voice. Once connected you’ll be guided through the process with varying degrees of automation, depending on the camera you’re using.

The distance from camera to target is specified for each different lens and you will then need to connect the camera to your computer via the usual tethering cable. You need to set up the camera and target in a well-lit environment with your camera in Aperture priority (AV).

To operate the software you’ll need to download and print out their bespoke target or you can purchase a pack of pre-printed targets that come in various sizes. It can be downloaded for Mac or PC and it will come in various different guises, from Basic all the way through to Pro. FoCal has been around for a few years now and it’s constantly being updated.

The market leader in the home calibration game is Reikan FoCal. YOU CAN NOW purchase software that will essentially do everything that the manual calibration does, only better.

Reikan focal pro lens calibration unboxing