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Dot-Tune: Autofocus Fine Tuning in under 5 minutes

Message #13389247 by schlotz · 1 earlier version stored · newest first

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Current versionSaved Jan 25, 2016 at 08:20 PMTitle changed
Dot-Tune: Autofocus Fine Tuning in under 5 minutes
It is hard to diagnose any potential error if a final decision has already been made. The process does work. I've successfully done it to my 1DXs, 5D3 and a friend's 7D2. While its simple, that's only if it's strictly followed. Miss or veer from a step and the results are subpar. Distance to target, Live view fine tune, putting lens into MF, recognizing a missed AF confirmation etc... all important. One very common miss, is in doing the math at the end.

EX) a determined range -5 to +13. Total range is 18, half is 9, so the MA to be put into the body is 4 (-5+9=4 or 13-9=4)

Original postPosted Jan 25, 2016 at 08:04 PM
Re: Dot-Tune: Autofocus Fine Tuning in under 5 minutes
It is hard to diagnose any potential error if a final decision has already been made. The process does work. I've successfully done it to my 1DXs, 5D3 and a friend's 7D2. While its simple, that's only if it's strictly followed. Miss or veer from a step and the results are subpar. Distances, Live view, recognizing is missed AF confirmation etc... all important. One very common miss, is in doing the math at the end.

EX) a determined range -5 to +13. Total range is 18, half is 9, so the MA to be put into the body is 4 (-5+9=4 or 13-9=4)

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