Can Adobe Lightroom show the autofocus point used by my Canon DSLR?
Asked 11/3/2011
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I’d like to review older photos in Lightroom and see which autofocus point(s) my Canon DSLR used. Is that information stored in the image metadata, and can Lightroom display it natively or with a plugin?
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Photography Stack Exchange contributor
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I've published a plugin recently which does what you are looking for:
It currently works in Lightroom 5, currently for all Canon + Nikon DSLR, additional cameras will be added in the future. Works on Mac and Windows. Hope it helps.
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Lightroom does not natively display the active autofocus point(s). That data is often stored in the image metadata, but Lightroom doesn’t show it by default.
Based on the community answers, you have a few options:
- Canon Digital Photo Professional can display Canon focus points.
- Some third-party Lightroom plugins can expose or overlay focus-point information.
- Metadata tools such as ExifMeta may make AF-point fields visible in Lightroom, though you may need to interpret codes like specific AF-point IDs yourself.
So the short answer is: yes, the information may be in the metadata, but Lightroom alone generally won’t show it without extra tools.
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