Show Focus Points: Lightroom Plugin for Canon Cameras
Works with CR2 Files in Lightroom Classic - Last Checked: Sept. 2024
Works with CR2 Files in Lightroom Classic - Last Checked: Sept. 2024
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| Show Focus Points - Adobe Lightroom Plugin for Canon Cameras |
Show Focus Points for Adobe Lightroom Version 1.03 (with Lightroom V. 13.5)
This free plug-in is an easy and quick installation via the Lightroom Plug-In Manager and then provides access to your camera's focus points via the Library Module.
By default Adobe Lightroom Classic does not offer any way to view your camera's focus points, but the Show Focus Point Adobe Lightroom plugin shows which focus points were selected by your camera when the photo was taken.
The Show Focus Points: Adobe Lightroom Plugin Works in Lightroom 5 and above. Currently works with Lightroom 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and CC (Version 13 - Checked in Windows 11 and CR2 RAW Files from Canon EOS 7D Mark II)
Download >> Lightroom Show Focus Points Plugin
All the relevant EXIF data and additional focus information will be available for each image viewed via the Show Focus Points plugin.
The Focus Points plugin for Lightroom is of great assistance for fine-tuning my AF System and personal focussing / tracking adjustments for Birds in Flight / Action photography. Also consider the following Environment Variables article for improving Birds in Flight photography.
My own software operating environment: Windows 10 Professional (Intel i5 Desktop PC) / Windows 11 Home (Intel i3 Notebook) / Lightroom Classic Version 13 (PC Desktop). Show Focus Points - Adobe Lightroom Plugin should work from Lightroom Ver. 5.7 to Ver. 13.
During my my Adobe Lightroom private training in Milnerton, Cape Town I briefly demonstrate the Show Focus Points plugin (and installation) if required.
Download >> Lightroom Show Focus Points Plugin
AF Points Lock On
For the below Canon EOS 7D Mark II example I used Large Zone AF and the Show Focus Points plugin clearly show the four AP points that locked on - spot on in terms of the area that I focused on. The legend in the plugin will provide more detail ito specific AF-system used and which individual AF points locked on when focus was achieved (in-camera).
Canon EOS 7D Mark II AF Focus Lightroom Points Plugin Example
For the below image I used my Canon EOS 7D Mark II / EF 400mm capturing an Egyptian goose at Woodbridge Island, Cape Town
EXIF / Focus information provided by the Lightroom Show Focus Points plugin:
Autofocus / Active Focus Point(s) Legend / AF Grid
Specific AF information will be provided by the plugin's Legend - Actual AF information will vary by camera and in-camera AF-selection options.
Image (From Canon EOS 7D Mark II / from the Library Module in Lightroom)
Image 1: Original file in Adobe Lightroom (RAW to JPEG conversion)
Image 2: Uncropped RAW Image with Focus Point information from Show Focus Points
Image 3: Cropped RAW Image with Focus Point information from Show Focus Points
The Focus Points plugin for Lightroom is of great assistance for fine-tuning my AF System and personal focussing / tracking adjustments for Birds in Flight / Action photography. Also consider the following Environment Variables article for improving Birds in Flight photography.
My own software operating environment: Windows 10 Professional (Intel i5 Desktop PC) / Windows 11 Home (Intel i3 Notebook) / Lightroom Classic Version 13 (PC Desktop). Show Focus Points - Adobe Lightroom Plugin should work from Lightroom Ver. 5.7 to Ver. 13.
During my my Adobe Lightroom private training in Milnerton, Cape Town I briefly demonstrate the Show Focus Points plugin (and installation) if required.
Download >> Lightroom Show Focus Points Plugin
AF Points Lock On
For the below Canon EOS 7D Mark II example I used Large Zone AF and the Show Focus Points plugin clearly show the four AP points that locked on - spot on in terms of the area that I focused on. The legend in the plugin will provide more detail ito specific AF-system used and which individual AF points locked on when focus was achieved (in-camera).
Canon EOS 7D Mark II AF Focus Lightroom Points Plugin Example
For the below image I used my Canon EOS 7D Mark II / EF 400mm capturing an Egyptian goose at Woodbridge Island, Cape Town
EXIF / Focus information provided by the Lightroom Show Focus Points plugin:
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens: EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
- Focal Length: 400mm
- Exposure: 1 / 5000s / f/6.3 / ISO 1000
- Focus Mode: AI Servo AF
- AF area mode: Large Zone AF
- Focus / subject distance: between 15.17 m and 140.58 m
- Depth of Field: 9.08 m (73.60 - 82.68 m)
- Hyperfocal Distance: 1332.82 m
- Total number of AF Points: 65 AF Points
- Number of AF Points selected: 25 AF Points
Autofocus / Active Focus Point(s) Legend / AF Grid
Specific AF information will be provided by the plugin's Legend - Actual AF information will vary by camera and in-camera AF-selection options.
Image (From Canon EOS 7D Mark II / from the Library Module in Lightroom)
Image 1: Original file in Adobe Lightroom (RAW to JPEG conversion)
Image 2: Uncropped RAW Image with Focus Point information from Show Focus Points
Image 3: Cropped RAW Image with Focus Point information from Show Focus Points
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Image 1 : Original RAW File Info (Adobe Lightroom AF Plugin) |
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| Image 3 : Cropped Image - Focus Point Info (Adobe Lightroom AF Plugin) |
Camera models supported by the Lightroom Show Focus Points Plugin
Lightroom Focus Points plugin currently works for all past-2002 Canon EOS DSLRs
Canon EOS 1D X / 1D C, 1D Mark 4, 1Ds Mark3, 1D Mark 3, 1Ds Mark 2, 1D Mark 2 N, 1D Mark 2 - 5D Mark 3, 5D Mark 2, 5D Mark2, 5D, 6D, 7D - 70D, 60D, 50D, 40D, 30D, 20D, 10D - 700D, 100D, 650D (Rebel T4i), 600D (Rebel T3i), 550D (Rebel T2i), 500D (Rebel T1i), 450D (Rebel XSi), 400D (Rebel XTi), 350D (Rebel XT), 300D (Rebel), M, EOS 1100D, EOS 1000D. Most Canon Powershot models should work as well.