Quote from: kihlbahkt on August 02, 2012, 09:52:19 PM
Did more green bar confirm tests in sunlight. Green bar confirm may display prior to sharpest focus.
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It seems that your problem is trying to use Magic Zoom and Focus Peak at the same time. As stated in my last post, Focus Peak dots are not displayed when magic zoom window is being displayed. In your setup (+) zoom, MZ is displayed until you hit the button again. You should have focus peak dots when MZ is not displayed.
Thanks kihlbahkt for your detailed reply and the indoor and outdoor tests! I want to get the most out of everything you looked into. Since I mainly shoot landscapes with a fixed focal length lens, I will attempt to do this by outlining my manual focus process for landscapes.
(By the way I use old m42 Pentax screw mount manual focus lenses with an adapter that contains no corrective optics - the Canon 600D dimensions accommodate the m42 register requirements for achieving infinity focus without a corrective optic in the adapter. Also, I don't believe I observed any difference in the problems I am describing here when I was using my Canon 18-55mm kit lens, but I will confirm that.)
A couple quick comments first:
1. Yes, Green bar confirm may indeed display prior to sharpest focus. So then I am inclined to use x10 magnification to check it.
2. As for there being a problem using Magic Zoom (MZ) and Focus Peak (FP) at the same time, they are two separate features which I have enabled in Magic Lantern (ML) at the same time. I just want to be clear there's no problem there.
Now, my manual focus process: Initially I don't have MZ window open, and I rely on FP for red dots on high contrast lines. Then I open MZ window with x3 magnification and continue focus watching for Green Bar confirm (and yes, FP is momentarily inactive with MZ open). Then I use ML feature to zoom by pressing shutter button halfway and continue manual focus at x10 magnification as needed for various landscape details.
I suspect my manual focus process is revealing some problems in ML:
1. FP red dots often peak then become fewer when I stop adjusting focus. (But you do not observe this behavior, correct?)
2. Green bar confirm in MZ seems somewhat random. (Instead, you see Green Bar confirm sometimes before sharpest focus, correct?)
3. Regardless of "Increase SharpContrast" setting I no longer see increased sharpness "somewhat like focus peaking" (per the User Guide) anywhere - not in LiveView, or FP, or MZ, or x5 or x10 magnification. (I am not sure I understand what you observed in this case. Can you comment more on this?)
I hope all that makes sense and that you would please comment further - particularly on the questions I've asked above.
Thanks!