Can I see the Nikon Camera Focus Points in Camera Raw?

[zoutv]

Hello - I have a Nikon DSLR and use Bridge/Photoshop 2019 CC.  Is it possible to see the focus points that were used by the camera when taking a photo?  I shoot with Nikon NEF raw files.  I think that NEF files are encrypted, perhaps.  I could be wrong.  If not, can I see this in Bridge or Raw?  Or Photoshop 2019?  I don't want to use the Nikon software that would show this because it's not easy to use as Adobe software.

[Chuck Uebele]

I don't think you can with Camera Raw.

[Jeff Arola]

There are several focus point plugins for Adobe Lightroom including this one:

Show Focus Points Plugin for Lightroom

[brucel39102157]

Jeff, this is true of cameras before the last version update of Showfocus Points which was in 2017. The current version doesn't support newer cameras (i.e. Nikon Z series, D850, D5 etc.). I have not found a different software vendor that has a plugin for Lightroom that does the same thing.

[Daniel E Lane · Accepted solution]

There are a few plug-ins for Lightroom and Photoshop that will show you focus points for some cameras. None of them work 100% of the time, but they do ok. The best way is with the Nikon software with the original NEF files.