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The gphoto2 commandline tool for accessing and controlling digital cameras.
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Advanced Sony autofocus controls #320

Open oaphek opened 4 years ago

oaphek commented 4 years ago

Sony Alpha mirrorless camera series provides options to focus on different regions or objects in the field of view, such as Zone, where the camera looks within a 1/4 of the FOV, and this 1/4 FOV can be placed in 9 different locations within the FOV (center-center, top-left, top-center etc). Other options is Flexible spot and Expanded Flexible Spot, where tapping enables focusing on an object observed in the preview.

I'd like to control these features via Gphoto2, in order to develop smart focusing techniques based on object recognition or prior knowledge about the image from other sources.

The controls should enable choosing the focusing area mode, and then instructing the location of the focus subject. In the cane of Zone, it will be one of the nine possible locations. In case of Flexible Spot, it will use coordinates provided via USB that will replace the tapping on the camera touch screen.

Thanks,

Ori

R4C3R commented 4 years ago

This funktionality would be very helpfull indeed, for me as well. But I'm not sure it can be added to gphoto2, or can it?