Focus Peaking Question?

[KevMo Photog]

Just wondering if anyone has turned off their focus peaking adjust mode? The freaking red outline is driving me crazy on screen! Just wondering if it is really helping that much.

 

[alokbhargava]

Are you talking about that center point? You can turn that off or change shape and color.

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[inkytog]

Are you talking about that center point? You can turn that off or change shape and color.

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No. He's talking about focus peaking. As he said.

If it bugs you, turn it off. That's what the off switch is for.

Pity you can't assign C1/C2 to this.

 

[KevMo Photog]

No. He's talking about focus peaking. As he said.

If it bugs you, turn it off. That's what the off switch is for.

Pity you can't assign C1/C2 to this.

Yes, it def bugs me inkytog! Just wondered if you thought it helped with focusing at all!

 

[richardhurst]

Yes of course it helps with Focusing. That's what it is for.

 

[aaronrivera]

I dnt think its accurate..


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[inkytog]

Yes, it def bugs me inkytog! Just wondered if you thought it helped with focusing at all!

Yes. It does. That's the point of it.
Try setting it to 70% which will be a little less 'hot' on everything, but the trade off is that it won't show as much in lower light.

It works on contrast between points so low contrast shots you might need it at 90%.

 

[inkytog]

I dnt think its accurate..


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It is more accurate than not using it.

 

[KevMo Photog]

Yes of course it helps with Focusing. That's what it is for.

How exactly does it help when flying shooting video?

 

[inkytog]

How exactly does it help when flying shooting video?

So you can see what is in focus.

Am I missing something here?

 

[PixelDoc]

I dnt think its accurate..


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Well it's certainly more accurate than your spelling! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23].

As a photographer, I find focus peaking really isn't that helpful, particularly for really wide-angle lenses, which virtually all these drones have. The depth of field on these lenses is just so extensive!
I find that 99% of shots are perfectly in focus when focused at infinity.
Honestly, with aerial photography, you can just set your lens to infinity and forget about it.

It can, however, help with normal and telephoto lenses on 'serious' cameras.


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[KevMo Photog]

Well it's certainly more accurate than your spelling! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23].

As a photographer, I find focus peaking really isn't that helpful, particularly for really wide-angle lenses, which virtually all these drones have. The depth of field on these lenses is just so extensive!
I find that 99% of shots are perfectly in focus when focused at infinity.
Honestly, with aerial photography, you can just set your lens to infinity and forget about it.

It can, however, help with normal and telephoto lenses on 'serious' cameras.


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Exactly what I was thinking the whole time on this PixelDoc! These lenses are so wide. Once you get outside of 60-100ft. everything should be in focus anyway. I only see this helping if you were continually flying in tight to subject a lot. Thanks for your repley man.