May 16th, 2011

Micro Adjustments II

After a lot of talk, discussions, new insights and a new Lens Align device, I will spend a new blog post on the topic of MicroAdjustments, further abbreviated as MA in this article. My previous post on this topic can be found here and there are a few considerations that differ from this article, discussed [...]

March 26th, 2011

Tripods and Tripod Heads

This image was created with the Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and the Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM with a Canon 1.4x EF Extender II: 1/2500 @ f/8 and ISO400. This entire rig was mounted on a Gitzo 3541XLS Tripod and a Wimberley WH-200 II, providing sufficient and flexible support for this type [...]

October 29th, 2010

Canon Camera Micro Adjustment

Micro Adjustments

Every now and then I spend some time on calibrating my camera/lens combinations. Usually I used the method of setting up my lens alignment rig (Lens Align Pro) and creating images on my camera, downloading them and analysing them on my computer. More than once I find that the variations in focus are [...]