the focus point

am I daft or…?

The point I was trying to make in Peters totally out of reality thread (Peter you need to check your eye sight) was that no one can trust the exposure point info. I do think that in peters examples the dof should have covered the missed focus (slightly off center).

Here is an extreme example….macro focus on the bottle cap, move the camera to the right and the exif focus point is the lamp shade…




click here to see the focus square

That was what I was aluding to…..if I missed something else…sorry to waste everyone’s time.

wj

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nikonfujipentaxandricoh

wymjym said:

wymjym wrote:

am I daft or…?

The point I was trying to make in Peters totally out of reality thread (Peter you need to check your eye sight) was that no one can trust the exposure point info. I do think that in peters examples the dof should have covered the missed focus (slightly off center).

Here is an extreme example….macro focus on the bottle cap, move the camera to the right and the exif focus point is the lamp shade…

click here to see the focus square

That was what I was aluding to…..if I missed something else…sorry to waste everyone’s time.

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The only problem with using Photome is that it puts the focus point in the centre of the image no matter where it actually was.

Photome's representation of focus point is totally flawed.

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Cheers ;-)
Trevor G
Silkypix tutorials at: http://photo.computerwyse.com

Trevor G said:

Trevor G wrote:

Trevor G said:

wymjym wrote:

am I daft or…?

The point I was trying to make in Peters totally out of reality thread (Peter you need to check your eye sight) was that no one can trust the exposure point info. I do think that in peters examples the dof should have covered the missed focus (slightly off center).

Here is an extreme example….macro focus on the bottle cap, move the camera to the right and the exif focus point is the lamp shade…

click here to see the focus square

That was what I was aluding to…..if I missed something else…sorry to waste everyone’s time.

Click to expand...

The only problem with using Photome is that it puts the focus point in the centre of the image no matter where it actually was.

Photome's representation of focus point is totally flawed.

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Cheers ;-)
Trevor G
Silkypix tutorials at: http://photo.computerwyse.com

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the only problem with your statement is that it is incorrect.




click on this to see the 'not centered square'





wj

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nikonfujipentaxandricoh

wymjym said:

wymjym wrote:

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wymjym said:

the only problem with your statement is that it is incorrect.

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As boring as it is, I must agree with you.

I tried it a long time ago and could never get it to display except in the centre - and I was testing images with focus points elsewhere.

Interesting.