What’s New in This Update

Welcome to FoCal 2021. This is the first Stable, General Availability release of FoCal 2021 for all users.

Version Details

Headline Features

• Nikon Z6ii and Z7ii support
• Canon EOS R5/R6 support
• New Stabilisation Test
• Big improvements with MultiTest allowing use with a wider range of cameras
• Brand new Mac Camera Interface (ICC)
• New “Take Picture” architecture

Known Issues

Mac

• Processing of User Metadata file (meta.json) in file mode does not work on Mac. This is an advanced feature and will be reworked for the next major release.

Windows Prerequisites / Installer Problems

Blog Post

There is a blog post associated with this release available here.

Previous Release Notes

• Previous Stable release is: FoCal 2020

Changelog

FoCal 2021 RC brings the following changes since FoCal 2020

• Use standard User-Assisted dialog for restoring AF Adjustment settings after tests
• Fixed an issue on Nikon cameras where controls were not enabled at specific times
• Improve handling of very out-of-focus points during calibration
• Improvements and fixes to camera connection/control on Mac
• Improved handling of communications failure (e.g. cable disconnected mid-test)
• MultiTest – ask for correct setting to be adjusted for wide/tele initial shot
• Fix to operation of links in information text on Home page
• Windows installation folder is updated
• Improvements to Nikon Z camera operation with FTZ adapter
• Alert if Nikon cameras are in Movie mode (causes unexpected behaviour)
• Enable/Disable camera controls option (top left of user interface)
• Ensure camera is returned to user mode on app closedown when connected
• Fix locale issue with lens name recognition
• Fixed to limited AF Adjustment range for calibration
• Improved test results when AF Adjustment range is limited
• Fixes to “Don’t Confirm Focus Adjustment” setting
• Allow clearing of comparison data cache (in Settings > Advanced)
• Stability improvements to new Mac Camera Interface
• Allow use of Silent Shooting (Live View Photography) on Nikon cameras
• Detect shutter type (Electronic, EFCS, Mechanical) on Nikon cameras
• Fix to Live View focus point positioning on Nikon cameras
• Fix to AF Fine Tune decoding on Nikon Z6ii/Z7ii
• Removed all camera/lens serial number from report and filename when setting enabled
• Display sensor crop/format info in Camera information details
• Adjusted Report page to make Save more obvious
• Persist report options when changed (for all tests)
• Fixed tab-order issue on License page (username -> password)
• Stabilisation Test
• MultiTest - Live View operation
• Mac ICC Camera Interface
• Fix for cameras that don’t support custom white balance
• Raise error if Live View “Quick Mode” autofocus is selected
• Fix cameras that don’t support spot metering
• Hide UI icons for empty fields
• Mac: Fix pasting information into fields
• Update Nikon to use new Take Picture operations
• Improve Pre-shot sound
• Reduce size of crop in Final Result message
• Don't warn on settings changes due to AE mode change
• 6D - no way to continue if AF Microadjustment change failed message shown
• No chart returned if exception thrown during drawing
• Fix chart caching
• "You can adjust while this message is shown..." is not true for LV operations on Nikon.
• Add all valid charts to reports for all tests.
• 5D2 - Metering Mode Read Only error when refreshing in Target Setup
• Target not found in TS when it's obviously present
• Some Canon settings are not properly updated for tests
• Request re-run of TS after camera disconnect/reconnect or lens change.
• AFC File Mode is much slower than File Explore (check this)
• Add time estimator to CalCheck
• Add time estimator to Aperture Sharpness
• Add File Mode settings
• Add time estimator to AFC
• Remaining times less than 60 seconds could show as (0)
• Updates to UI for live-view MultiTest
• Improved analysis stability
• Initial shot fails on Canon if Mirror Lockup is enabled
• No Voice on Windows sometimes
• Dust Analysis shows "Searching for Target" as progress step
• Help page explanation of icons in File Mode table (e.g. AFMA etc)
• Add Expert Mode
• Add help to file selection page
• AvS speed (File Mode)
• Add File Mode Test Settings to other tests
• Add file mode options to report (CheckEnvironment, CheckTarget)
• Add more detail to file table
• Add focal length to shot information
• Chart limit is QoF=2500, can cause problems with very sharp lenses
• Add link to Pro settings from test settings pages (where relevant)
• Add indication of log location to About page
• Add space between list entries for ISAF types on Camera Info
• TS warning is shown even if TS has just been run for VRT.
• Erroneous warning of changed camera settings after test when cam was connected with unrestored settings
• DA chart shows exception if terminated on first shot
• AFC Summary Chart should be Result Progression
• Improve Canon lens history display (especially adapter serial numbers)
• DA: Narrowest Clean Aperture (Details) is always the narrowest aperture
• Missing charts in report for File Explore
• File Explore - improve naming in report (like AFC)
• CalCheck: Change settings option for CDAF to LVAF.
• Show Red (RG) quality and Blue (BG) quality in the results table.
• Show Focus Controls (collapsed) during normal TS operation
• Add Help Links to title of settings pages for tests
• Report improvements: Separate chart section
• Improve charts use in reports
• No High/Low markers in AFC
• Check Card support (in camera) for VRT
• Option to limit crop size to 100%/200%
• Use new FileIcons in file table
• Fix old icons in File Explore and other places
• EOS R5/R6 Support
• Nikon Z6ii/Z7ii support
• Improve Pre-Shot Alert to match shutter operation
• Not interpreting exhausted battery on some Canon cameras
• On R5, change IS mode in menu and it triggers an apertue change event - need to confirm a real change for UAM dismiss
• Exposure compensation below +/- 1 is shown with a leading 0
• Improve hotkey-actioned messages
• Complex passwords are rejected by login UI
• Chart Y Axis text is not correctly positioned
• Show 2D Image Motion
• Add option to include AD with history backup.
• Improve measure/test settings
• Hotkey fails when camera is in S mode for FA calibration (UAM dialog hotkey)
• Transport Connection Exception on first run with no program settings (Windows)
• Fix history load issue for older data
• EOS-R ShutterType property failure
• Show Lens History if available
• Lens Serial Number not populated
• Some text formatters don't use correct format
• Excessive debug output in some tests