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Re: [OM] Focus peaking w/o firmware change on OM-D

Subject: Re: [OM] Focus peaking w/o firmware change on OM-D
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:13:36 -0500
Sounds complicated but I'll have to give it a try.

Chuck Norcutt

On 1/14/2013 6:51 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Have seen several flavors of this and some just use it "on" and then
> process the raw files to avoid the art filter effect.  Might be helpful
> to  precisely focus the OM-Z  lenses in some situations.  Mixed reviews
> on accuracy but some like it.
>
>
> Posted by mu43rumors in Cameras, Tips and Triicks
>
>
>
> Mu43rumors figured out a simple way to use one of the art filters for
> on-demand “focus peaking” with the Olympus OM-D E-M5.
>
> 1) Change the mode dial on the E-M5 to “A”
>
> 2) Menu > Shooting Menu 1: set the “Picture Mode” to “ART 11 Key Line”
>
> 3) Optional step if you want magnified view during focus peaking: Menu
>> Shooting Menu 1 > Set “Digital Tele-converter” to “On”
>
> 4) Menu > Shooting Menu 1: select “Reset/Myset”, then select “Myset1″
> and choose “Set”
>
> 5) Menu > Custom Menu B: select “Button Function”, then select “Fn1
> Function” and choose “My1″
>
> 6) Menu > Shooting Menu 1: set the “Picture Mode” to “Natural” (or
> whatever you started out with)
>
> 7) Menu > Shooting Menu 1 > Set “Digital Tele-converter” back to “Off”
> if you set it to “On” in Step 3 above
>
> At this point, you’ll have the “Key Line” art filter, which acts like a
> form of focus peaking, assigned to the Fn1 button. You can hold down
> the button while focusing for a kind of “on demand” focus peaking and
> then release the button before you shoot so that the art filter doesn’t
> affect the captured image itself.
>
> 2-13 screen works well for me too, Mike
>
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