Timeline for Does EXIF metadata contain AF point(s) used or a distance to a focused object?
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| Nov 9, 2016 at 3:45 | comment | added | Michael C | I use a 5D3, 5D2, and 7D2 most often and the slider only shows infinity when I am focused at or very near infinity. It does vary with focal length as shorter lenses show infinity at shorter focus distances than longer lenses. With my 70-200mm at 200mm anything shorter than about 150-200 feet shows less than infinity. With my 24-105mm at 24mm it's more like 50 feet or more that shows infinity. | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 19:39 | comment | added | dzieciou | "shooting distance information" is always set to infinity, no matter whether I take a photography of a cat from 1m or a building from 50m. I've checked only for the combination of Canon EOS 80D + lens Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM, but can it be that this body or lens do no write this information in EXIF? | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 23:18 | comment | added | Michael C | Either single points or very careful manual focus using the 10X magnification in Live View. | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 10:17 | comment | added | dzieciou | So it seems like for architectural photography, or simply still objects, single AF points would be the best mode. | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 10:04 | comment | added | Michael C | Zone AF has a reputation for doing exactly what your question demonstrates - it focuses on the nearest thing, even if it is not within the designated zone. | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 7:47 | comment | added | dzieciou | I have updated my question, showing which AF points were used for focusing. Those points do not focus on any subject that would be closer than the building. Does it mean ZONE AF issue you were explaining here is not the cause of my problem? | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 2:22 | history | answered | Michael C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |