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Zoom to camera's focus point

Andreas Bruckner

What problem do you see this solving?
By being able to zoom to the focus point, the camera's auto focus chose when taking the photo, I can quickly see if the photo is sharp, where it should be sharp. Also, I can quickly seperate out photos where the autofocus chose the wrong focus point (e.g. wrong person). I saw that feature in the software "Canon Digital Professional" so at least Canon does store that information in the raw file and I bet, other camera brands do that as well. I can't imagine this being hard to implement but would bring a big benefit to Capture One.

When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
Every time I sort out my photos, I pick the sharpest one and the one where the focus point is right.

Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals in Capture One?
Well, the focus mask only helps if I shoot photos with a flash or if there is just the right amount of light (not too much, not to little). But in most scenarios it does not show sharp areas (I did change the sensitivity already, but making it less sensitive does show the entire picture as sharp).
Apart from that I just need to compare multiple picktues next to each other and zoom from one point to another.

Are you happy to be contacted further about this suggestion or request?
Yes

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Andreas, you can vote for your own request. I support that idea, old Apple Aperture had the ability to switch on focus points and supporting (and supported) cameras are showing them, Nikon as well. I can't tell for today's mirrorless.

    The focus mask in C1 is rather limited for that task, but I possible was never able to set it up properly.

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  • Camperrin

    Don't know about other brands, but Nikon records in metadata the number of focus point used, as well as the one chosen by the camera.

    When in doubt about an unsharp picture, I have to use NX Studio, a Nikon piece of software, to evaluate which mistake I made at capture time.

    +1 for that feature.

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