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I tried a mirrorless. Have you?

Started Apr 18, 2022 | Discussions thread
Mark Ransom
Mark Ransom Veteran Member • Posts: 8,209
Re: I tried a mirrorless. Have you?

JeremieB wrote:

As an easier method, they could just use the "good focus" information, that we see in viewfinder. That's the AF system saying "not focused" or "good focus" or "not very good focus" (blink). If they have access to a continuous value they can use that (and repeat multiple times to average). If they have only 3 states, they can still use that to deduce a value (and again, repeat several times ...). The advantage if automatized is that this method could be blazing fast, even if configured to take many samples for each value (just move out of focus / refocus / save focus indicator).

The "good focus" indicator is driven by the same AF system you're trying to calibrate. Until the calibration is complete it's worthless.

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