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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

Michael L NYC 99 wrote:

Magnification size also cannot be adjusted on the E-M10.

Once the image has been magnified I can adjust the magnification size by turning the rear dial -- 5x, 7x, 10x and 14x.  I *think* you can also set the default magnification in the menu, but I don't have my camera handy at the moment and so far I've found 5x to be sufficient so I haven't tried that yet.

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.

Thanks for this info.  I will keep experimenting.

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mimritty

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