Yesterday I got an email from the head of a software company. What was inside made my day.
For years (decades?) now I’ve been asking Nikon to provide the ability to save/load named settings files on my cameras. Well, Nikon didn’t listen (do they ever listen to me?). Fortunately, we didn’t need Nikon to listen.
Reikan FoCal 3.7 (Pro) has a new feature: snapshots. A snapshot is a settings file.
You can save these settings files in named files on your computer. You can edit them on your computer (see screenshot, below). You can push a edited/saved snapshot back to your camera.
FoCal is the only remaining automated AF-Fine tuning tool out there. It’s also a pretty decent surrogate lens test program. At the moment the full package comes in Windows and macOS versions at US$99.95 (focus test charts are additional money). While a mobile app version (Android and iOS) exists, it doesn’t have the snapshot capability at this time.
So, excuse me if you don’t hear from me for a few hours. I’ve got a lot of settings to edit and save…meanwhile, why do I think there’s going to be a sudden rush on Reikan’s Web site? ;~)
Update: I’ve been playing with FoCal and it’s a really good start, but it’s not a complete one yet. Even in this initial iteration it’s better and more complete than Nikon’s partial implementation in Camera Control Pro, though. I’ve been in touch with Reikan about how I think they should proceed with this product, and they seem eager to make it into a fully useful tool.
