5D shows focus point on LCD - can Lightroom or PS?

[oofoto]

<p>My 5D I shows the focus point location when reviewing the shot with info as a red box. Can I see this focus point after transfering the shots out of the camera? It's pretty handy info to have.<br>

I only shoot RAW.</p>

[nathangardner]

<p>I'm not 100%, but I'm pretty sure you can see it using the Canon DPP software. PS or LR, I don't think so. There may be a way, but if there is I doubt that its easy.</p>

[hjoseph7]

Nope you wont see the focusing points after you download it.

[NK Guy]

<p>Later versions of Canon DPP, Apple Aperture 3, and BreezeBrowser can show the active focus points. I don't think Lightroom can. The version I tried couldn't, anyway. Photoshop can't.</p>

[bobatkins]

<p>DPP can show it if you select the right options.</p>

[PuppyDigs]

<p>Yep, you can see the active AF point in several common programs: Aperture 3, DPP and ImageBrowser. I don't find it very useful unless writing a camera review and need a screen grab.</p>

[daniel flather]

<p>In DPP with Mac use Command + J.</p>

[keith reeder]

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<p> I don't find it very useful unless writing a camera review and need a screen grab.</p>

 

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<p>It can be <em>very</em> handy as a tool for troubleshooting supposed "AF problems".</p>

[mike_stemberg]

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<p>... handy as a tool for troubleshooting supposed "AF problems".</p>

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<p>I remember being gently reminded in these forums that seeing that red spot could be very misleading if there was any degree of 'focus and recompose' used.<br>

See: <a href="http://blog.duncandavidson.com/2008/09/focus-and-recompose-exposed.html">Focus and Recompose Exposed.</a></p>

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[keith reeder]

<p>That's certainly true, Mike - and even without focus/recompose being part of the deal, when the 7D was first released and there was much bleating about its "poor" AF on the likes of DPR (and here to an extent) it was often very easy (and fun!) to show that a given image was OOF, not because of a problem with the camera, but because the AF point wasn't where the user had thought it would be.</p>