Camera Focus Peaking feature
Jan 11, 2021 18:40:47 #
Thanks for your replies. I have never heard "focus peaking " till about a week ago. Now I'm looking forward to getting familiar with the concept and maybe using it ? Thanks
Jan 11, 2021 18:53:24 #
Jan 11, 2021 19:11:08 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
Latsok wrote:
Can someone explain to me in plain people language: what is Focus Peaking?
Not being Snarky - if you have a local venue with multi camera brands (maybe local camera store, Best Buy, whoever still has some) or watch some YouTube Videos, it is an interesting and somewhat useful feature, maybe not for everyone, buy I have found it useful on more than one occassion. It is another bit of useful tech if someone wants to use it....or not.
Jan 11, 2021 22:20:22 #
Spirit Vision Photography wrote:
What is focus peaking? 🤔
Answer is found several times earlier in this thread... Go back a few pages and read forward.
Jan 12, 2021 03:57:41 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
Spirit Vision Photography wrote:
What is focus peaking? 🤔
As Bill Burkholder said in his post...Look at earlier answers to your post. The answer is there.
Jan 12, 2021 10:58:28 #
While I know what peaking is and use it a lot, I do wonder how it works. From previous discussions here I believe you can't say it is more or less accurate than the autofocus system, because it seems it IS part of the autofocus system. Each sensor pixel on cameras that have it, at least Canon, has two microlenses and two photodiodes, allowing comparison of the light entering the two halves of each pixel. In autofocus the focus motor is driven with feedback from what the pixels are sensing. I think with peaking, a human turns the focus ring instead of a motor, but the information from the pixels gives the human feedback by way of the color glow, so we can see the plane of focus move as we turn the ring.
Jan 12, 2021 19:27:03 #
The replies to my Focus Peaking inquiry have been extremely educational and informative. I think many of us look for reasons to upgrade but the input has caused me to backup a bit and reconsider the cost of a camera upgrade solely for the purpose to acquire the focus peaking feature. I do not have any manual only lenses and none of my Canon or Tamron lenses are compatible with mirrorless so not looking to go in that direction. I tend to use 10X magnification a lot off a tripod and am comfortable with the results so focus peaking may not be that useful to me. The big take-away from the input is that I need to rent models with the feature and experience how the feature performs with each model. I have found that the people at my camera store have very limited experience with the feature. To those who provided input - thanks much.
Jan 12, 2021 19:59:56 #
BigDogGuy wrote:
The replies to my Focus Peaking inquiry have been ... (show quote)
If you have ef lenses they are certainly compatible with all the Canon R series, R, RP, R5, R6. With the Canon adapter.
Jan 13, 2021 04:34:50 #
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
In fact, most of the whistles and bells for which I paid are hardly used and I could easily do without them.
--Bob
Nice to see someone that shares my feelings on All the bells and whistles.
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