What’s New in This Update

Welcome to FoCal 4.2!

This version brings support for built-in WiFi connection with selected cameras, RGBHV display improvements and quite a lot more.

Version Details

Headline Features

• Support for built in WiFi on selected Canon and Nikon cameras
• RGBHV chart display
• Fixed Ignore Point operation
• Smaller file sizes
• Improvements to Windows user interface and installer
• Some significant Nikon control improvements

Known Issues

• There are no known issues with this release.

Changelog

• License page copyright upped to 2024
• Modified how application version is obtained in Windows
• Don't filter text if the button isn't active (i.e. filter text not visible)
• Added automatic disabling of subject detection on Nikon
• Separated product user interfaces to reduce size and dependencies
• Removed (development) support for tethered Sony cameras
• Removed (development) Pentax support
• Ignore points are now working in History data
• Fix occasional closedown exception
• Added SelectedChannel to FoCalDBProcessor, and use this in place of explicit channel specified in calculation methods.
• Added RGB selection to Detail page in UI
• Processor channel change now updates results.
• Forced chart update after channel change
• Show crop for selected channel
• Added colourising of crops based on channel
• Added overlays for H and V to crops
• Removed channel selection from detail chart card
• Updated ValidatedPoints to return calculations per channel.
• Added All and Combined to channel list
• All analysis results are for the specified channel (no defaults)
• Updated use of ValidatedPoints so test controller and report generator use Combined results
• Fixed title for HVR chart
• Added channel information for Aperture Sharpness visualiser
• Disable accelerator keys in WebView2
• Added Windows version check into installer (will show message if older then Windows 10 1607)
• Updated copyright date on license agreement resource
• Added license agreement to installer
• Minor tweaks to Nikon Metadata processing
• Minor style updates
• Fixed UI crash when running AF Consistency (and potentially all tests), related to RGB work
• Added automatic DisableVignettingComp and DisableDiffractionComp to setup. Set in AvS now.
• Added disabling of Vig/DiffComp to MultiTest, and removed warnings from TS if they can be disabled
• More robust handling of Camera Open failures.
• Don't warn about vibration risk due to low lighting levels for mirrorless cameras
• Fixed target distance not showing TC value by preferring metadata info
• Improved robustness of data transfer on Windows.
• Implemented PTP/IP
• Implemented Canon WiFi connection protocol
• Fixed protocol issue in PTP/IP
• Added event handling when WiFi cameras autodetected
• Added network library version to About page
• Improvement of Canon EOS detection
• Implemented searcher and PTP/IP keepalive for Nikon cameras.
• Added Nikon and Canon WiFi enable to settings
• Added WiFi information banner on startup
• Updated no-detected-camera information
• Fixed occasional failure to show login screen for new users
• Added WiFi tips
• Added WebView version to Components/About information
• Update Splash page to add animation
• Removed splash CSS as this is now in its own file
• Improved initial display of home page and main window
• Fixed crash on stopping Nikon WiFi
• Fixed detection of Nikon camera being disconnected
• Updated Nikon camera definitions to add WiFi Setup option
• Updates to add WiFi setup information for Nikon cameras
• Updates to add Canon WiFi help
• Fixed initial startup position on new build (Windows)
• Updated WebView2 SDK to 1.0.2420.47