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    Do you guys use Focus Peaking in Magic Lantern? Do you find it accurate?

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    Depends on the lens that is used, in particular the DOF.

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    I tend to use the Magic Zoom more and more. It replaces the standard zoom in function and is pretty similar to the way you would focus manually on a analog DSLR.

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    I checked out Magic Zoom and it seems to be a perfect solution for manual focusing. Will try it out this weekend.

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    Magic zoom is great, but I had problems with it stopping recording (processor overload?) when used in conjunction with the live histogram. Maybe that's fixed in recent builds...

    Dylan

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    I never use the histogram, but use the different display setups that you can customize and save and switch between those.

    On my T2i, display setup 1 has zebras switched ON. I use that display setup to check for blacks & highlights. In practice, I adjust either aperture or my Vari ND to make sure there's no blown out highlights.
    Once I start shooting, I move to display setup 2, which is identical to display setup 1 except for zebras (which is switched off).

    As picture profile, I use flaat2, which is a good middleground between shooting with Neutral (modified) and a flat profile like Technicolor. I have plenty of leeway when grading this way. Flaat2 is highly recommended. It leaves skin tones intact (I think it's based on the Portrait picture style)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lunchbox View Post
    Do you guys use Focus Peaking in Magic Lantern? Do you find it accurate?
    I always use this, IMO its working perfect. 3x zoom won't work me while using this. even trap focus work perfectly for moving objects. I am not using lcd view finder any more.

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    Just found out Magic Zoom won't work after switching back and forth on the Crop zoom in T3i. :<

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lunchbox View Post
    Just found out Magic Zoom won't work
    its working now after installing the bug fix update
    http://groups.google.com/group/ml-de...8a9e5e56aa782d

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    Wow thanks for the link. I downloaded the file and it fixes the problem! Yay!

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