REIKAN FOCAL PRO ZOOM LENS UPDATE
REIKAN FOCAL PRO ZOOM LENS SOFTWARE
REIKAN FOCAL PRO ZOOM LENS ZIP

Opening up the Sigma adjustment window shows I can make adjustments at 4 distances. In this image the focus point was on the small yellow leaf in the foreground (IвЂ™ve cropped the image to show the area behind the focus point). They all showed focus was accurate, as in the samples below.ДЇocusing at longer distances, however, showed the lens backfocused quite dramatically. Spot focusing on the tip of the green leaf, I took several shots each at minimum focusing distance, 3 feet, and 6 feet. I started with a placemat set in front of a picture window. Since I plan on using this lens outdoors in daylight I wanted to adjust it in daylight (autofocus can change slightly in different lighting conditions, if you arenвЂ™t aware). So I made do with a placemat and my back yard. Since I was at home instead of the office, I didnвЂ™t have Focal, LensAlign charts, or any of the other things that seem to be considered necessary tools for autofocus adjustment these days. Without the Sigma dock and software, the only option was a trip to the factory service center to change the lens parameters. I can do a microfocus adjustment to correct long-distance focus, but then the lens is frontfocusing at near distances. This copy of the 35mm f/1.4 is perfect on my Canon 6D at close and intermediate distances, but at long distances it backfocuses badly.

I chose a lens that is perfect for this software. Unless I can put it off so long that my wife gets frustrated and does it herself. Plus, like I said, IвЂ™ve got a deck to stain. IвЂ™ll take nearly perfect in 10 minutes rather than perfect in 4 hours every time. IвЂ™m too aware that phase detection AF is a shotgun, not a sniperвЂ™s rifle. I should be clear, I donвЂ™t do a full-ballistic, OCD, 600-shot microfocus adjustment. Actually, 10 minutes is more time than it took me to do my first adjustment on the 35mm f/1.4 (of course, without reading any manuals). If youвЂ™re like me, though, you might prefer a 30 second blog read. Push yes and it updates in about 20 seconds.ДЇirst of all, thereвЂ™s a nice 10-minute video that Sigma made that shows you the use of the device very clearly HERE.

REIKAN FOCAL PRO ZOOM LENS UPDATE

The firmware update button reads the lensвЂ™ firmware and lets you know if you need a firmware update. Once you hook things up the program the program opens to a nice, straightforward main page.

Open the software, put the lens in the USB dock, and plug the USB port in your computer.

REIKAN FOCAL PRO ZOOM LENS ZIP

ItвЂ™s about 3.4 Mb in a zip file, available for Windows or Mac.

REIKAN FOCAL PRO ZOOM LENS SOFTWARE

Download the Optimization Pro Software HERE.Make sure you buy the dock in the proper mount (Canon, Nikon, or Sigma).Quick Overview of the USB Dock and Optimization Pro software And let me stop the Fanboy stuff before it starts: you may never have needed to make this adjustment on your 10 or 20 Canon or Nikon lenses, but IвЂ™ve sent dozens of them to factory service adjustments for exactly the issue IвЂ™m going to demonstrate today. I did some adjustments this weekend, in about 10 minutes, which would have required a trip to factory service on a Canon or Nikon lens. My conclusion, as usual, first: if anything is going to get the attention of those who like to disable features in firmware, overprice lenses, and limit our ability to customize, this might be it.

Partly because I desperately need a вЂHoney, IвЂ™ve really got to do this for workвЂ™ excuse or IвЂ™d have been restaining the deck. Partly because I really think this is a revolutionary product and I wanted to see how it worked. And now theyвЂ™ve released their USB dock and Optimization Pro software. TheyвЂ™ve released some world-class lenses at way less than world-class prices lately. TheyвЂ™ve improved their repair service and quality assurance. Truth is, theyвЂ™re making serious waves in the photo industry these last few years.

I am certain, though, that Sigma Photo, Inc. IвЂ™m pretty certain I havenвЂ™t gone soft over the last 4 years. (For the record, I did hate their quality control and so-called repair service at that time, and I didnвЂ™t hesitate to say so in this blog.) For the third or fourth time in the last year, IвЂ™m about to be accused of being a Sigma fanboy. Fortune passes everywhere.вЂќ вЂ“ Frank HerbertДЄ few years ago I was accused of being a Sigma hater.

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