Tariq Gibran wrote:
^^ You really have to hand it to Sony if they come out with new firmware for our NEX's that have this highlighted focus area feature. I mean, why hasn't anyone else come out with something like this. Pretty innovative stuff!
Yeah, this should virtually eliminate the need for focus magnification.
millsart wrote:
I'll just be happy if we can bracket wider than a 0.7 range (how stupid of limitation is that!) and also if we could actually bracket when using the remote.
I mean really....why on earth would any photographer ever want to put their camera on a tripod and remotely fire a bracketed series of exposures (wider than 0.7 stops apart too I might add) ??
I mean what on earth would someone want to do with taking several photos that are perfectly aligned but that have a wider exposure range ??
douglasf13 wrote:
Yeah, this should virtually eliminate the need for focus magnification.
I think for critical landscape work, or for really trying to nail focus on a fast lens wide lens one would still probably want to use a zoomed in view.
It sounds like an awesome new concept though for sure and I'm sure within a given DOF tolerance it should be pretty accurate but doubt it would really be able to reliably get the focus on a 85mm f1.2 shot wide open right on everytime. Heck, even my Canon 1Ds never could get the focus perfect with that lens lol
I think this sounds more like a supplemental focus system for things like general street shooting etc. Sort of a modern day equiv of using the zone focus and a hyperfocal scale on a lens.
millsart wrote:
I think for critical landscape work, or for really trying to nail focus on a fast lens wide lens one would still probably want to use a zoomed in view.
It sounds like an awesome new concept though for sure and I'm sure within a given DOF tolerance it should be pretty accurate but doubt it would really be able to reliably get the focus on a 85mm f1.2 shot wide open right on everytime. Heck, even my Canon 1Ds never could get the focus perfect with that lens lol
I think this sounds more like a supplemental focus system for things like general street shooting etc. Sort of a modern day equiv of using the zone focus and a hyperfocal scale on a lens. ...Show more →
I'm not so sure. I believe that this uses the same basic theory as contrast AF, which is much more accurate than the phase detect systems in DSLRs. This should be very accurate.
millsart wrote:
I think for critical landscape work, or for really trying to nail focus on a fast lens wide lens one would still probably want to use a zoomed in view.
It sounds like an awesome new concept though for sure and I'm sure within a given DOF tolerance it should be pretty accurate but doubt it would really be able to reliably get the focus on a 85mm f1.2 shot wide open right on everytime. Heck, even my Canon 1Ds never could get the focus perfect with that lens lol
I think this sounds more like a supplemental focus system for things like general street shooting etc. Sort of a modern day equiv of using the zone focus and a hyperfocal scale on a lens. ...Show more →
both your 1Ds and any rangefinder are subject various tolerances as well as proper calibration. this would just calculated contrast at different frequencies at the sensor. that means no calibration errors and manufacturing tolerance constraints. thus, it should be possible to make it more accurate than both the best dslr autofocus systems and any rangefinder. it should also be possible for a setting to be programmed as for what level of blur to set the boundary at for what is considered in focus and what is considered out of focus (i doubt sony would include such a feature, but it would be awesome).
TY guys--actually they are elk. After a long winter there are new spring sprouts near the river. Also people feed them. Today is the day they stop starving
rji2goleez wrote:
Please excuse my excitement but I had to shoot and post something taken with my new Zeiss C Biogon T* 35mm f/2.8. Taken wide open. Man, this is going to be fun.
There is just something about that C Biogon, and it is now my go to lens. Nice shot!
Curious to see an example of Focus Peaking I checked out YouTube and I come to find that the custom firmware "Magic Lantern" for the Canon 550D actually has a form of this function. Check it out...
Another...
Here's to hoping Sonys implementation is a little more refined but even then it'll be great to have another aid for focusing.
In the 2nd video the guy used the worst possible subject (blown out white newspaper) to see the focus peaking. I'm not sure yet how useful it will really be to judge the point of optimum focus.
Just my little "nexviewer" invention:
