Focus Peaking Question

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Al Wyman

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I can't get the Focus Peaking to activate on either my Z8 or Z5. Both are set to Red-level 2. Both are set on my I menu, but both show OFF even though they are set to Red-2. Is there something else that needs to be turned on (or off) that is preventing it from working.

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Al Wyman said:
I can't get the Focus Peaking to activate on either my Z8 or Z5. Both are set to Red-level 2. Both are set on my I menu, but both show OFF even though they are set to Red-2. Is there something else that needs to be turned on (or off) that is preventing it from working.

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Have you switched your lens (or camera setting if the lens lacks the switch) to Manual focus mode or M/A mode?

On my Z8 the focus peaking activates either when I'm in full Manual focus mode (usually via the switch on appropriate lenses) or if I'm in M/A mode, the focus is active (i.e. BBAF or shutter release half press depending on how you're set up) and I start manually overriding the focus via the lens ring.
 
I have a weird quirk in my Canon. I have to actively hold a button programmed to af-off. In my case I use the REC button since I don't need to switch from still to video. Still an oddball thing. I wish it would just peak with the full time manual over-ride, which apparently Nikon does.
 
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