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Again: tethering live view: detect focus and highlight it #3976
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Description
I have no permission to reopen issue #3976, so I restart this request.
I'm using darktable V 5.6.0 on LMDE7, works great.
I like the liveview of my NIKON D850 in tethering mode, but I cannot see which focus-field is currently active.
I can move the focus-point in tether-mode, but there is no optical way to detect its current position. This makes it hard to focus in tether-mode, especially when taking macro-photos.
It would be a big step foreward to see the current focus-point marked clearly on the screen. And the luxury solution would be to see the available, but inactive focus-fields of the current focus-mode aswell.
So please dear developers, is there anybody out there who has a heart for the liveview feature and likes to make people happy?
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the earlier request in issue #3976 and tracing darktable's tethering live-view focus handling. Determine how the Nikon D850 reports the current focus point and available fields; done means the active point is clearly marked in live view, with inactive fields shown if the camera exposes them.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100