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Split screen focusing

Posted: 15 Apr 2016, 07:33
by giogio
It would be great to have the live view screen splittable in both horizontal/vertical way. The upper part (or left, if in vertical mode) should show an enlarged portion (say 100%) of the live view data and the bottom part (or right part) another region. Both region should be moveable by the user. Someting similar to what's in a D810 but on steroids! It would be great to have in the field when doing landscapes and checking that both foreground AND background are in correct focus for a given aperture.

Furthermore, it would be great to have the minus zoom button to go below 100% in LV; I think it helps focusing better on big screens (acutance ?)

Thanks for listening!
Giovanni

Re: Split screen focusing

Posted: 17 Apr 2016, 09:38
by hubaiz
The zoom is done by the camera. The zoom values are predefined values for the camera.
I could eventually add a split screen zoom but not sure how useful it would be.
The live view screen resolution is 640x480 (on Canon it is a bit higher).
Don't think that zooming the 640x480 screen would give much help.

Re: Split screen focusing

Posted: 17 Apr 2016, 10:53
by giogio
Didn't know the zoom was made in-camera. Anyways I think that the split screen (which should be selectable in a horizontal/vertical way) would be appreciated when doing landscapes to determine if both fg and bg are in focus.
Another thing I was mentioning is that I *think* it would be nice to have a zoom level beyond 100% level (this time carried out by qDslrDashboard resizing). On large screens (I own a 24" panel) the image gets too enlarged and assessing the focusing correctness isn't easy. On smaller panels (i.e. those comparable in size with the camera LCD) this effect is not so pronounced and I can focus with more precision.
Thanks for listening!
Giovanni