Focus Tools

What is the peaking function on your camera?  How does it work?  What are the four different tools you can use right now to improve your focus that the presenter brings up in this video?  How can you put these to use right away?

    The peaking function on cameras helps show whether your image is in focus. It works by highlighting sharp edges seen on camera; thus, when your subject is in focus, it will have sharp edges which the peaking will highlight using high contrast colors. Four different tools that I can use right now to improve my focus mentioned in the video are peaking, magnification, eyes, and a flashlight. As previously mentioned, peaking allows me to more clearly see what is in focus as it highlights sharp edges in the image. Another tool that I can put to use is magnification, which can allow me to more accurately see what is in focus by magnifying the image into the spot I want to focus on. Using eyes as a focus tool is a good rule of thumb as eyes are generally what you want to have in focus when filming people. The fourth tool is using a flashlight, which can be a tremendous help when trying to focus an image that has low lighting. I already use most of these tools when determining focus, but the next time I need to focus an image that has dim lighting, I will prepare a flashlight in order to help.