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Red highlights


Daffy1 Avatar
Daffy1 15 422 Ireland
14 Dec 2019 10:45AM
I was out with my new Z7 yesterday and using the touch screen autofocus, and most of the subjects were highlighted in red on the monitor. Why please explain ? Damian
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Railcam 16 967 2 Scotland
14 Dec 2019 10:58AM
Possibly "focus peakig"? All items in focus have a colour. Might I suggest you read the manual to find out for certain.
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saltireblue Plus
13 14.5k 88 Norway
14 Dec 2019 11:35AM

Quote:Possibly "focus peakig"? All items in focus have a colour. Might I suggest you read the manual to find out for certain.

Either that or it indicates areas that are over-exposed (blown details) - normally red, and for under-exposed the colour is often blue.
Last modified by saltireblue on 14 Dec 2019 11:36AM
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Daffy1 15 422 Ireland
14 Dec 2019 1:15PM
The pictures came out perfect I couldn't any blown bits. I had the monitor on for about an hour !. While I looking in the monitor a dog crossed in front of the camera and there was red highlights on its legs ! Strange !
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Railcam 16 967 2 Scotland
14 Dec 2019 3:38PM
As you seem not to want to read the manual I have searched the Internetfor you. This video explains focus peaking for you and demonstrates the red colour.
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Railcam 16 967 2 Scotland
14 Dec 2019 3:39PM
The video link did not seem to work. It is here.
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Daffy1 15 422 Ireland
14 Dec 2019 3:57PM
I think I have it solved, the red highlights seem to appear when the focus is perfect
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Daffy1 15 422 Ireland
14 Dec 2019 4:20PM
Thank you Railcam sorted !!! Silly me
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sausage 19 704 United Kingdom
15 Dec 2019 8:15AM
Normally the red lines which are a focusing aid only appear when you set the camera to manual focus.
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Chris_L 9 5.5k United Kingdom
15 Dec 2019 10:53AM
Features like that will appear just when you are taking an important shot and are why you should RTFM Tongue

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