Nicky Scali Posted December 13, 2019 Share #1 Posted December 13, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi all, I was hoping someone could help or tell me if they are experiencing the same issue on the new SL2. I am unable to get focus peaking to work on my sl2 at all in manual focus mode. I have tried both an sl lens and various m lenses. One thing have noticed is that in the focus in menu, the ‘MF Setup’ option is greyed out and I cannot access it. Any help would be appreciated. Kind Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nryn Posted December 13, 2019 Share #2 Posted December 13, 2019 My SL2’s focus peaking was also not working when I first got the camera. I think it is off by default. The relevant options are under “focus assist” if I recall correctly. I had to change the color of the peaking to blue to see it at first. I then changed it back to red and it was easier to notice. I don’t remember it being this way on the CL but I think the higher resolution of the SL2’s EVF allows the peaking to be much more precise (and in some cases, harder to see). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Scali Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted December 13, 2019 Thanks for the reply but unfortunately I already tried that. There is absolutely no peaking at all.. I tried all the colours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted December 13, 2019 Share #4 Posted December 13, 2019 you also need to enable that view...there is a post with detailed instructions if you search. FN button scrolls thru view options. Assuming you have peaking assigned to one scroll thru them with FN 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted December 13, 2019 Share #5 Posted December 13, 2019 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nryn Posted December 13, 2019 Share #6 Posted December 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, digitalfx said: you also need to enable that view...there is a post with detailed instructions if you search. FN button scrolls thru view options. Assuming you have peaking assigned to one scroll thru them with FN Ah right that was it. Hit FN until you get an icon on the right side of the display that corresponds to focus peaking. (I found this in the manual, BTW). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicameech Posted December 14, 2019 Share #7 Posted December 14, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) 1 hour ago, Nicky Scali said: Hi all, I was hoping someone could help or tell me if they are experiencing the same issue on the new SL2. I am unable to get focus peaking to work on my sl2 at all in manual focus mode. I have tried both an sl lens and various m lenses. One thing have noticed is that in the focus in menu, the ‘MF Setup’ option is greyed out and I cannot access it. Any help would be appreciated. Kind Regards In the menu, go to Camera Settings (page 4 or 5 I think). Then Capture Assistants Then Setting Within each info profile, you can choose what you do or don't want to see while that info profile is selected. Focus Peaking is one of those options. You will quickly realize that you have full control over exactly what is displayed in each profile (I like focus peaking As etherfarm above mentioned, you can cycle through these info profiles using the FN button (side note: you can also reprogram the FN button to do something else when pressed, and choose a different button to cycle through info profiles in Live View)). It's pretty cool! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted December 14, 2019 Share #8 Posted December 14, 2019 vor 6 Stunden schrieb Nicky Scali: Hi all, I was hoping someone could help or tell me if they are experiencing the same issue on the new SL2. I am unable to get focus peaking to work on my sl2 at all in manual focus mode. I have tried both an sl lens and various m lenses. [...] Any help would be appreciated. Kind Regards You need to shoot DNG+JPEG or just JPEG in order for focus peaking to work. DNG only won’t do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicameech Posted December 14, 2019 Share #9 Posted December 14, 2019 34 minutes ago, Chaemono said: You need to shoot DNG+JPEG or just JPEG in order for focus peaking to work. DNG only won’t do it. This is (fortunately) not true. You can indeed engage focus peaking when shooting DNG only. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted December 14, 2019 Share #10 Posted December 14, 2019 vor 22 Minuten schrieb leicameech: This is (fortunately) not true. You can indeed engage focus peaking when shooting DNG only. Correct. For some reason focus peaking didn't work the first time I tried the SL2 with an M lens. I had to choose DNG+JPEG and then it worked. Now it works with DNG only, too. Thanks. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2019 Share #11 Posted December 14, 2019 6 hours ago, Chaemono said: You need to shoot DNG+JPEG or just JPEG in order for focus peaking to work. DNG only won’t do it. That is not the case for me. I am in full DNG mode and I can focus peak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Scali Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share #12 Posted December 15, 2019 Thank you all for responding. I feel embarrassed at how simple it was and straight in front of me! The profiles are excellent. Thanks again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicameech Posted December 15, 2019 Share #13 Posted December 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Nicky Scali said: Thank you all for responding. I feel embarrassed at how simple it was and straight in front of me! The profiles are excellent. Thanks again No reason to feel embarrassed. Enjoy the camera! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Tali Posted December 21, 2019 Share #14 Posted December 21, 2019 When I use FN button to enable focus peaking, it also turns on Histogam, how can I just have the focus peaking enable and have the histograms OFF? Thx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrMi Posted December 21, 2019 Share #15 Posted December 21, 2019 46 minutes ago, Homer Tali said: When I use FN button to enable focus peaking, it also turns on Histogam, how can I just have the focus peaking enable and have the histograms OFF? Thx Default setting for FN button is to "Toggle Info Levels". You need to customize the appropriate info profile. In the camera menu page 5: Camera Settings -> Capture Assistants -> Setting -> Info Profile 3 (turn off Histogram). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Tali Posted December 21, 2019 Share #16 Posted December 21, 2019 You are great - thx for the step by step directions - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrMi Posted December 21, 2019 Share #17 Posted December 21, 2019 23 minutes ago, Homer Tali said: You are great - thx for the step by step directions - You are welcome! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie F. Posted December 3, 2020 Share #18 Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) On 12/13/2019 at 8:10 PM, leicameech said: In the menu, go to Camera Settings (page 4 or 5 I think). Then Capture Assistants Then Setting Within each info profile, you can choose what you do or don't want to see while that info profile is selected. Focus Peaking is one of those options. You will quickly realize that you have full control over exactly what is displayed in each profile (I like focus peaking As etherfarm above mentioned, you can cycle through these info profiles using the FN button (side note: you can also reprogram the FN button to do something else when pressed, and choose a different button to cycle through info profiles in Live View)). It's pretty cool! Thanks for this. I've just bought my SL2 - Adorama as usual. And for the life of me, couldn't find how to activate focus peaking. Until reading your post. Then as your comment points out, I tested the FN button and sure enough it changes to another profile. Not yet decided what to assign the FN button to do, but a very cool option indeed. Edited December 3, 2020 by Charlie F. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiOnara Posted January 28, 2021 Share #19 Posted January 28, 2021 On 12/13/2019 at 11:56 PM, nryn said: Ah right that was it. Hit FN until you get an icon on the right side of the display that corresponds to focus peaking. (I found this in the manual, BTW). Had me completely baffled too. Thanks for clearing this up. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bherman01545 Posted January 28, 2021 Share #20 Posted January 28, 2021 On 12/13/2019 at 6:56 PM, nryn said: Ah right that was it. Hit FN until you get an icon on the right side of the display that corresponds to focus peaking. (I found this in the manual, BTW). +1, that is correct Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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