Datacolor SpyderLensCal SLC100 Leaflet
Product codes
SLC100
SpyderLensCal
September 2010
www.datacolor.com
Product Discription
SpyderLensCal™
Product Name
Datacolor SpyderLensCal™
Suggested Price
59 USD
Order Code
SLC100 (English, German, French,
Spanish Packaging)
EAN Code
875720001022
Available from
September 6, 2010
SpyderLensCal™
Problem. Solution. Feature. Benefit.
Problem:
Photographers have enjoyed the benefit of autofocus for 25 years now, but many still struggle with its
accuracy and repeatability. Auto-focus is a great convenience, especially in fast shooting situations. But
typically the first step in reviewing files from a shoot is tossing all the images where the focus isn’t quite right.
This can be motion blur or other issues, but one of the most frequent causes is auto-focus error. We tend to
blame this on the camera choosing the wrong object, or the wrong point on the object as the focal point, but
there is another possibility, one we hate to consider, given the price of the hi-end lenses we use: the auto-
focus of our lens may simply be off. When you take a simple shot of a flat object perpendicular to the camera,
and it still isn’t quite as sharp as it should be, you have to accept that this may be the cause.
Solution:
Many newer DSLR cameras now offer a method to correct this issue: they allow you to store auto-focus
correction data for several of your most important lenses. This feature is likely to become more common, and
appear in other camera types.
SpyderLensCal was designed to aid in correcting the auto-focus on your camera and lens combinations and
storing them in your camera’s custom settings.
Feature:
SpyderLensCal provides photographers with a fast, reliable method of measuring the focus performance on
camera and lens combinations. It allows photographers to obtain razor-sharp focusing, using modern DSLR
autofocus micro-adjustment. The SpyderLensCal device is affordably priced, compact, lightweight and
durable, with integrated level and tri-pod mount.
Benefit:
SpyderLensCal allows photographers to easily calibrate their interchangeable lenses and recent DSLR bodies.
There is no need to ship lenses and bodies back to the manufacturer any longer if you have the tools to do it
yourself.
Performing a Lens Calibration on each of your key auto-focus lenses can improve the number of usable shots
from a day’s shooting. And with a rugged, portable device such as SpyderLensCal, photographers can carry it
on site or even on safari, so that lens calibration can be checked and adjusted if hard use or extreme weather
may have caused changes.