One option is Aperture is viewing the focus points in an image. Not using it very much, I may not totally understand it. When activated is shows all 39 potential points. On some images one of the focus boxes turns from gray to red, which as I recalled is where my primary point of focus was. However, on other images no box turns red. In fact, I know I had moved my point of focus from the foreground to background, but the 39 points are in the center of the image. Any explanation would be appreciated.
Ken
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Determining focus points?
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In the image with no Red focus points in focus was there a sharp part of the image. I suspect the camera took the image even if it couldnt total focus properly. I think my camera is set to not take the shot unless it can focus.
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Correct, that red box indicates what the camera focused on. This can be helpful to see if your camera is focusing correctly, but I don’t see much other benefit to the feature. Maybe I’m missing something, but I’ve never found a real use for it.
If you consistently see a red square where it should be in focus, but the image is NOT in focus there, then that’s an indication of a problem with the camera or lens.
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Where the focus comes into usefullness is when one creates blended focal images. Just makes it easier to pick out images knowing where the primary focus was. Thus, I am concerned no red box showed up when indeed there was a focus point.
Ken,
Were you focusing manually? I know you said you changed the focus point, but did you then autofocus on that point? Is there a chance focus changed before the photos was made? Either because the subject moved, or because the lens was manually refocused?
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