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m6ii, manual focus, but magnify is never centered ?

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Larry Rexley Senior Member • Posts: 1,238
Re: m6ii, manual focus, but magnify is never centered ?

jim mij wrote:

hi,

Has anyone noticed with manual focussing, when you press the 5x magnification (in my case assigned to the mf-n button) that its never centered (eg where i was focussing), its always mid way down in the lower right quadrant and I have to drag it back to the middle where i was focussing

If i do that, then turn off the camera hoping to reset it, normal magnification focus remains where it was, but when I press magnify its moved down to the lower right again.

As I do a lot of macro this is a pain as i cannot quickly check and take a picture

Is this just my camera, and more importantly is it correctable?

Thanks for any hints to solve this

jim

I don't see that behavior with my 2 M6 Mark ii cameras or with my 2 m200 bodies. I use manual focus a lot with a couple of manual focus ultrawides and occasional shooting with vintage adapted lenses.

I programmed the asterisk button on the upper rear of my M6ii's to do focus magnification, but if looking at the screen, the M200's have gotten me in the habit of touching the magnifying glass on the screen which is much more obvious and faster!

For me the 5x and 10x focus area always comes up where I last left it in manual focus mode, unless the camera is hanging around my neck while still on, and my shirt touches the rear screen or the rocker control... Unfortunately that happens a lot and all kinds of settings can get thrown off.

I usually am shooting in manual exposure mode using Auto ISO when I shoot manual focus, if that makes any difference, or recording video.

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