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Re: M3 etc focus move
« Reply #20 on: 28 / June / 2022, 17:05:26 »
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I can't remember what focal length I did it at... too many tries and I'm tired... but you can try the code on different focal lengths on your M3.
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Re: M3 etc focus move
« Reply #21 on: 29 / June / 2022, 13:51:35 »
@c_joerg

Had a play with things this evening and the counter seems to behave well when I'm manually focusing.

I need to think about things a bit more, however. That is how to exploit the counter to provide additional positional feedback between the Canon cm based steps (upper or lower).

Cheers

Garry


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Re: M3 etc focus move
« Reply #22 on: 29 / June / 2022, 14:12:58 »
Maybe you can interpolate the distances with it.
When i find time, i would log this values together with upper/lower on my M3M10M100_Focus.lua script.
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Re: M3 etc focus move
« Reply #23 on: 29 / June / 2022, 14:25:36 »
Maybe you can interpolate the distances with it.
When i find time, i would log this values together with upper/lower on my M3M10M100_Focus.lua script.

I interpolate between Canon distances already, by counting myself, ie moving 1 step at a time.

I’ll carry on thinking about it ;-)

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Re: M3 etc focus move
« Reply #24 on: 29 / June / 2022, 14:32:02 »
... 0 after a shoot_half.  :-[
With AF : EFLens FocusPosition  : always 0, from near to infinity...

Edit: Btw, the [cm] unit of _upper | _lower is probably canonmeter, not centimeter.
« Last Edit: 29 / June / 2022, 14:43:36 by Caefix »
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Re: M3 etc focus move
« Reply #25 on: 29 / June / 2022, 14:52:21 »
... 0 after a shoot_half.  :-[
With AF : EFLens FocusPosition  : always 0, from near to infinity...

Edit: Btw, the [cm] unit of _upper | _lower is probably canonmeter, not centimeter.

Thankfully I don’t use AF  :) ;)

Re: M3 etc focus move
« Reply #26 on: 30 / June / 2022, 01:09:21 »
Maybe you can interpolate the distances with it.
When i find time, i would log this values together with upper/lower on my M3M10M100_Focus.lua script.

I interpolate between Canon distances already, by counting myself, ie moving 1 step at a time.

I’ll carry on thinking about it ;-)

@c_joerg

I seem to have got the EFLens FocusPosition feedback stably working, the 'secret' is to set the lens to the maco end before calling FA.create, ie on script start up:

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call_event_proc("EFLensCom.FocusSearchNear")
call_event_proc('FA.Create')
call_event_proc('InitializeAdjustmentSystem')

Once this is done, changing focal length keeps 0 at the macro end.

As to where to go next, my thought is to then create two look up tables, once again at the start of the script, or when the focal length changes. One table will hold where the Canon distances change, the other the step counter values at those distances.

Once the LUTs are set up, I can use EFLens FocusPosition to get where the lens is, then interpolate using the LUTs, albeit initially in a linear manner or using a simple Lagrange approach.

I be trying that next ;-)
« Last Edit: 30 / June / 2022, 01:34:35 by pigeonhill »

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Re: M3 etc focus move
« Reply #27 on: 30 / June / 2022, 01:37:00 »
I seem to have got the EFLens FocusPosition feedback stably working, the 'secret' is to set the lens to the maco end before calling FA.create, ie on script start up:

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call_event_proc("EFLensCom.FocusSearchNear")
call_event_proc('FA.Create')
call_event_proc('InitializeAdjustmentSystem')

Once this is done, changing focal length keeps 0 at the macro end.

Interesting. That also explains why I kept getting different results.
Nice finding  :)
M100 100a, M3 121a, G9x II (1.00c), 2*G1x (101a,100e), S110 (103a), SX50 (100c), SX230 (101a), S45,
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Re: M3 etc focus move
« Reply #28 on: 30 / June / 2022, 01:58:35 »
I seem to have got the EFLens FocusPosition feedback stably working, the 'secret' is to set the lens to the maco end before calling FA.create, ie on script start up:

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call_event_proc("EFLensCom.FocusSearchNear")
call_event_proc('FA.Create')
call_event_proc('InitializeAdjustmentSystem')

Once this is done, changing focal length keeps 0 at the macro end.

Interesting. That also explains why I kept getting different results.
Nice finding  :)

 Caveat is, I only tested it a few times ;-)

Re: M3 etc focus move
« Reply #29 on: 01 / July / 2022, 09:34:45 »
A bit of an update on my progress with exploiting 'GetEFLensFocusPositionWithLensCom'

As a proof of principle I've created a couple of functions.

