More image sharpness with Focus Chart

In order to calibrate the focus of a camera or the lens on the camera system as accurately as possible, expensive and above all manual focus chart systems are generally used, for which there is also authorisation and which are sometimes very sensitive, depending on the provider. For hobby filmmakers and young filmmakers, there is a small solution in app form.

The app developer Distant Blue Mobile Solutions offers users an app with two different patterns, both of which are labelled with the Siemens star. This allows users to quickly match the focus area of their own camera with the respective object and don't even have to pay a euro for it, as the app is offered free of charge for Android and iOS. Whether the app is worth using is explained below. There must be a catch if an app is available free of charge and no adverts are placed in it whose content comes from an advertising campaign. Users might ask themselves this when using the Focus Chart app. In fact, there is only one advert, and it relates to a major product of the app developer, namely the Cadrage Directors Viewfinder, a production planning tool that generates revenue. The advantage is that the advert is not obtrusively in the foreground, but only plays a secondary role in the app. It appears as you browse through the Siemens stars and disappears just as quickly. Solid basics What ...


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