{"id":1862,"date":"2018-12-09T09:10:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T14:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryfisherdesign.com\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2022-08-22T14:36:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T19:36:06","slug":"how-to-calibrate-camera-lens-to-increase-image-sharpness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fisherdesignandadvertising.com\/how-to-calibrate-camera-lens-to-increase-image-sharpness\/","title":{"rendered":"How to calibrate camera lens to increase image sharpness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are <strong>not getting sharp images out your camera<\/strong> maybe you lens needs a calibration, especially if you have an old lens. It&#8217;s a technique that not many people know but, it&#8217;s a common practice for professional photographers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Calibrate Canon Lens with Canon 7D with AF Microadjustments<\/h2>\n<p>In this video tutorial I will teach you how to calibrate your lens, however<strong> you will need to have a high-end camera like Canon 5D, 7D, 1D<\/strong> and few others. The trick doesn&#8217;t work on the consumer camera like Canon 400d. \u00a0In my video, I will do the calibration with my 300mm lens manufactured in 1996. After one year, it lost its sharpness using the camera built-in AF Microadjustments.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what you will need to to calibrate you lens<\/p>\n<ul id=\"mce_27\" class=\"editor-rich-text__tinymce mce-content-body\" role=\"textbox\" contenteditable=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write list\u2026\" aria-autocomplete=\"list\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-multiline=\"true\" data-is-placeholder-visible=\"false\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Uz3HhM\">Professional Calibration Chart<\/a> on Amazon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kscameraclub.org\/docs\/pdfs\/focus_test_chart_edited.pdf\">Free DIY Calibration chart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.fo-cal.co.uk\/article\/27-af-calibration-target-distance-tool\">Calculate target distance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-digital-picture.com\/Photography-Tips\/af-microadjustment-tips.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"You can read more about AF Microadjustment here\u00a0 (opens in a new tab)\">AF Microadjustments<\/a> \u00bb<\/p>\n<h3>Video tutorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hYGaE6Er_08\">how to calibrate lens with AF Microadjustments<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hYGaE6Er_08\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are not getting sharp images out your camera maybe you lens needs a calibration, especially if you have an old lens. It&#8217;s a technique that not many people know but, it&#8217;s a common practice for professional photographers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2286,2287],"tags":[929,930,748,591,931],"class_list":["post-1862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography-tutorial","category-video-tutorial","tag-calibrate-lens","tag-canon-7d","tag-photography","tag-tips","tag-tutorial","category-2286","category-2287","description-off"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to calibrate camera lens to increase image sharpness<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Video tutorial to show how to get sharper images out your camera calibrating your lens using AF Microadjustments. 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