Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This sounds very much like the Focus Mask available on the PhaseOne IQ digital backs. Either in Live View or after exposure it highlights the in focus areas based on contrast, as Doug describes. In the PhaseOnes you can even adjust the level of contrast to use to show the in-focus mask (my guess is not part of the M offering). I would LOVE to have a back like this... It's a wonderful feature if you think about it. If your lens is finicky about having to be exactly mated to the body (Noctilux/75 'lux), you could live with a little back or front focus. If you could see what was in focus with these red lines (let's say the pupil of an eye against the white of the eye), just moving your head until the area you want in focus lights up would be terrific. Heck, even if your lens was perfectly mated, you'd get more in focus hits than before at wide open... If that is now available via live view on the EVF, it may well be worth the price of admission... IMO. We shall see Bob Adler Redwood City, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com ------------------------------ *From:* Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> *To:* Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> *Sent:* Tue, September 18, 2012 2:02:41 PM *Subject:* Re: [Leica] What Is 'Focus Peaking'? I ask because there have been references to the new 'M' camera using 'focus peaking' which is something new to me. As are more and more things these days... Thanks, --Bob ==On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:45 PM, leo wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote: > On video? On my camera, I get a red line when something is in focus. > Apparently some still cameras use it. > > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=56246.0 > > Leo Wesson > Photographer/Videographer > 817.733.9157 > www.leowesson.com > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > An enquiring mind wants to know. > > > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Bob Adler http://www.rgaphoto.com