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What’s New in FoCal 4.2 MR1

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Welcome to FoCal 4.2 MR1!

FoCal 4.2 brought support for built-in WiFi connection with selected cameras, RGBHV display improvements and quite a lot more.

FoCal 4.2 MR1 adds some bug fixes to camera control including with the latest Nikon mirrorless camera firmware, as well as improved Wireless connectivity.

Version Details

Component Version Type Release Date
FoCal – Windows & Mac 4.2.1.24110 Stable 19th April 2024

Headline Features

FoCal 4.2 MR1

  • Fixed Live View issues on latest Nikon firmware
  • Improved wireless communications protocol
  • Fixed camera control issues

FoCal 4.2:

  • Support for built in WiFi on selected Canon and Nikon cameras
  • RGBHV chart display
  • Fixed Ignore Point operation
  • Smaller file sizes
  • Improvements to Windows user interface and installer
  • Some significant Nikon control improvements

Known Issues

  • There are no known issues with this release.

Changelog

FoCal 4.2 MR1

  • Fixed Splash position issue on high DPI displays
  • Fixed PTP/IP protocol issues
  • Improved processing of Comparison Data
  • Added Nikon handshaking for “Computer” connection

FoCal 4.2

  • License page copyright upped to 2024
  • Modified how application version is obtained in Windows
  • Don't filter text if the button isn't active (i.e. filter text not visible)
  • Added automatic disabling of subject detection on Nikon
  • Separated product user interfaces to reduce size and dependencies
  • Removed (development) support for tethered Sony cameras
  • Removed (development) Pentax support
  • Ignore points are now working in History data
  • Fix occasional closedown exception
  • Added SelectedChannel to FoCalDBProcessor, and use this in place of explicit channel specified in calculation methods.
  • Added RGB selection to Detail page in UI
  • Processor channel change now updates results.
  • Forced chart update after channel change
  • Show crop for selected channel
  • Added colourising of crops based on channel
  • Added overlays for H and V to crops
  • Removed channel selection from detail chart card
  • Updated ValidatedPoints to return calculations per channel.
  • Added All and Combined to channel list
  • All analysis results are for the specified channel (no defaults)
  • Updated use of ValidatedPoints so test controller and report generator use Combined results
  • Fixed title for HVR chart
  • Added channel information for Aperture Sharpness visualiser
  • Disable accelerator keys in WebView2
  • Added Windows version check into installer (will show message if older then Windows 10 1607)
  • Updated copyright date on license agreement resource
  • Added license agreement to installer
  • Minor tweaks to Nikon Metadata processing
  • Minor style updates
  • Fixed UI crash when running AF Consistency (and potentially all tests), related to RGB work
  • Added automatic DisableVignettingComp and DisableDiffractionComp to setup. Set in AvS now.
  • Added disabling of Vig/DiffComp to MultiTest, and removed warnings from TS if they can be disabled
  • More robust handling of Camera Open failures.
  • Don't warn about vibration risk due to low lighting levels for mirrorless cameras
  • Fixed target distance not showing TC value by preferring metadata info
  • Improved robustness of data transfer on Windows.
  • Implemented PTP/IP
  • Implemented Canon WiFi connection protocol
  • Fixed protocol issue in PTP/IP
  • Added event handling when WiFi cameras autodetected
  • Added network library version to About page
  • Improvement of Canon EOS detection
  • Implemented searcher and PTP/IP keepalive for Nikon cameras.
  • Added Nikon and Canon WiFi enable to settings
  • Added WiFi information banner on startup
  • Updated no-detected-camera information
  • Fixed occasional failure to show login screen for new users
  • Added WiFi tips
  • Added WebView version to Components/About information
  • Update Splash page to add animation
  • Removed splash CSS as this is now in its own file
  • Improved initial display of home page and main window
  • Fixed crash on stopping Nikon WiFi
  • Fixed detection of Nikon camera being disconnected
  • Updated Nikon camera definitions to add WiFi Setup option
  • Updates to add WiFi setup information for Nikon cameras
  • Updates to add Canon WiFi help
  • Fixed initial startup position on new build (Windows)
  • Updated WebView2 SDK to 1.0.2420.47