Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
The Issue Addressed here: Getting the most out of one's DSLR with interchangeable lenses is not routine, necessarily. Even the most expensive flagship cameras need to be adjusted for each lens to make sure that the camera's AF system is correctly matched to the actual lens sample you own or rent.
Enter Solutions Our good friend Michael Tapes, the designer and producer of a number of really useful tools for photography, has just released a new and more economical, but updated, version of LensAlign™. Naturally, it's designated LensAlign II! Bart Ven Der Wolf has another sophisticated approach using moiré in a photograph of a target. We have a hugely popular technical discussion of that approach. Here we call attention to the arrival of a more economical version of Michael Tapes' well regarded system, source..
Michael Tapes Design: Lensalign II
"LensAlign MkII is a precision reference tool that enables photographers to accurately measure and then adjust the Auto Focusing accuracy of their DSLRs. It also reveals the performance of the camera's manual focus system. A few years ago, photographers started to notice front/back focusing problems with their DSLRs. For example, when their camera's AF system was locked on a person's eye, the person's nose or ear was actually the sharpest part of the captured image. In order to allow hundreds of lenses and bodies to be interchangeable, the tolerances within the manufacturing process can cause any specific body/lens combination to potentionaly exhibit these front/back focus anomalies. To compensate for this condition, most new professional and enthusiast DSLRs have an Auto Focus Adjustment within their menu system. LensAlign was created as a focus system measurement standard by which photographers can accurately measure and improve the performance of their cameras' focus systems.
Like its industry standard LensAlign PRO predecessor, the LensAlign MkII features our exclusive and patent pending True Parallel Alignment™ (TPA™). TPA verifies perfect parallel alignment between the camera sensor plane and the target surface of LensAlign, a requirement for consistent and precise Auto Focus adjustment. LensAlign MkII comes standard with a 10.5" Focus Display Ruler containing 2 alternate display patterns, one on each side. A 24" Long Ruler add-on option will be available in early February. LensAlign MkII is shipped flat in a Priority Mail postal envelope to reduce shipping costs. The MkII can also also be disassembled for travel or storage."
More information is available in a review in ImagingResource.com
There are bargains to be had with a savings in an economical package of the new design with WhiBal™, the wonderful grey card standard everyone should have. Visit Michael's website here.
Asher
Disclosure: I have no financial relationship with Michael Tapes, just know he's dedicated to producing great tools. I just happened to have purchased all my color calibration tools, including EyeOne spectrophotometer from him, at full price, for my workflow. his service has always been excellent. He also was a major help in setting up the vBulletin engine for OPF and for that we are for ever grateful.
Enter Solutions Our good friend Michael Tapes, the designer and producer of a number of really useful tools for photography, has just released a new and more economical, but updated, version of LensAlign™. Naturally, it's designated LensAlign II! Bart Ven Der Wolf has another sophisticated approach using moiré in a photograph of a target. We have a hugely popular technical discussion of that approach. Here we call attention to the arrival of a more economical version of Michael Tapes' well regarded system, source..
Michael Tapes Design: Lensalign II
"LensAlign MkII is a precision reference tool that enables photographers to accurately measure and then adjust the Auto Focusing accuracy of their DSLRs. It also reveals the performance of the camera's manual focus system. A few years ago, photographers started to notice front/back focusing problems with their DSLRs. For example, when their camera's AF system was locked on a person's eye, the person's nose or ear was actually the sharpest part of the captured image. In order to allow hundreds of lenses and bodies to be interchangeable, the tolerances within the manufacturing process can cause any specific body/lens combination to potentionaly exhibit these front/back focus anomalies. To compensate for this condition, most new professional and enthusiast DSLRs have an Auto Focus Adjustment within their menu system. LensAlign was created as a focus system measurement standard by which photographers can accurately measure and improve the performance of their cameras' focus systems.
Like its industry standard LensAlign PRO predecessor, the LensAlign MkII features our exclusive and patent pending True Parallel Alignment™ (TPA™). TPA verifies perfect parallel alignment between the camera sensor plane and the target surface of LensAlign, a requirement for consistent and precise Auto Focus adjustment. LensAlign MkII comes standard with a 10.5" Focus Display Ruler containing 2 alternate display patterns, one on each side. A 24" Long Ruler add-on option will be available in early February. LensAlign MkII is shipped flat in a Priority Mail postal envelope to reduce shipping costs. The MkII can also also be disassembled for travel or storage."
More information is available in a review in ImagingResource.com
There are bargains to be had with a savings in an economical package of the new design with WhiBal™, the wonderful grey card standard everyone should have. Visit Michael's website here.
Asher
Disclosure: I have no financial relationship with Michael Tapes, just know he's dedicated to producing great tools. I just happened to have purchased all my color calibration tools, including EyeOne spectrophotometer from him, at full price, for my workflow. his service has always been excellent. He also was a major help in setting up the vBulletin engine for OPF and for that we are for ever grateful.