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Avoid them at all costs! They kill flashes and aren't consistant for a hefty price. PW even admitted to me over the phone that the canon TT line had problems. I returned them.
Stay away from the Lens Align MkII version, it's an expensive piece of junk.Leaving the tool setup for a short period of time on a tripod, you will find that the rule sages to a point where your measurements will be off. I'm sure this is why the pro version and metal ruler became available.
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Actually, the MkII vesion replaced both the LensAlign Pro and the LensAlign Lite (both of which have been discontinued), although the MkII does seem to be more of an updated Lite version. Personally, I have the LensAlign Pro.
Not sure which version replaced what and when they were released. This is the version I bought and I would avoid it:
http://www.amazon.com/LensAlign-MkII-Focus-Calibration-System/dp/B004G3PANY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346769490&sr=8-1&keywords=lens+align+mk2
Print off test result pdf files to save rerunning if you update Canon firmware or reset camera.
Firmware updates don't clear out the AFMA data (at least, they never have for me - maybe a firmware update gone bad where you power off the camera in the middle?). Even if you Reset All Settings, that doesn't clear out the AFMA values (it just sets the function to No Adjustment, the values are retained). Only deleting all settings from within the AFMA menu itself can clear them out.
Still, I keep an Excel table with all my AFMA values, just in case.
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Same here! Just have to do one more test for my 70-200 + 1.4 extender! Then it'll be complete.
So here is the thing. I'm not sure this is related or not but if the lens doesn't report the serial number to the camera, entering it into the AFMA setting doesn't help. The camera will still revert back to the what is read from the lens. If the serial number isn't readable, it will still save the AFMA value for the lens (identified as serial 00000000) you just cant save AFMA values for multiple copies of the same lens. You can only do that for lenses that actually report back their serial number to the camera.
Is it that the lenses are not reporting their SN or is it the camera not saving it once it's detected and read from the lens?
I "thought" it wasn't saving it once detected. After further testing, I can safely say that if you manually input a serial number (it's being SAVED); same goes for the AFMA setting.
For some reason. AF auto adjustment isn't working for me. Neither is saving the serial number!.. I manually input my 85 1.2 serial and gave it an AF Microadjustment setting. Turned off the camera, did the same for the 50 1.4.. Turned off, put back the 85 and it's not recognized (now it appears as[01]EF85mm f/1.2L II USM.
arrghhh~!
Did you do them manually or did you use Focal?
Both at once.Since the 1D X isn't supported by FoCal yet, I took all the shots manually, then loaded the images into FoCal for analysis in Manual Mode.
I would be interested to see what others have had to AFMA input into their 1DX's.
Here are mine.
16-35L II: W=4, T=7
24-105L IS: W=4, T=2
28-300L IS: W=4, T=4
70-200L IS II: W=2, T=2 (haven't done it with 1.4x/2x TCs yet)
100-400L IS: W=-1, T=1
35L: 4
40 pancake: -1
85L: 0
100L Macro IS: 3
135L: 0
