3. Open the Focus menu, go to Focus End Point and press Set to zero it out.
4. Pick the start point by focusing on it with the LEFT/RIGHT buttons while the Focus menu is active. Make sure the number from Focus End Point is changing as you focus. Fine-tune the position with scrollwheel.
5. Go to Rack Focus and press SET or PLAY to start rack focus.
6. To return to the starting point, run rack focus again.
Tip: when LCDsensor Remote is set on Near or Away, you can trigger rack focus from the LCD sensor, avoiding camera shake.
Recommended focus step settings:
• Focus StepSize: 1 or 2
• Focus StepDelay:
– without Wait flag: large delays (around 100 ms) =› will ignore small position errors - with Wait flag: small delays (only lens is in very good mechanical condition)
Stack focus
This selection will shoot a series of photographs with varying focus points. It is used in macro photography to assemble sharper final images by merging photos where each has a different focus point.
This function can also create scripts named like named FST_1234.SH, which can be used for stacking the images with enfuse. See Exposure bracketing for details on how to use these scripts, and the focus stacking section from Enfuse reference manual. To enable (or disable) the post-processing scripts, go to HDR bracketing submenu.
Usage:
1. Configure rack focus and use it to preview the focus range.
2. Select the number of focus steps to skip. This will determine the number of pictures to be taken.
3. Press PLAY to start the focus sequence (PLAY mode) or take the first picture (SNAP mode).
You can also combine this function with HDR bracketing and silent pictures.
Recommended focus step settings: same as for rack focus.
Focus distance and DOF info
These items are read-only:
• Lens info: displays lens name, current focal length and current aperture.
• Focus Dist: The distance to the focal point. Most newer newer Canon lenses report this value, but not all.
• Hyperfocal: The hyperfocal distance is the point of focus where everything from half that distance to infinity falls within the depth of field. This is the largest depth of field possible for the current f-number.
• DOF Near: The nearest distance in which objects appear in focus.
• DOF Far: The farthest distance in which objects appear in focus.
Display
Options for display (most of them are for LiveView).
LV contrast
Adjusts the contrast in LiveView. It does not affect recording. This helps when focusing with very flat picture styles.
Choices: Normal (no effect), High, Very high, Low, Very low, Zero.
LV saturation
Adjusts the saturation in LiveView. It does not affect recording. This helps you focus without being distracted by color.
Choices: Normal (no effect), High, Very high, Zero (grayscale).
LV display gain
Photo mode only: this feature increases the brightness in LiveView, making it usable in very dark scenes (where Canon’s LiveView would be pitch black). Combine this with FPS override for better low-light performance.
Range: 0… +7 EV.
For movie mode, use ML digital ISOs for a similar effect.
Color scheme
This affects the colors and brightness for on-screen information (including LiveView overlays, Canon menus and ML menus).
Choices: Default, Dark, Bright Gray, Dark Gray, Dark Red, Dark Green.
Tip: dark themes may reduce the eye strain during night shooting.
Clear overlays
Clear bitmap overlays from LiveView display.
• HalfShutter: LiveView overlays are cleared when you hold the shutter button pressed halfway for one second. You can also use the * button or the DOF preview button.
Tip: assign autofocus to * button (from Custom Functions, set Shutter/AE lock button = AE lock/AF).
• WhenIdle: In this mode, all the overlays are erased from the screen (100% clean display) when the camera is idle (i.e. a few seconds after last button press).
• Always: In this mode, all the overlays are erased. Menus will work normally.
Tip: this feature may be useful with External Recorders, since it removes the focus box and other graphics from the display.
Focus box (LV)
With this setting you can choose to show the Focus box in LiveView or hide it when not needed.
Force HDMI-VGA
This option will force a low-resolution mode on HDMI displays (720x480), which avoids blank
screen when you start/stop recording.
Screen layout settings…
Screen orientation, positioning fine tuning, adjustments for external monitors…
Screen Layout
Choose screen layout (position of ML top and bottom bars), for different cameras or for external monitors.
Top/bottom layouts:
• Inside 3:2: default layout for 3:2-screen cameras (550D and newer).
• Inside 16:10: for 16:10 HDMI monitors.
• Inside 16:9: for 16:9 HDMI monitors.
• 4:3 movie: for 5D Mark II, 500D and 50D in movie mode.
Bottom-only layouts:
• Under 3:2: useful for 4:3-screen cameras (500D, 50D, 5D Mark 2) in photo mode.
• Under 16:9: suitable for low-resolution external monitors and for 4:3-screen cameras in movie mode.
Image position
This may make the image better visible from different angles (especially on cameras without flip-out screen).
UpsideDown mode
This mode is useful if you want to mount your camera upside-down.
Auto Mirroring
For cameras with flip-out LCD, this options prevents mirroring the display when you open it at 180 degrees.
Display: Normal/Reverse/Mirror
For cameras with flip-out LCD, you may select a different flipping/mirroring option.
Level Indicator (60D)
Shows if the picture levels with the horizon. Can be used while recording.
Kill Canon GUI
For 50D only: disable Canon graphics elements to avoid conflicts with ML graphics in Live-View.
• Idle/Menus: only enable Canon graphics when some transparent menu from LiveView is active.
• Idle/Menus+Keys: only enable Canon graphics when you press some keys or navigate the transparent menus from LiveView.
Prefs
Image review settings…
Customize the image review (playback) mode:
SET+MainDial
When you hold SET pressed and turn the main dial (scrollwheel), ML may perform one of these functions:
• Play 422: display silent pictures from DCIM/100CANON (low-res only).
• Exposure Fusion: combine two or more images, useful for previewing HDR images or multiple exposures.
• Compare Images: compare two images with a diagonal split view. The current image will always end up in the top half.
• Timelapse Play: scroll through all your pictures quickly.
Image review
• QuickReview default: just like in standard firmware.