focus assist: Make it better

[Jay A. Kelley]

Yeah.. a bit of a heart attack until he puts saturation back to 1. Just a little bug.

That and getting the Quicktime reference to show up in color.

As for line width.. im still not super-convinced the lines need to be wider...

no man really, they need to be wider. But if it really bugs you, then perhaps a choice that allows the user to select how wide they are.

I would imagine an AC working off the LCD would need them wider than someone working of a 30" Dell.

Perhaps that's the way everyone wins

Jay

[Thom Steinhoff]

Please compare red oulines on a lcd to a vf and monitor to see what we are asking for--it's not that we can't see it--it's that it ISNT THERE!

I demo'd this at the l.a. Users group meeting connected to an external monitor side by side on the lcd.

There were times we could see nothing on the lcd but plenty of red on the monitor.

I think this has to do with the scaling to get to the lcd. I've seen this a lot with single pixel lines at one res actually dissappearing when scaled to another.

I think that Jim is seeing it on a vf which would be unscaled so it would be visible. Please compare what you see (what we see) on a lcd compared to a vf.

I think the best option is to allow a opton for fat lines or figure out a way to not have the red pixels scaled off of the lcd.

This is a truely smoking feature and I can't wait for my vf to see it in all it's glory!!!

[wshultz]

And I'd like a way to instantly turn it on and off. Perhaps it comes on when I hit the 2X zoom in button.

[Joel Kaye]

And I'd like a way to instantly turn it on and off. Perhaps it comes on when I hit the 2X zoom in button.

It'd be cool if a single user button held several options as you clicked it... false color, edge focus assist, 2x view (ideally 1:1), and nothing at all.

Once all available user buttons are customizable this camera will be very fast to use. It's getting close...

[Barry Green]

Good point -- the buttons don't have to be just "on" and "off", they can cycle through. On the Panasonics the "zebra" button cycles from Zebra 1 to Zebra 2 to Spotmeter to Off. Works well. So yeah, second what joel says.

[wshultz]

As an aside, I like how it's now set if you leave the 2X button activated and try to record, RED lets you know you're making an error.

[Eryc Tramonn]

here is a quick snap:

Thanks Jarred, appreciate the upload. I know this was a quick screen cap, so maybe the resolution doesn't do it justice, but as is, I can understand why others would ask for a more discernible indicator. Seems completely useful though. Really nice job.

Thanks again.

[Jarred Land]

We will fiddle with it.. but the good thing about it being thin is that on high detailed scenes everything doesnt turn to mush.. and you can see more clearly when things really pop into focus.

[Joel Kaye]

We will fiddle with it.. but the good thing about it being thin is that on high detailed scenes everything doesnt turn to mush.. and you can see more clearly when things really pop into focus.

I noticed when I focused close on a knit cap up close I could see all the very fine single hairlike threads going in and out of focus. That was pretty cool - so I see your point. Certainly other color options should be easy to implement and maybe that would help.

Maybe it's good to go in the EVF right now.

Ultimately, user adjustable settings with an easy way to get back to default settings would probably end the conversation. Keep playing with it though - people will use this feature a lot once they gain confidence in it.

[Jarred Land]

Ultimately, user adjustable settings with an easy way to get back to default settings would probably end the conversation. .

agreed...