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8-16mm HSM focal range is weird, calibrate?

Started 10 months ago | Discussions thread
Peter Slovakia
Peter Slovakia Contributing Member • Posts: 716
Re: 8-16mm HSM focal range is weird, calibrate?

Yes, the 8-16mm lens can be calibrated / adjusted by a specialist service with an SD1 Merrill body. The adjustment of this lens is performed by the "older method", which may not be as accurate as the new Art, Conteporary and Sport lenses, but is still very good and useful because it "eliminates possible lens error" in focusing.
That's why I had this lens accurately calibrated / adjusted to the SD Merrill body. Then I will focus on the correct focusing of the lens in the range of "focal length 8 to 16mm" and the table "DoF Calculator". This is my procedure.
Peter

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