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Someone once posted a link to a simple method for this, could have been @HoppyUK.

Does anyone have a link please? I've put my 17-55 on my Mrs' 7d and it's half the lens it is on mine. :(
 
Thanks Carl
That looks like it.
 
Reikan focalpro automates it completely but it's 40 dollars I think. Tempted to get it just for peace of mind, tbh!
 
landwomble said:
Reikan focalpro automates it completely but it's 40 dollars I think. Tempted to get it just for peace of mind, tbh!
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I've never had any issues apart from this camera lens combo, which I've always known to avoid but now I've got a FF, the mrs might as well use my 17-55.
 
Thanks Mark, I had a go, it seems to have worked, but now I think my 70-200 needs doing for the 6d
 
Phil V said:
Thanks Mark, I had a go, it seems to have worked, but now I think my 70-200 needs doing for the 6d
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Phil,
What will you do if you find that your lens needs different amounts of adjustment at the 70mm and 200mm ends ?
 
arclight said:
Phil,
What will you do if you find that your lens needs different amounts of adjustment at the 70mm and 200mm ends ?
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If Phil has a 5D3 (and I think he has?) then it has the option to adjust both ends of the zoom independently.
 
Phil V said:
Follow the instructions. :)
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lets chuck another variable in the mix......different at both ends and different on both cameras...:D

the actual words "micro adjustment"......glaze me eyes over..lol
 
joxby said:
lets chuck another variable in the mix......different at both ends and different on both cameras...:D

the actual words "micro adjustment"......glaze me eyes over..lol
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Each camera does their own adjustment.

And for context, I've owned 7 DSLRs and probably close to 20 lenses for them over about 12 years, yesterday was the first time I decided this was something I needed to practice. I'm a photographer rather than a twiddler, but I knew that the lens had always underperformed on that camera, which hadn't mattered too much, because they were a rare pairing. But that's changed as I've now gone FF and the Mrs would like to use the 'better' lens on her 7d.
 
HoppyUK said:
If Phil has a 5D3 (and I think he has?) then it has the option to adjust both ends of the zoom independently.
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He hasn't. He bought a 6d, cos he's tight.
 
HoppyUK said:
If Phil has a 5D3 (and I think he has?) then it has the option to adjust both ends of the zoom independently.
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Thanks Richard, that is what I was wondering about.
 
I have the 7D mkii and I have micro adjusted all my lens's. Use the software the comes free with canon. Its the tethered method using the EOS utility in live view. I used a £10 note taped onto a square box. You adjust in the programme until you get the best image, no adjustments are made in the camera. You note what adjustments are made on the computer in live view and then make the adjustments in the camera's Micro Adjustment mode and then check it in live view on your computer. It takes seconds, I did 6 lens's in no time at all. Sounds complicated, its simple once you start.
 
KAS said:
I have the 7D mkii and I have micro adjusted all my lens's. Use the software the comes free with canon. Its the tethered method using the EOS utility in live view. I used a £10 note taped onto a square box. You adjust in the programme until you get the best image, no adjustments are made in the camera. You note what adjustments are made on the computer in live view and then make the adjustments in the camera's Micro Adjustment mode and then check it in live view on your computer. It takes seconds, I did 6 lens's in no time at all. Sounds complicated, its simple once you start.
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I'll check it out.
 
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