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You can check the focus of your camera in your Vicon application software as you adjust it. To optimize your focusing, adjust your camera settings to get clear, bright images of the markers.

The following topics provide a summary of the procedure in each software application:

For further details, see your Vicon application software documentation.

Check camera lens focus in Vicon Shogun Live

You can check the image of the markers from the camera that you are focusing in real time in Shogun Live. 

To adjust camera settings for checking camera focus in Shogun Live:

  1. In Shogun Live, on the System tab, ensure the Cameras section is expanded and click on the relevant camera.
  2. In the Optical Mode section below, click in the Grayscale Mode list and select All.
  3. Ensure the Strobe Intensity slider is set to its maximum level (1.0).
  4. In the Workspace on the right, set the view to Cameras.



  5. Right-click and drag to zoom in on a target marker pair.
  6. If the image of the markers is not bright enough to allow confidence in the level of focus achieved, increase the intensity of the grayscale from the camera. To do this, in the Optical Mode section, click the Gain list and select a level above 1.
  7. In the Cameras view, observe the sharpness of the image of the two markers.
  8. After focusing the lens, return Shogun to its default capture settings (above the General section, click Set to Defaults).

Check camera lens focus in Vicon Nexus and Vicon Tracker

You can check the image of the markers from the camera you are focusing in real time in Vicon Nexus and Vicon Tracker.

To adjust camera settings for checking camera focus in Nexus:

  1. In the View pane, select the Camera view type.



  2. In the Resources pane, ensure Live mode is activated (ie that Connected is displayed).
  3. On the System tab, expand the Vicon Cameras node and select the required Vantage camera.
  4. In the Properties pane at the bottom of the System Resources tab, go to the Settings section and set Grayscale Mode to All.
  5. Right-click and drag in the Camera view pane to zoom in on the target marker pair.
  6. If the image of the markers is not bright enough to allow confidence in the level of focus achieved, increase the intensity of the grayscale from the camera. To do this, in the Properties pane, ensure Advanced properties are displayed and in the Settings section, increase the value for Gain to a level above x1.
  7. In the Camera view pane, observe the sharpness of the image of the markers.
  8. After focusing the lens, return the Vicon application software to its default capture settings. In the Properties pane at the bottom of the System Resources tab, set Grayscale Mode to Auto.