Q - Focus Peaking

[JeremyG]

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Focus peaking seems to be a bit hit and miss, sometimes it works and sometimes not, it’s obviously switched on. I’ve been taking some closeups of roses in the garden so relatively sharp edges and yes, I did have the camera set to a different colour to that of the rose! Anyone come across the same thing?

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[jeff_m]

Works fine for me. 300 shots at Descanso Gardens by Pasadena,Ca and all in focus. All shot with tripod. About 75% focus peaking the rest autofocus. 

[Scaramu]

vor 24 Minuten schrieb JeremyG:

Focus peaking seems to be a bit hit and miss, sometimes it works and sometimes not, it’s obviously switched on. I’ve been taking some closeups of roses in the garden so relatively sharp edges and yes, I did have the camera set to a different colour to that of the rose! Anyone come across the same thing?

try the actual firmware 

[JeremyG]

My apologies what what do you mean, the software was updated earlier in the year.

[wda]

Wide angle lens. Good depth of field. Multiple peaks. I try moving the zone of peaks at close range until I place the highest density over the desired point of focus. Works fine for me.

[hdmesa]

21 hours ago, JeremyG said:

Focus peaking seems to be a bit hit and miss, sometimes it works and sometimes not, it’s obviously switched on. I’ve been taking some closeups of roses in the garden so relatively sharp edges and yes, I did have the camera set to a different colour to that of the rose! Anyone come across the same thing?

Focus peaking won’t show up when there is not enough contrast — a closeup filling the screen with red roses on an overcast day for example. 

It will help immensely if you shoot DNG+JPEG and change the JPEG settings to zero saturation for a black and white EVF preview. At least 2x easier than trying to use focus peaking on a color preview.