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Focus peaking v. magnification

Started May 4, 2014 | Discussions thread
Old Listener
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Re: Focus peaking v. magnification

For closeup pictures of flowers and insects using a Panasonic G6 and macro lens, I use focus peaking all the time.  For perhaps 5% of the shots, I use magnification.

The edges of areas in focus twinkle which makes them very apparent in the EVF.

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