See in lightroom the focus spot

[impr_pht]

<p>Hi<br>

Is there a way to see in lightroom the spot that the camera focused?<br>

If not, is there any other program that can show this?<br>

I have a Canon T3i<br>

Thank you</p>

[JosvanEekelen]

<p>Canon's software (DPP, others) will show the focus points.<br>

For LR there is a plugin to show the focus points: <a href="http://www.lightroomfocuspointsplugin.com/">http://www.lightroomfocuspointsplugin.com/</a> According to the makers it works in LR 5 and above.</p>

[Spearhead]

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<p>For LR there is a plugin to show the focus points: </p>

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<p> <br>

The last time the plugin was updated was almost a year ago. I just tested it with my most recent shoot and it showed every photo as using the same focus point, the one in the first photo in the folder, even though I moved it a number of times. I don't know if the problem is compatibility with the latest version of LR CC, well almost the latest version since I am not using the current update, or if it's an OS update issue. Given that it hasn't been touched for so long, I doubt it's going to get fixed.</p>

[JosvanEekelen]

<p>So it's back to the Canon software. I had an eye on the LR plugin when i was using LR4 and had forgotten about it when I upgraded to LR6. It's only a plugin so it won't hurt trying it.</p>

[jason_r1]

<p>The plugin listed by Jos works great in LR 6. I am using it. I think they just haven't updated their release notes since last year. It specifies LR 5 and 6 on the website. It would have been nice if Adobe had made this a native feature in lightroom though.<br>

Jason</p>

[Spearhead]

<p>What OS?</p>

[jason_r1]

<p>Windows 7 Pro 64.</p>

[Spearhead]

<p>So that is from when they were apparently still updating things. It doesn't work properly on OSX 10.11 and I suspect it hasn't been tested on Windows 10.</p>

[jason_r1]

<p>Several people I know say their Windows 7 programs are working well with Windows 10 but I don't know about this particular plugin. I would venture to guess it would probably work on 8 and 10 but that's just a guess. I probably won't jump on the Win 10 train for a while yet.</p>

[kerry_grim]

Not a bad idea to check where the focus spot of your camera is. But, bear in mind if you 'hold' the focus

then recompose or even your subject moves away from the point...it won't do you any good to check the

focus point.

[jason_r1]

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<p>But, bear in mind if you 'hold' the focus then recompose or even your subject moves away from the point...it won't do you any good to check the focus point.</p>

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<p>I understand what your saying but I have to respectfully disagree. It can certainly help you to better understand where you are making mistakes in focusing and provide an opportunity learn from those mistakes.</p>

[kerry_grim]

Jason R, I certainly agree. If you don't recompose it may show your mistake. I did not articulate very well!