Is there a way to trigger focus magnifier from Creator app?

[James_lpool]

When using creator app on a6700 and using manual focus, is there no way at all to select something on your phone (in creator app) that zooms the picture in on your phone, so that you can change the focus at zoom level like focus magnifier, so that you don;t have to touch the camera?

Currently, if i press the focus magnifier button on the camera, it does show the imagine zoomed in on my phone, and i can select to focus in and out and make small focus changes.

But i would like to be able to do all this without needing to press the Focus magnifier button on the camera.

If its just a button on the camera that brings this function up and it all works on creator app from there, i feel like there should be a way to trigger focus magnifier from within creator app itself?

Regards

James

 

[DutchMM]

It seems not. I hoped that button number 10 on the "Remote Shooting Screen" in this document might be what you are looking for. The plus/minus sign in the diagram doesn't appear on that screen with my a6700 and the latest Android version of Creators' app; I suspect this means that the control underneath it in the manual is only made available when there is a power zoom on the body. I haven't got any PZ lenses, so cannot verify this.

Out of curiosity, why do you need to do this? Normally when I am shooting in MF (admittedly, only on wet Wednesdays after muck spreading) I can access the camera stably enough on its tripod not to have a problem inspecting/adjusting/verifying the focus.

Cheers

MM