Do you microadjust your lens?

This is my opinion of course, but I NEVER test focus with charts. Simply because I won't be shooting charts in real life.

What you actually need is to shoot what you normally do, lens wide open, under good light and look at the results. Before making any decisions, remove all possible causes for missed focus - zebra striped or low contrast objects, moving subjects, motion blur or shaken hand. Also learn the camera focus modes, not all are suitable for every case out there AND not every focus point has the same sensitivity. Camera manual is your friend.

If you shoot portraits and notice that more than 30% or so have soft focus or have nose/ears sharp even though you aimed for an eye, it's time to do the MA. Depending on the issue, back or front focus, start with +/-5-10 and then reduce the numbers to nail the focus even better.

And that's that really. The goal is to have more keepers with MA than before. If you get worse results with MA it's time to reduce the numbers or disable it/return to zero and check again.

TheDigitalDonbavand wrote:

HowardLive wrote:

I know I should microadjust my lenses (three zooms and three primes), but I'm still unsure of the best method for doing so. Advice (still) accepted.

I am the same, I have a couple of lenses I think would benefit but have never been confident about how to do it without potentially causing more problems than I solve. In particular how to ensure the target and sensor are completely parallel. I feel like I have a little knowledge at the moment which can be a dangerous thing hence haven't dared mess with anything.