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Author Topic: Lens Focus Ananta Rusdyanto Film Handler Posts: 4 From: Banjanegara, Central Java Registered: Jan 2017 posted 02-02-2017 02:13 AM                     I'm a newbie here, i need advice to set up the lens focus, because one of our lens projector change the focus a little, so the picture that displayed on the screen did not run on the best condition. Note : i'm handling a DP2k-20C with DC2k 0,98" (1,4 - 2,05) lens. Best Regards, Ananta Rusdyanto  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-02-2017 05:26 AM                     You have to adjust the lens to get the image correct, then save the changes to the right lens file. Otherwise your adjustments are only good until a macro is executed. Doing a lens home/return is advisable first. Read the Communicator manual.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 02-03-2017 07:37 AM                     Hire an installer and get training on maintenance and operations. Money well spent.  |  IP: Logged Ben Schulz Film Handler Posts: 12 From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Registered: Jan 2017 posted 02-05-2017 10:58 PM                     Hey Ananta I agree with Dave and Marco. Getting training is well worth the expense as it will save you a lot later. To change and save the lenses focus you will have to boot up communicator and adjust the focus in the lens settings. Make sure that you have a focus test pattern up on screen when you do this as it will help greatly over just having a piece of content up on screen. As a personal preference when I save a lens file, or any file for that matter I make sure that I label it with my name so that it is easier to track who has made changes and also if you need to go back to the other file for unknown reasons it makes it a lot easier to do so.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 02-06-2017 03:56 AM                     Ben, but if you create a new lens file then you also have to amend all the settings in the macros. Unless it's a special lens file I always overwrite the existing ones - saves lots of hassle.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 02-06-2017 05:09 PM                     Yes, backup the original to an.old file, but keep the original file name. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Ben Schulz Film Handler Posts: 12 From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Registered: Jan 2017 posted 02-08-2017 08:46 PM                     That is a very good point Marco I don't know why I didn't think of that, especially when I do when playing with lens files.  |  IP: Logged

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