{"id":121,"date":"2024-03-16T22:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T21:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/?p=121"},"modified":"2024-03-17T09:52:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T08:52:01","slug":"ginger-menace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/2024\/03\/16\/ginger-menace\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginger menace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have had a Canon 50mm f\/1.4 for several years, but I&#8217;ve never used it because it was way off and the 5D couldn&#8217;t do micro adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I discovered recently reading the 6D manual that the 7D is also able to do micro adjustments to align lenses with cameras. As the 50mm becomes a 80mm because it&#8217;s the 1.6 crop factor, it makes it a pretty good portrait lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made adjustments today and then tested on a semi cooperative ginger cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photoni.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_0458_DxO-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/photoni.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_0458_DxO-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" style=\"width:340px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoni.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_0458_DxO-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/photoni.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_0458_DxO-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoni.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_0458_DxO-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoni.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_0458_DxO-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/photoni.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_0458_DxO-1.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Noo-noos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>It was surprisingly simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use something that will clearly show the zones that are in focus and those that aren&#8217;t. I used a yellow metal measuring tape.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus on a number from enough distance that the focus will be reliable. If too close, it can be a bit hit and miss.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take several images at an acute angle to increase the distinction between in and out of focus zones.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check where the focus actually is. For me it was clearly closer to the camera.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjust with the micro adjustments to move the focus to the right place. As it was closer to the camera, I moved toward the mountains logo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repeat until the focus is perfect. For me it was at +7.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Et voila, a perfectly working 50mm lens for the first time ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had a Canon 50mm f\/1.4 for several years, but I&#8217;ve never used it because it was way off and the 5D couldn&#8217;t do micro adjustments. I discovered recently reading the 6D manual that the 7D is also able to do micro adjustments to align lenses with cameras. As the 50mm becomes a 80mm &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/2024\/03\/16\/ginger-menace\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ginger menace&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}