mwsilvers wrote:
If, as you indicated, you have very little patience, then calibration is most likely not for you. All that detailed instructions or even a video will do is give you a better understanding of how the process works. However it is unlikely to speed up the process, and it will not be a magic bullet that will easily and quickly allow you to calibrate your lenses.
Calibration requires a lot of discipline. You need to perform multiple structured tests and observations for each of the large number of focal lengths and distances available for zoom lenses. You need an appropriate target and must test at various defined distances depending on the focal lengths used by the tap in. And you need to be able to get repeatable results which means multiple tests.
The testing process is arduous, and time-consuming, and tests should be performed on a tripod using the viewfinder. That is an important factor because calibration issues are more often a result of using a camera's AF sensor through the viewfinder rather than the camera's main sensor which is used in Live View. It is a process not meant for the faint of heart. It can take a number of hours of intense effort to calibrate a single lens.
A very important consideration is that when using the Tap-in device you are calibrating the lens itself by modifying it to work optimally on your specific copy of your camera model. That means it is more than likely that the lens will not work as well on any other camera you put it on, including copies of your camera. As a result, if you put it on another body you will mostly have to reset the lens back to its factory defaults, and recalibrate it.
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mwsilvers is correct. However, allow me to point out that the correction factor in the Nikon camera or the Canon camera is not the same as the Tap-IN values. The optimum way is to use the Tap-IN to change the value and see the effect. Sadly this requires a lot of mounting and dismounting the lens and mounting and dismounting the Tap-IN. An alternative method is to change the AF adjust in the camera. HOWEVER, the Nikon value needs to be scales by a factor of about 1.3 while the Canon by a factor of about 1.8. The values vary from camera body to camera body. When people load the camera AF values into the lens directly, most often they are frustrated by seeing the lens act as if it is not focusing correctly. That is the scale factor issue. The "hard way" of calibrating the lens is the best even though it that a lot of care and time.