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lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

rmalarz wrote:

My experience has been simply looked at it once, said wow that's cool, and never bothered with it again. Auto-focus works quite well for me and that's all I need. When needed manual focus work equally as well.

In fact, most of the whistles and bells for which I paid are hardly used and I could easily do without them.
--Bob

a6k Loc: Detroit & Sanibel

IDguy wrote:

Can you use magnification and peaking together?

Yes for my two Sony cameras. See my earlier post for more on that.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

BigDogGuy wrote:

I have been exploring the "Focus Peaking"... (show quote)

It is a wonderful tool, especially if older eyes, and it works for manual lenses, old lenses, new lenses, etc. It is a feature I'd be looking for if buying another body, you will like it, guaranteed!!!!

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

rcarol wrote:

I have adapted some of my older manual focus lenses to my camera. In this instance, I find focus peaking an essential feature.

My situation as well. Also, my camera has an EVF and I find focus peaking a great aid in assessing DOF when doing close up work.

Stan

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Like blue pills for photographers.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

CHG_CANON wrote:

Like blue pills for photographers.

Are you saying, “real photographers don’t need focus peaking”? For someone who has invested a small fortune on gear, I find that statement a bit disingenuous. I don’t say that to be disrespectful, but saying that someone who uses a particular camera feature to improve their photography is an inept camera user is just wrong. It’s like an accomplished painter saying, “a camera is like blue pills for artists.”

Stan

SteveG Loc: Norh Carolina

This is exactly what it’s for. Works GREAT with manual focus lenses. For auto focus lenses, if you switch to manual for whatever reason, it can only help, especially if your vision is not what it used to be. Using it in conjunction with auto focus, not so helpful.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

StanMac wrote:

Are you saying, “real photographers don’t need focus peaking”? For someone who has invested a small fortune on gear, I find that statement a bit disingenuous. I don’t say that to be disrespectful, but saying that someone who uses a particular camera feature to improve their photography is an inept camera user is just wrong. It’s like an accomplished painter saying, “a camera is like blue pills for artists.”

Stan

Too bad, Stan, you drove off the road in the wrong direction ....

"wonderful tool, especially if older eyes"

An idea I've said in similar ways many, many times when discussing the superior mirrorless technology, and in fact, even earlier on this exact thread. Given the age and orientation of this community, the humor and intent should have been obvious.

a6k Loc: Detroit & Sanibel

CHG_CANON wrote:

Too bad, Stan, you drove off the road in the wrong direction ....

"wonderful tool, especially if older eyes"

An idea I've said in similar ways many, many times when discussing the superior mirrorless technology, and in fact, even earlier on this exact thread. Given the age and orientation of this community, the humor and intent should have been obvious.

CHG_CANON doesn't need me to come to his defense but yes, it was funny and appropriate!

IDguy Loc: Idaho

IDguy wrote:

Can you use magnification and peaking together?

I checked Steve Perry’s book and found my mirrorless Nikons can indeed do both. I put peaking on the Info menu and magnification on my F2 button on Z6. He recommended putting it on the OK button but I use it to bring wandering focus point or area to the center.

It took a few tries to realize peaking only comes on when I twist the manual focus. More experimentation needed.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

olemikey wrote:

It is a wonderful tool, especially if older eyes, and it works for manual lenses, old lenses, new lenses, etc. It is a feature I'd be looking for if buying another body, you will like it, guaranteed!!!!

I'll ad, I can use viewfinder focus quite well, I still have very good vision, but find the focus peaking just a wonderful asset, nothing like a little extra confirmation....I do not find it a crutch, just another valuable tool like the adjustable diopter on the viewfinders - great stuff, and it should be there with modern sensors and processing systems. It is a blue pill for those who need one, for the rest of us it is just another great tool!!

IDguy Loc: Idaho

CHG_CANON wrote:

Like blue pills for photographers.

Hope I get to appreciate it as much as “blue pills” (mine aren’t blue as I use generic at 1/10 the price but deliver same drug and effect).

Doubt my wife will appreciate it as much though.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

IDguy wrote:

It would be interesting to compare focus peaking t... (show quote)

Actually Steve endorses using both. It works.

I realized the focus mode doesn’t matter much because when you twist the focus it goes to manual focus.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

IDguy wrote:

Actually Steve endorses using both. It works.

I realized the focus mode doesn’t matter much because when you twist the focus it goes to manual focus.

Different cameras have different implementations.

For my Canon FD manual focus lenses on a Sony A7II, I need to reassign / program a button on the body to be the zoom feature. Alas, I can't get it to jump from full screen directly to the 10x zoom, rather, I have to press repeatedly to cycle through the options to get to 10x.

The Canon EF to R adapter comes in multiple versions. The version with the control ring can be programmed to make the 10x jump.

The mirrorless specific lenses also have a control ring for this function.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

CHG_CANON wrote:

Too bad, Stan, you drove off the road in the wrong direction ....

"wonderful tool, especially if older eyes"

An idea I've said in similar ways many, many times when discussing the superior mirrorless technology, and in fact, even earlier on this exact thread. Given the age and orientation of this community, the humor and intent should have been obvious.

My apologies for misinterpreting your intent. I guess it's no excuse, but there is so much snark on this forum that sometimes levity or humorous sarcasm isn't easy to discern.

Stan