Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >>> It took me two hours to calibrate 11 lenses on two bodies. It is not particularly time consuming or difficult. >>> One would think that it would take less time to do it as part of production. It's shoddy manufacturing. The cameras are sold defective. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:18 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net < wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > >>> > As an aside in this discussion, for autofocus lenses and DSLR bodies - get > something like LensAlign and adjust the focus using the "AF Fine Tune" > function in the menu. The D700 has the capacity to store values for 12 > lenses, and the D800 for 20 lenses. Once you test and store the values for > a lens, and switch on the "AF Fine Tune" function, the values will > automatically be used when you mount the lens. There is considerable > variance, so this is really worth doing. > <<< > > One must wonder why AF SLR cameras aren't made with less variance and why > the onus of focus accuracy is dumped on the user. OTOH, more profits for > LensAlign. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft? Windows? and Linux web and application > hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web