What’s New in FoCal 4.4
Welcome to FoCal 4.4.
This release has been focused on improving the internal workings of FoCal, leveraging new coding technologies available to improve performance and reliability.
FoCal 4.4 MR1
Maintenance Release 1 brings updates to the internal camera and lens databases, performance improvements in processing and camera control, improved accuracy and speed in the Calibration Check tool and Focus Calibration.
License Requirements
FoCal 4.4 is available to anyone within their Included Updates Period as of 25th October 2024 – if you’ve bought FoCal or renewed your support less than 12 months before this date, you’re good to go.
If you don’t have support, head to www.reikanfocal.com/account and log in to purchase a further 12 months of updates for a reduced price (including full Premium features of our mobile apps when you log in)
Version Details
| Component | Version | Type | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FoCal – Windows & Mac | 4.4.1.24334 | Stable | 6th Dec 2024 |
Headline Features
- Completely new History Database system – much faster, much more efficient and paves the way for comprehensive analysis of your equipment in a future release.
- Camera protocol improvements
- USB control improvements
- Lens definition and camera definition updates
- Improvements to test operation
Known Issues
- There are no known issues with this release.
Changelog
FoCal 4.4 MR1
- Update to Lens Database
- Update to Camera Database
- Analysis performance and accuracy improvements
- Camera protocol fixes and updates
- Better handling of error conditions during tests
- Reduce memory requirements
- Framework updates
- Security updates in third-party packages
FoCal 4.4
- History database system has been completely rewritten
- Automatic backup on history conversion
- Import/Export format between old and new database consistent
- Performance optimisation for macOS Sequoia (macOS 15)
- Nikon camera protocol improvements
- Canon camera protocol improvements
- Improvements to operation of Fully Automatic Calibration test
- Improvements to operation of Calibration Check test
- Underlying Aperture Sharpness operation improved
- MultiTest stability and speed enhancements
- Fixes to minor issues in license handling
- Improvements to update check
- Minor fixes to user interface
- Target Setup operation hints added
- Update camera definitions
- Update lens database
- Fixes to link routing in user interface
- Removed unused code
- Consolidated multiple code paths
- Improvements to graphics functions
- Speed, performance and accuracy improvements in graphing library
- Minor improvements to USB control on Windows