Your camera and lenses were each adjusted for the best performance when they left the factory, but until you put the lens on the camera, they've never been used together!
And in use, your camera and lenses change - wear and tear, temperature changes, knocks and bangs can all have an impact on how your autofocus performs.
FoCal tunes your lenses to your camera, adjusting for all those tiny changes and getting the very best from your gear.
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Tuning a Nikon D850 would improve almost 9 out of 10 lenses!
85.6% of lenses on a Nikon D850 would benefit noticeably from FoCal calibration, with 66.7% showing a significant improvement.
Source: FoCal IQ: D850 (F mount)
Tuning a Canon 5D Mark IV would improve almost 8 out of 10 lenses!
76.6% of lenses on a Canon 5D Mark IV would benefit noticeably from FoCal calibration, with 49.5% showing a significant improvement.
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25% OFF with code DSLRXYou'll see sharper shots, with more in-focus captures and a faster autofocus experience!
AF Microadjustment required: -4 units.
AF Fine-tune: -14 units.
AF Fine-tune: -14 units.
AF Fine-tune: -14 units.
FoCal takes control of your camera and does all the hard work.
We've worked hard to make FoCal as easy to use as possible. All you have to do is connect your camera to your computer, and run through a few steps to get your camera and lenses working together.
FoCal's Guided Setup will check your camera position, lighting, camera and lens settings, battery level and more, helping you make sure you're set up ready for accurate results.
Calibration takes a few minutes and needs almost no input from you - just sit back and watch your camera and lens tune up and your images get sharper.
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If you're interested in digging deeper, here are two comprehensive articles on our blog which explain - in a lot of detail - why you need to calibrate both DSLR and mirrorless cameras.
This post guides you through how DSLR autofocus works and why you really do need to calibrate to get the best from your camera and lenses.
With plenty of pictures and a step-by-step explanation on how everything works, along with evidence to show the need to tune, this should answer most of your questions about DSLR autofocus!
You are almost certainly not getting the sharpest shots from your DSLR - and it's not your fault!
What if I then told you there's an easy fix?
Mirrorless cameras don't need calibrating.
Wrong!
At Reikan, we've been gathering autofocus calibration results for almost 10 years now from users of our FoCal software, which includes data from users of Nikon Z-series mirrorless cameras… and it shows that you'd probably benefit from tuning your mirrorless camera.
This post series guides you, with simple explanations, through all the reasons why you should check your mirrorless camera.
