billnikon wrote:
Domino's work better and you can group them tighter and use more of them. But again you can only calibrate for that distance, if you change distance points, you have to do it again, and again, and again. Remember, lens re calibration is only good for the distance you calibrate it for.
Why use batteries, dominos or aunt Ethel's calico tablecloth?? There are many fine printable targets, with instructions, available online. Most are free:
This one has a nice tutorial and explanation of back/front focus and the principles involved and a printable target that I have found to work well with reproducible results. There are many others out there.