Calibration

[ahbriggs]

I'm looking to calibrate both my camera and lens. I own a 5D Mark III and a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L USM II. I'm currently looking at FoCal's fully automatic calibration system and the Datacolour scale calibration. I was wondering if anyone has experience with each or can suggest other alternatives.

[Rhossydd]

I use FoCal and would recommend it.
With the Pro version it's easy to set up and leave it to run, the results have been informative and the calculated MFA settings are better than anything I'd managed using printed out charts with manual approaches. See http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=61058.0 for a recent thread about it.

If you buy it via http://www.reikan.co.uk/focal/mbp45/ it's not too expensive either.

I also applaud Raikan's approach to making everyone's anonymous results public too (see last post in the thread referenced above).

[mac_paolo]

Canon users are so lucky with FoCal.
I have to manually enter each value a tons of time with my Nikon DSLR, a huge PITA. 

[Ellis Vener]

Canon users are so lucky with FoCal.
I have to manually enter each value a tons of time with my Nikon DSLR, a huge PITA. 

You must be doing something wrong then. I've never had that happen. Which camera(s)?

[mac_paolo]

Nikon D300. Nikon cameras don't get full auto calibration as Canon ones do.

[FranciscoDisilvestro]

According to the FoCal page, the only Nikon that supports full automated operation is the D3s, all the other models supported require manual intervention, what they call "MSC - Manual Setting Change".

It seems that it applies also for the Canon 1Dx and 5D Mk III

[mac_paolo]

According to the FoCal page, the only Nikon that supports full automated operation is the D3s

I didn't know that.
Ok, all Nikons except the D3s… still no luck for me