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			|  | 03/23/2015 08:43:59 AM · #1 | 
		| | I'm  not sure if this is widely known, I haven't seen it before. This nifty little lightroom plugin will show you at which point focus was achieved for Canon and Nikon images. It also gives you a range for the focus distance (not sure on its accuracy). //www.lightroomfocuspointsplugin.com/
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			|  | 03/23/2015 08:50:16 AM · #2 | 
		| | I do so many focus and recompose shots that having something like this wouldn't necessarily help me, but for a free plugin why not?!  Might help with the wildlife shots to know where the camera is focusing, and more specifically where the point is migrating over a series of photos. 
 Thanks for the heads up.
 
 PS - Just in time for Lightroom 6, right?  ;)
 
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			|  | 03/23/2015 09:20:16 AM · #3 | 
		| | | Originally posted by davidw: I'm  not sure if this is widely known, I haven't seen it before. This nifty little lightroom plugin will show you at which point focus was achieved for Canon and Nikon images. It also gives you a range for the focus distance (not sure on its accuracy).
 //www.lightroomfocuspointsplugin.com/
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 Thanks for sharing! :)
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			|  | 03/23/2015 09:29:18 AM · #4 | 
		| | just curious as to what benefit this would offer, except for just noticing trends in ones shooting style. | 
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			|  | 03/23/2015 09:57:56 AM · #5 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Mike: just curious as to what benefit this would offer, except for just noticing trends in ones shooting style.
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 Precisely that: plus, it will show you what you were ACTUALLY focusing on, and you can then locate the actual zone of sharpness in the image visually, and get some idea of front/back focus issues as well.
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			|  | 03/23/2015 11:00:23 AM · #6 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Bear_Music: 
 | Originally posted by Mike: just curious as to what benefit this would offer, except for just noticing trends in ones shooting style.
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 Precisely that: plus, it will show you what you were ACTUALLY focusing on, and you can then locate the actual zone of sharpness in the image visually, and get some idea of front/back focus issues as well.
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 that makes sense. in my case i usually aim for the eye, so i can usually tell by pixel peeping if I have issues but i could see how others may benefit from it.
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			|  | 03/23/2015 12:59:12 PM · #7 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Mike: 
 | Originally posted by Bear_Music: 
 | Originally posted by Mike: just curious as to what benefit this would offer, except for just noticing trends in ones shooting style.
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 Precisely that: plus, it will show you what you were ACTUALLY focusing on, and you can then locate the actual zone of sharpness in the image visually, and get some idea of front/back focus issues as well.
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 that makes sense. in my case i usually aim for the eye, so i can usually tell by pixel peeping if I have issues but i could see how others may benefit from it.
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 I got to wondering the same thing, and I think there is an issue. If I focus using my selected focus point and then recompose, I don't think the plugin will show the right place on the image. It'll highlight which focus point I used, but not the place on the image where I had that point when I locked the focus. Right?
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			|  | 03/23/2015 01:23:11 PM · #8 | 
		| | | Originally posted by davidw: 
 | Originally posted by Mike: 
 | Originally posted by Bear_Music: 
 | Originally posted by Mike: just curious as to what benefit this would offer, except for just noticing trends in ones shooting style.
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 Precisely that: plus, it will show you what you were ACTUALLY focusing on, and you can then locate the actual zone of sharpness in the image visually, and get some idea of front/back focus issues as well.
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 that makes sense. in my case i usually aim for the eye, so i can usually tell by pixel peeping if I have issues but i could see how others may benefit from it.
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 I got to wondering the same thing, and I think there is an issue. If I focus using my selected focus point and then recompose, I don't think the plugin will show the right place on the image. It'll highlight which focus point I used, but not the place on the image where I had that point when I locked the focus. Right?
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 Correct. This plugin is for people who move their focus points instead of recomposing.
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			|  | 03/23/2015 09:04:01 PM · #9 | 
		| | for those that learned to focus when there was only the center to work off - it's not going to be of much use ;) 
 
 | Originally posted by Bear_Music: Correct. This plugin is for people who move their focus points instead of recomposing.
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			|  | 03/23/2015 10:44:59 PM · #10 | 
		| | I have lightroom 4 so I am not sure if this plug in is working right, but it seems kinda a fun thing to use 
 Message edited by author 2015-03-23 22:45:44.
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