Focus issue?

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aniceberg

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I'm concerned that my 0806 isn't focused correctly and the images are washed out- can someone ogle these frames (VMR renderer used in Registrator) and give me some tips?

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I think the lens is dirty on the left, wouldn't have the halos if it was clean, needs a careful clean to remove all greasy finger prints. Possibly the window glass is dirty or has some substance on the surface, test the camera out of the car to find out if that is an issue.

The right looks OK to me, not sure about the distance, is there some heat haze or dirty air rather than a focus issue?

Given that you can read the Toyota badge it is not far off correct focus.
 
I think Nigel is right. It does look like there's a smudge or something on the left, but the center and right still look a bit fuzzy to me. Definitely not as sharp as other 0806's I've seen, including the one I exchanged.
 
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Nigel said:
I think the lens is dirty on the left, wouldn't have the halos if it was clean, needs a careful clean to remove all greasy finger prints. Possibly the window glass is dirty or has some substance on the surface, test the camera out of the car to find out if that is an issue.

The right looks OK to me, not sure about the distance, is there some heat haze or dirty air rather than a focus issue?

Given that you can read the Toyota badge it is not far off correct focus.
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Thanks for the tips. Does anyone have tips on how to focus this without being in the car to test it on the spot? Like maybe using a focus chart at a specified distance?
 
Interesting question. Curious to find out this as well. BTW, I can't remember where the thread is located, but I think there's a post or two that walks you through focusing the 0806.
 
aniceberg said:
Thanks for the tips. Does anyone have tips on how to focus this without being in the car to test it on the spot? Like maybe using a focus chart at a specified distance?
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Focus it so that it is just in focus at infinity, then it should be in focus from around 80cm all the way to infinity and will still be in decent focus when it gets hot on a sunny summer day. You don't want to focus it centred on infinity or things will go out of focus on a hot day but it is nice to have infinity in focus and the stone chips and flies on the windscreen completely out of focus.
 
Hard to tell in the bright pictures, but in the last two pictures your camera does look slightly out of focus. I'd be more concerned about the light that seems to be blowing out your pictures especially on the left. Make sure your lens is clean and the protective film that comes on it has been removed. You can also play with the metering settings - I believe the default is "center", but I found my camera performs better with "average".
 
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