The first initialising the lens at script start up or when focal length changes, by creating two look up tables (LUTs), one to hold where the Canon reported focus (I use lower) changes and the other to hold the 'GetEFLensFocusPositionWithLensCom' step value at this position.
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function set_up_lens() -- create Steps & Focus LUTs
-- This function may take a while to run for some lenses, ie with lots of steps
-- However, as long as you don't change focal length, you only need to run this once
-- You will need to call this function after any focal length change
   
    call_event_proc("EFLensCom.FocusSearchNear")
    call_event_proc("EFLensCom.FocusSearchNear") -- just in case ;-)
    sleep(100)
    step_count = {}
    x_at_count ={}
    local i = 1
    local j = 1
-- Note this function doesn't require the step count at MFD to be zero
-- It does assume, however, the LUTs don't change; other than explicity when focal length is changed
    step_count[j] = call_event_proc('GetEFLensFocusPositionWithLensCom') -- doesn't seem to be different to calling 'GetEFLensFocusPositionWithoutLensCom'
    x_at_count[j] = get_focus_distance_lower()
    local last_lower = get_focus_distance_lower()
    print("Inialising Lens")
    while get_focus_distance_upper() < inf do
        i = i + 1
        call_event_proc("EFLensCom.MoveFocus", 1, 1)
        sleep(25) -- this could be changed, but only through testing
        if get_focus_distance_lower() > last_lower then -- just gone through a Canon focus step change
            j = j + 1
            step_count[j] = call_event_proc('GetEFLensFocusPositionWithLensCom')
            last_lower = get_focus_distance_lower()
            x_at_count[j] = last_lower
        end
    end
    if log == 1 then -- print of LUTs
        print("Steps LUT")
        for i = 1, #step_count do
            print(step_count[i])
        end
        print("Focus LUT")
        for i = 1, #step_count do
            print(x_at_count[i])
        end
    end
    call_event_proc("EFLensCom.FocusSearchNear")
    sleep(100)
    print("Lens ready")
end

The second function is called if focus changes and, at the moment, I've used a three value, 2nd order Lagrange estimation.

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function get_x_based_on_step_pos() -- estimate of focus distance in mm from the sensor plane
-- This function uses a Lagrange estimation scheme, based on a 2nd order three point interpolation assumption
    local n = #step_count
    local t = call_event_proc('GetEFLensFocusPositionWithLensCom') -- step value at current focus
    sleep(25)
    local j = 1
    for i = 2, n do
        j = i - 1
        if t <= step_count[i] then break end
    end

    if j >= (n-1) then j = n - 2 end -- handle being at the end of the LUT tables
    if get_focus_distance_lower() > 81000 then -- at/beyond any useful lens data
        return get_focus_distance_upper()
    end
    local t1 = step_count[j]
    local t2 = step_count[j+1]
    local t3 = step_count[j+2]
    local pt = fmath.new(0)
    pt = pt + (x_at_count[j]*(t-t2)*(t-t3))/((t1-t2)*(t1-t3))
    pt = pt + (x_at_count[j+1]*(t-t1)*(t-t3))/((t2-t1)*(t2-t3))
    pt = pt + (x_at_count[j+2]*(t-t1)*(t-t2))/((t3-t1)*(t3-t2))
    return pt:int() -- focus position in mm
end

I've tested the functions in my Lanscape Bracketing script and things seem to be working as expected.

The functions are insensitive to position of the step count zero, ie it doesn't need to be at the MFD.

For example, here is one log

Quote
-540   150
-444   160
-372   170
-336   180
-309   190
-280   210
-252   220
-227   240
-201   250
-179   280
-163   300
-146   330
-127   360
-114   400
-101   450
-90   500
-79   560
-71   630
-62   710
-56   810
-49   930
-43   1080
-37   1270
-32   1540
-26   1940
-22   2590
-17   3840
-13   7600

Which graphically looks like the attached, showing counts vs focus at the each Canon focus change.

It's early days regarding the worth/value of the above. The inialisation is slow, some 10s on an 11-22 lens, and will be proportionally slower with a lens with more steps. But the LUT approach only gets called at script start up or when the FL changes.

Bottom line: the above gives the user the ability to estimate the focus at every step, ie rather than 'just' having the upper or lower reported values.

I'll keep on refinging things and report back on my progress as I (hopefully) make it ;-)
« Last Edit: 02 / July / 2022, 04:06:52 by pigeonhill »

 

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