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Since SpyderLensCal does not use any Datacolor software, there are no Datacolor license agreement software restrictions. So there is no limit to the number of cameras you can calibrate with SpyderLensCal. For long-term outdoor use, I would agree that an a...
It is certainly possible to confirm the autofocus of any camera with SpyderLensCal; but if your other cameras don’t have internal functions for making and storing autofocus correction adjustments, then all this will do is confirm whether the autofocus is ...
Using lighting centered at the same height as the target would be good (lighting down onto the target might cause direct reflection from the angled ruler) and using lighting from 45 degrees to the left of the target would be ideal, to minimize direct refl...
Using two tripods, adjusted to both be level, and putting the center of the lens at the same elevation as the center of the target will make the whole process that much simpler, but if two tripods aren’t available, just shooting it carefully on a shelf or...
The units on the SpyderLensCal ruler give you an orientation on how to set the micro adjustments on your camera. Depending on the focal length of your lens it will result in a different relation, but you will see that it’s easy to adapt this to your needs...
If your autofocusing film cameras include a mechanism for adjusting autofocus, then yes, though the process of shooting the target, waiting for the film to be developed, adjusting the focal compensation of the lens, and reshooting until the correct adjust...
Any camera which offers autofocus and an autofocus compensation function within the camera can be used with SpyderLensCal. Any camera with autofocus, but not a compensation system, can be checked with SpyderLensCal, but not corrected.
If you have difficulty determining what the results of your SpyderLensCal test shot are on the camera LCD, then download the image to your computer, and blow up the image to 1:1 on screen, centering on the intersection of the main target and the angled ru...
The most likely cause of your problem is not aligning the camera perpendicular to the target before shooting. Since you are having issues with this, try using two tripods, and mounting SpyderLensCal on one, and the camera on the other. Make sure the cente...
Focal length is the same for all visible wavelengths of light; otherwise chromatic aberration is obvious in the image. As long as your lenses provide chromatic correction in the near infrared region as well as the visible region, then your images will sti...
SpyderLensCal was not designed for underwater use; but as long as you are willing to accept any shortening of its lifespan caused by exposure to water, or saltwater, is should allow you to correct you autofocus for the different conditions which shooting ...
Any camera which offers autofocus and an autofocus compensation function within the camera can be used with SpyderLensCal. Any camera with autofocus, but not a compensation system, can be checked with SpyderLensCal, but not corrected.
Yes, if you feel that less dense air causes differential in your autofocus, you could certainly check that with SpyderLensCal, by shooting the target both at sea-level, then again at high altitude, and determining that the focal range is the same in both ...
It sounds as though your camera is set to a deep depth of focus. This can occur from using a fully automatic setting, a shutter priority setting, or a manual setting with a high aperture number (f:22 for example). In order to narrow your depth of focus, a...
Fisheye lenses are challenging to calibrate, as they tend to have a very deep depth of focus. If you can reduce the depth of focus sufficiently for the angled ruler on SpyderLensCal to distinguish the focal zone, then you can calibrate the lens, if your c...
Filters should not be a problem, but if an add-on component changes the focal plane of your lens, then you will be limited to calibrating the lens either for use with the add-on, or without it, or else using SpyderLensCal each time you reconfigurations to...
You’ll be ahead of the game to have calibrated each of your lenses to your body with SpyderLensCal. But you will be even better off if you recalibrate with SpyderLensCal on a recurring schedule, or every time you feel your results may be drifting. Fortuna...
Lightroom 3’s lens profiling function, like a number of pre-existing plug-in tools, provides lens distortion correction, chromatic aberration correction, and vignetting correction. Or in simple terms: it eliminates fisheye effects, color blurring, and dar...
No, but you can check its autofocus, and its depth of focus by shooting the SpyderLensCal target with it, and reviewing the results on your smartphone. Typically the depth of field of a camera phone is so deep that only the most basic differences can be d...
Cameras only allow one correction setting per lens, so “both” is not an option. Fortunately, lighting conditions do not effect the autofocus compensation, so shooting SpyderLensCal under any lighting condition should produce accurate corrections for all l...
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