Focus peaking v. magnification

I'll throw in my 2 cents re: focus peaking and magnification. I first had focus peaking on my G6 and found it very good and quite accurate. I assigned peaking to a function button and used magnification by pressing the rear wheel. The G6 also allowed changing the magnification by spinning the rear wheel. When focusing past infinity, the peaking would show less detail, so you would know you went too far.

Focus peaking is somewhat different on my E-M10. I also assigned peaking to a function button and had to assign magnification to a function button as there is no comparable rear wheel push on the E-M10 as on the G6. Magnification size also cannot be adjusted on the E-M10. Whereas the G6 only highlighted edges that were in focus, the E-M10 also highlights flat surfaces.

I used focus peaking and magnification last night with my E-M10 on a distant object and found that turning the focus ring past infinity did not change the peaking display. The peaking stayed constant, at least to my eye, from just before infinity to past infinity, which obviously is not accurate for sharp focus. I had to turn off peaking to get the best focus. Focusing on a closer object may produce more accurate results with peaking.

All the above described using Voigtlander lenses and not auto focus lenses.

My summary is that peaking and magnification work well together on the G6 and not as well on the E-M10. I still would use peaking on the E-M10, but rely on magnification for fine tuning as others have said.

Regards

Michael