On the DPR forum for Sony full frames, the issue of "focal length detents" came up. Silly?
Anyway, a member suggested a work-around of having a beep at a specified focal length. That prompted me to suggest it as a feature request to the ML gurus.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58064157
After all, if a camera can beep, and put the Focal Length in the EXIF, then it seems like "only magic" involving firmware-only. Correct?
The FR in the Sony forum specifically mentioned FL / 2 (such as 47mm for a 24-70mm zoom).
Obviously, low priority. It was my way of gushing about the ML Devs. ;D
Sounds like a nice use case for a Lua script.
@I_d_allan
A1ex took the words out of my mouth ;)
I did a script for a simply use case, ie indicate when lens is at a certain distance.
As A1ex says, pretty easy to set up: let me know if I can help.
Cheers
Garry
@I_d_allan
Because I am a still photographer and use a Varavon to clearly see the ML LV, I tend to favour solutions that are visual.
Here is a quick demo script of your use case to show what I mean:
lv.info
{
name = "FL Check",
value = "",
priority = 100,
update = function(this)
if lens.focal_length > FLmenu.submenu["FL?"].value then
this.background = COLOR.YELLOW
this.foreground = COLOR.BLACK
this.value = tostring(lens.focal_length)
else
this.value = ""
end
end
}
FLmenu = menu.new
{
parent = "Audio", -- place this in any menu you like
name = "FL Checker",
depends_on = DEPENDS_ON.LIVEVIEW,
submenu =
{
{
name = "FL?",
min = 10,
max = 100,
value = 15,
icon_type = ICON_TYPE.BOOL,
}
}
}
Cheers
Garry