'Focus indicator display'...what is it.

[Dave in Wales]

M1 Mk111 update to firmware v1.2 included....

• Focus indicator display is now available during manual focusing.

[royd63uk]

Peter Forsgard tells you the updates on this video...firmware upgrade number 3 is focus indicator

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbxbbkwJyY8

[Dave in Wales]

Oooo, there's posh.

Thank you.

[MJ224]

What goes on with the link?

I get Access Denied, then Simon Cowell pops up on a BBC web page....................

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbxbbkwJyY8 works directly from Youtube...

[Dave in Wales]

Peter Forsgard tells you the updates on this video...firmware upgrade number 3 is focus indicator

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbxbbkwJyY8

Yes, I got 'unsafe'.

I went to M4/3 Rumours.

[Bikie John]

The problem with the link is that there is a redundant "http://" on the front - strip that off and it's fine as MJ224 has posted. Just a bit of finger trouble I suspect.

John

[BDennis]

I was disappointed this new focus indicator display does not show the estimated focus distance in metres like you get with the PreMF setup viewfinder display. Or did I miss something? I just wonder why they do not show it as it is possible for the PreMF setup to show this distance (when you set AF mode to PreMF and press the info button). I use it for setting up the custom AF limits in the camera - say if you don’t want AF to hit on some bushes in the background, you find the distance and set the custom focus limit upper range within that.

[OM USer]

As the focus distance in recorded in the EXIF there is no reason that I can see why ALL mirrorless cameras can not show it in the viewfinder. Restricting these types of things to the top end cameras (ebven this poor implementation) is criminal. Just my rant. sorry.

[MJ224]

FWIW, this new firmware update is available on December 2nd...............

https://www.getolympus.com/firmware

[BDennis]

Ah right a firmware update on my birthday! I will go there and click that “Download your new camera” button and see what camera I get :-)

[Ross the fiddler]

Maybe that depends on the timeline. I have it coming on the 3rd.

https://shop.olympus.com.au/news/post/bird-detection-now-available-for-intelligent-subject-detection

[royd63uk]

Yes, I got 'unsafe'.

I went to M4/3 Rumours.

Oops my bad....stub fingers :-)

[royd63uk]

Personally I will find it next to useless

[blu-by-u]

I think I agree. What could the use be?

[Paul Graber]

It’s only a tiny point but some sources say new firmware is out 2 Dec, and some some 3 Dec. Anyone know definitively (says a 1X owner eager for the Bird AI!)?

[BDennis]

The Olympus newsletter email I got for that says December 3rd for M1X updates

[Ross the fiddler]

Maybe it will be late on the 2nd GMT.
When it is already the 3rd 'downunder'.

[MJ224]

Believe this or not....Choices...:-)

[Paul Graber]

Yup, that’s the problem. Theoretically authoritative sources are quoting two different dates.

[MJ224]

Don't suppose 1 day makes a lot of difference..:-)

[Paul Graber]

Which is why I said it was a tiny point above! Still find it odd that they can't agree.

[blackfox]

International time line differences

[Footloose1949]

These cameras already have a focus 'Peaking' function, which works pretty well and does vary depending on the F-stop being used. My old Fuji X-Pro1 (Mk1) displays the DOF in ft or m, so maybe Mr Forsgard's version wasn't a fully-functional?

I'm guessing what we'll get is the closest focus-distance DOF-wise on the L, the 'Dot' shows where in that distance range, your lens is focussed, whilst on the R, shows the furthest range over which the DOF covers?