red outlines appearing during focus in Viewfinder?

[anywhereian]

I was testing a Xpro-2 today in store when i noticed, what looked like subtle red outlines of objects during focus in the Viewfinder.

 

The salesperson mentioned it was telling me it was showing what i was photographing was over exposed, however everything was set to Auto. I had the feeling it had something to do with the focusing??

 

Can someone please advise what was causing the outlines to appear??? It was very annoying. Can it be turned off?

 

 

Thank you,

[frod]

Sounds like it was set to manual focus with focus peaking enabled, the red outlines show what's in focus. You can easily turn this off and it shouldn't show when auto focus is enabled. However, it is incredibly helpful when using manual or adapted lenses.

[Tom H.]

It's called focus peaking. It's normal in manual focus on mirrorless and video cameras. It is customisable and can be turned off.

[anywhereian]

Thanks guys!

[johant]

If they told you the red outlining was overexposure, then I can hardly believe how ignorant that sales person was! This is so basic that they should have been able to explain it correctly to you.

Edited September 30, 2016 by johant

[anywhereian]

If they told you the red outlining was overexposure, then I can hardly believe how ignorant that sales person was! This is so basic that they should have been able to explain it correctly to you.

That's exactly what occurred. I believed she was incorrect, due to the lines appearing only during a certain time of focusing. Hence! Why I came here.

 

This forum has been great.

[johant]

That's exactly what occurred. I believed she was incorrect, due to the lines appearing only during a certain time of focusing. Hence! Why I came here.

 

This forum has been great.

 

Glad you got your answer!

 

I'm just surprised that someone who makes a living from working in a camera shop is unable to explain about focus peaking on a mirrorless camera.

 

Anyway ... what was your impression of the X-Pro2? Considering to buy it?

[anywhereian]

Glad you got your answer!

 

I'm just surprised that someone who makes a living from working in a camera shop is unable to explain about focus peaking on a mirrorless camera.

 

Anyway ... what was your impression of the X-Pro2? Considering to buy it?

I hear you.

 

Very impressed with the X Pro-2 while shooting with the new XF23mmF2 R WR – the former 23mm, not so impressed. My original plan was to buy the Leica Q but held off until I could hold the X Pro-2, XT2 and Leica Q in my hands. What the extra $3K in the Q has, is beyond me. All felt sturdy and sold in my hand. I found the manual focus to be more responsive on the Fuji's. That surprised me. So, the decision is now down the X Pro-2 or XT2……………… I'm going back next week, to my inept salesperson, to test the OVF on the Pro-2, then make a decision.