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- Can I calibrate my smartphone’s camera with Spyder LensCal?
- I use Lightroom. It includes a tool for lens profiling. Does this conflict with Spyder LensCal, or make it unnecessary to use Spyder LensCal?
- I am a mountaineer and photographer, and have always wondered if my autofocus was as accurate at high elevations as it is at sea level. Can I use Spyder LensCal to check, and ideally correct, this?
- Should I calibrate my lenses for indoor lighting, outdoor lighting, or both?
- I lead photo safaris in Africa and elsewhere. My equipment sees a lot of use, some abuse, and a great deal of thermal cycling. Is it still worth my while to use Spyder LensCal?
- Will filters and add-on lenses invalidate my Spyder LensCal lens calibrations?
- Can I calibrate my fisheye lens with Spyder LensCal?
- When I shoot Spyder LensCal with my camera and lens, there is no difference in focus between the front of the angled ruler, the center of it, and the rear of it. How am I supposed to decide how to make adjustments?
- My camera has been specially altered for infrared photography. Can I still use Spyder LensCal on it?
- When I shoot the Spyder LensCal target, the whole of the main target is not in focus; the left edge may be, but the right edge, where the ruler meets it, is not. Can I use Spyder LensCal under these circumstances?
Can I calibrate my smartphone’s camera with Spyder LensCal?
No, but you can check its autofocus, and its depth of focus by shooting the SpyderLensCal target with it, and reviewing the results on your smartphone. Typically the depth of field of a camera phone is so deep that only the most basic differences can be distinguished.
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- I use Lightroom. It includes a tool for lens profiling. Does this conflict with Spyder LensCal, or make it unnecessary to use Spyder LensCal?
- Should I calibrate my lenses for indoor lighting, outdoor lighting, or both?
- I am a mountaineer and photographer, and have always wondered if my autofocus was as accurate at high elevations as it is at sea level. Can I use Spyder LensCal to check, and ideally correct, this?
- When I shoot the Spyder LensCal target, the whole of the main target is not in focus; the left edge may be, but the right edge, where the ruler meets it, is not. Can I use Spyder LensCal under these circumstances?
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