Calibrating Lens: How many of you calibrate your numerous lenses with your camera? The D500 has a option that you are able to store all the specs of your different lenses and when...

A.I.R. Loc: Carmel IN

How many of you calibrate your numerous lenses with your camera? The D500 has a option that you are able to store all the specs of your different lenses and when attaching a particular lens the camera knows which lens it is and fine tunes with the info you've stored. This is something new to me. I don't know what other cameras have this option but wanted to know how many of you use this tool?
Appreciate any thoughts.

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

A.I.R. wrote:

How many of you calibrate your numerous lenses with your camera? The D500 has a option that you are able to store all the specs of your different lenses and when attaching a particular lens the camera knows which lens it is and fine tunes with the info you've stored. This is something new to me. I don't know what other cameras have this option but wanted to know how many of you use this tool?
Appreciate any thoughts.

I have a D800 and I calibrate all my lenses to my camera body. It can make a noticable difference.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Only if I felt I needed to calibrate my camera/lens combinations. However, I see no need at present to mess with that.
--Bob

A.I.R. wrote:

How many of you calibrate your numerous lenses with your camera? The D500 has a option that you are able to store all the specs of your different lenses and when attaching a particular lens the camera knows which lens it is and fine tunes with the info you've stored. This is something new to me. I don't know what other cameras have this option but wanted to know how many of you use this tool?
Appreciate any thoughts.

Bill_de Loc: US

I've only needed to do one of many. That was only after Nikon replaced the AFs motor.

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Old Timer Loc: Greenfield, In.

I have Canon cameras and have calibrated my lens on the two cameras the 7D and 5DIi with my Canon lens I have a couple of other brand of lens that you can not. Most of my lens were front focusing. You usually have to find the distance that you want to use the most and use that for your settings. Some times I go for the best average as some lens are not constant with different focal length.

A.I.R. Loc: Carmel IN

Just learning about the calibration. Is this to say back focusing are the only type that can calibrate? Also do you choose back vs front when purchasing lenses as a whole? I know different lens are bette

A.I.R. Loc: Carmel IN

sorry hit send before finished. But on average do you tend to purchase one type vs the other?

Old Timer Loc: Greenfield, In.

Back or front focus can very from camera or lens according to the tolerance from set up combination and will not be the same for each camera and or lens as the tolerance variance. Some lens seem to mate to some cameras better than others. There is different ways to set the focus. I have found that when shooting macro or portraits is where it pays off more. Close ups seem to show more improvement for me than at distant subjects such as landscapes. It some what effects your depth of field of where every thing is more in focus.

ekfelton Loc: Michigan

I’ve always calibrated my lenses to my cameras. Regardless of the price of the lens or body. I use a D500 with a Nikon 180-400 with the 1.4 build in TC. The calibration even though minor makes a difference in the sharpness of the focus.
All my lenses are calibrated to my D500 and D750. All are Nikon ff lenses

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

A.I.R. wrote:

How many of you calibrate your numerous lenses with your camera? The D500 has a option that you are able to store all the specs of your different lenses and when attaching a particular lens the camera knows which lens it is and fine tunes with the info you've stored. This is something new to me. I don't know what other cameras have this option but wanted to know how many of you use this tool?
Appreciate any thoughts.

Canon also stores the parameters for different calibrated lenses. Most, but not all my lenses are calibrated. I believe your D500 has an automated calibration tool which the Canon's do not. Canon calibrates prime lenses with a single parameter and zooms with both a wide end and long end parameter. I am not quite certain but I don't believe Nikon uses two different parameters for zoom lenses.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Old Timer wrote:

I have Canon cameras and have calibrated my lens on the two cameras the 7D and 5DIi with my Canon lens I have a couple of other brand of lens that you can not. Most of my lens were front focusing. You usually have to find the distance that you want to use the most and use that for your settings. Some times I go for the best average as some lens are not constant with different focal length.

Which 3rd party lenses are you unable to calibrate on your Canon cameras? I've never had an issue calibrating third-party lenses on my Canon 7D Mark II.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

A.I.R. wrote:

sorry hit send before finished. But on average do you tend to purchase one type vs the other?

If you are responding to a particular person try to get in the habit of using the Quote Reply feature so we know who you're responding to.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

A.I.R. wrote:

How many of you calibrate your numerous lenses with your camera? The D500 has a option that you are able to store all the specs of your different lenses and when attaching a particular lens the camera knows which lens it is and fine tunes with the info you've stored. This is something new to me. I don't know what other cameras have this option but wanted to know how many of you use this tool?
Appreciate any thoughts.

I use two different bodies and every AF lens I use is calibrated to both bodies. I can calibrate a lens in about 5 minutes at a shoot if I need to.
Of course it really only makes a difference if you shoot shallow DoF's. If a lens is off at f8, something needs to be fixed!!!
SS

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

SharpShooter wrote:

I use two different bodies and every AF lens I use is calibrated to both bodies. I can calibrate a lens in about 5 minutes at a shoot if I need to.
Of course it really only makes a difference if you shoot shallow DoF's. If a lens is off at f8, something needs to be fixed!!!
SS

A lens can still be off at f8, it's just less noticeable to most people under most conditions. I've always felt that's the reason that so many shooters who generally shoot in the f/8 to F/16 range think their lenses don't need to be calibrated. Third-party lenses, in my experience, tend to need calibration more than OEM lenses probably because they are not made by the same company that makes the cameras.

Bill_de Loc: US

Since no calibration is needed with mirrorless cameras, are we calibrating the lens to the camera or calibrating the camera's focusing system to the lens?

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