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Focus peaking v. magnification

Started May 4, 2014 | Discussions thread
OP mimritty Regular Member • Posts: 302
Re: Focus peaking v. magnification

Sean Nelson wrote:

neil holmes wrote:

Peaking to get there quickly and magnification to fine tune.

That makes eminent sense. One thing I hate is turning the focus ring and getting a completely blurry magnified view which I can't even be sure is the subject and then struggling to keep it centered as I crank the focus ring 180 degrees or more in order to see what the heck I'm focusing on. Using peaking for coarse focusing would eliminate that, as long as you have an easy way to pop the magnified view up when you need it.

The magnification I'm using doesn't pop up automatically when I turn the focus ring -- I have to  press the button I've assigned to it, and then it magnifies within the focus box and in the amount I specify -- 5x and up.  The reason I'm finding it so useful is because it's controllable.

Thanks for posting the video, by the way -- it was very useful information and I'm going to try to replicate the demonstration.

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mimritty

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