{"id":602,"date":"2011-01-10T19:55:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T00:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/?p=602"},"modified":"2011-01-10T19:55:16","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T00:55:16","slug":"hows-your-diopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/2011\/01\/hows-your-diopter\/","title":{"rendered":"How’s your Diopter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Have you ever looked through the eyepiece of your DSLR and thought things just weren\u2019t \u00a0in focus? \u00a0Or perhaps you wear glasses and find they get in the way, but you need them to frame your shot properly?<\/p>\n

Did you know there is a little dial called the Diopter Adjustment?\u00a0 This may seem basic for those of you already in the know, yet I have received enough questions and pointed out this miracle adjustment to enough people that I\u2019m hoping this post will help just one of you out there enjoy your camera all the more.<\/p>\n

Most brands of DLSRs have a dial of some type to the right of the eyepiece. \u00a0Nikon\u2019s can be big or small and obvious, Canon\u2019s is more discrete (especially with the eyepiece cup mounted). \u00a0They function the same on both systems. \u00a0In essence the diopter adjustment knob works as a lens switching from near to far focus. \u00a0It does not effect the focus circuitry of the camera as it is after the auto-focus mechanism. \u00a0It only effects how your eye picks up the image.<\/p>\n

It works just like the device an eye doctor puts in front of you when checking your vision. \u00a0That device has lenses of various concave and convex curves to adjust for nearsightedness and farsightedness. \u00a0They adjust for an eye that can\u2019t focus at a reasonable distance, such as for close objects like reading this text. \u00a0That little dial on a camera typically has an adjustment range of -3 to +3, with 0 being nominal 20\/20 vision, more or less.<\/p>\n

If your eye-site is anything less than average (essentially what 20\/20 is telling you), this knob will be your best friend to help shoot better photos, especially if you attempt to use manual focus. \u00a0To set the diopter correctly, you will need to set your camera on something solid, like a tripod, and point it at something flat with enough texture to be easily seen. \u00a0Press your shutter release halfway down to force your camera with auto-focus.<\/p>\n

This test relies on the idea that your camera focuses properly, obviously. \u00a0Without moving the camera, turn the diopter control until (with or without glasses) the image is in focus to your eye. \u00a0That is all there is to it!<\/p>\n

I know it seems simple, but sometimes even a small adjustment for those who think they have average eye site can be helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever looked through the eyepiece of your DSLR and thought things just weren\u2019t \u00a0in focus? \u00a0Or perhaps you wear glasses and find they get in the way, but you need them to frame your shot properly? Did you know there is a little dial called the Diopter Adjustment?\u00a0 This may seem basic for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-photography-insights","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":606,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions\/606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}