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01-21-2017, 02:15 AM   #1
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Upgrade to FW 1.30 and lens re-calibration

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After upgrading the firmware to V1.30 I noticed that my pictures were "a little" out of focus . My 28-75 and 10-20mm both moved to back focus .
I had to re-calibrate all my lenses and basically all of them moved to the (+) reign.
I had my K3 from Dec 2014 and upgraded it few time by now but nothing like that happens before.

Any thoughts?

01-21-2017, 10:18 AM   #2
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Weird, I have noticed that every once in a while my photos will appear slightly out of focus in the photo preview, but when I zoom in a little it looks just fine. Was that what you experienced, or was it just slightly out of focus even if you magnified the picture?
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Noticed Back focus in all of my pictures I took that evening. I was using my 28-75/2.8 lens. since it was dark I worked in F 2.8-5.6 . at home I used my calibration chart on a tripod and noticed that the Fine Focus that was set to -5 now moved to +5 to set the FOV right in the middle.
same for all lenses - had to reset and re calibrate.
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I was curious so I acquired a new focus target tool and tested my DA 18-135, DFA 50 macro, DL 55-300, and Sigma 10-20. Naturally using a tripod with SR turned off. Camera leveled in all 3 axis with image centered on the target. All lenses at maximum aperture and defocused before each test, zooms set to mid-range. I used the LCD playback zoom feature to greatly enlarge each test image.The target was very evenly lighted.

With the 1.30 release on my K-3, the zero was in sharp focus on every lens. The DOF was slightly deeper behind the target than in front; which is pretty normal.

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