Focus_peaking

Focus peaking on digital camera

Focus peaking is a focusing aid in live preview or electronic viewfinders on digital cameras that places a white or coloured highlight on in-focus edges (contours) within an image using an edge detect filter.[1] [2] It was initially only common on video cameras, as the feature is incompatible with the optical viewfinders found on DSLRs. Some external monitors and some image organisation programs can also perform focus peaking separately from the camera body.[3] It is sometimes referred to as "focus assist" or "peaking highlights". Focus peaking is fast but it is considered to be inferior to digitally zooming in, and is not recommended when taking pictures with either a very narrow or very wide depth of field.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Barbiaux, John (2013-04-07). "What is Focus Peaking?". PhotolisticLife. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  2. ^ Zhang, Michael (2012-08-30). "Focus Peaking Making Its Way onto More Digital Cameras". PetaPixel. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  3. ^ "Darktable 4.2.0 released: Major features added to the popular open-source Raw editor". DPReview. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  4. ^ "What is focus peaking? | A beginner's guide | Adobe". www.adobe.com. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  5. ^ "What Is Focus Peaking? | B&H eXplora". www.bhphotovideo.com. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  6. ^ Hein, Justin (2022-08-02). "What is Focus Peaking? A Guide to the Manual Focusing Aid". PetaPixel. Retrieved 2023-04-27.