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LensAlign Focus Calibration
Ric Tapia, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 3:12 AM on 10.01.09 |
->> Has anyone used LensAlign Focus Calibration?
http://www.lensalign.com/index.html
How was it? Is it as easy as the website says it is? Can you really do it with multiple camera and body combination? Thanks. |
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Mark Peters, Photographer
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Highland | IL | USA | Posted: 8:07 AM on 10.01.09 |
->> To your second question - It's just a measurement system. Call it a "better mousetrap" version of the measuring tape/brick wall combo.
To quote their website it's a "tool for precision focus analysis of camera and lens combinations." |
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Monty Rand, Photographer
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Bangor | ME | USA | Posted: 8:32 AM on 10.01.09 |
->> Funny you post this. I was also looking at this and a friend of mine sent me something that he has used with much success. Here's a link to download it. It's a PDF file and you just print it out, cut it out and put it together and he said it worked great for him. I haven't tried it yet, but he said it's much cheaper than $175.
http://focustestchart.com/focus12.pdf |
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Steve Violette, Photographer
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Gulf Breeze | FL | USA | Posted: 12:18 PM on 10.01.09 |
->> I use the LensaAlign product and agree it is purely a tool. however I think it is a pretty good one. I use it while shooting tethered and this makes the adjustments quick and easy for each lens. I have found adjustments on most all lenses going from +/-2 to +/-18. Now I seem to have less "misfocused" shots on the Mark IIn and the mark III and the lenses that were the most out show the most improvement.
when I see the actual differences using this tool, I understand why people complain about "soft lenses" With the technology to make the microadjustments in the camera, this is a tool that is very useful - I bought the $179 version
Steve |
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Steve Violette, Photographer
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Gulf Breeze | FL | USA | Posted: 12:28 PM on 10.01.09 |
| ->> Sorry - the two cameras were d mark III and ds mark III and not the mark IIn |
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Michael Fullana, Photographer
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Miami | FL | USA | Posted: 7:20 AM on 10.02.09 |
->> I use one of my son's toys (6-7 inch car) placed on the grass in the backyard... if focus is off the blades of grass will show it....(front or back focus) from there I
fine tune the focus adjustment... has worked great with all of my long lenses.. |
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Josh Lehrer, Photographer, Assistant
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NY | NY | USA | Posted: 8:14 PM on 10.02.09 |
| ->> One thing I would say is avoid the "Lite" model and go "pro." It is extremely difficult to get a precise alignment using the mirror on the "lite" system. I think this system overall is a good idea, but I agree with the "newspaper on a wall" crowd. |
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Nick Morris, Photographer
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San Marcos | CA | United States | Posted: 4:44 AM on 10.04.09 |
| ->> Okay so what do you say a bunch of us go in on this and we can pass it around and even rent it to other photogs for $25 a day? |
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