jenny_mckee Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 There's only one thing more frustrating than getting AF wrong - not knowing why it went wrong. I have heard that Canon embeds active AF point and subject distance info in EXIF makernotes and that PS Raw plugin throws this away (I think there was a thread on this). Anyway, is there any software that will show me which points were active? Ideally the software should graphically superimpose points over the image, but a textual dump of point numbers will also be OK. I need it so bad that I will even use the lousy Canon software if that's my only option (Camera Window? Zoom Browser? File Viewer? Some other junk?). I shoot RAW but the question probably applies to both RAW and out of camera JPGs. Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg M Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Canon's RAW software (called File Viewer Utility on the desktop icon) that was included with my Digital Rebel and 10D, does have a feature that allows you to super-impose the focus point(s) and see which one was used. It's within the toolbar just above the various RAW settings. If the RAW conversion software itself wasn't so bad it would be a good tool, but I stopped using it as soon as I bought Capture One, which does NOT have that option, but is a much more user-friendly RAW converter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklights Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Sure, use the software that came with the camera. It shows where the active AF point was at the time of exsposure, nice red square&dot just like the cameras AF point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenny_mckee Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 Thanks Greg and Stephen. It works. But I still hate that piece of software and wish it was available in something like IrfanView. Also hope that PS starts copying makernotes to JPGs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjb Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Hi, I`ve been using Breezebrowser and it shows the active af points, and is heaps better than the canon s/w. You may try a trial see if it suits your needs. good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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