Reading Camera Focus Box info in Bridge CS5?

Hi, folks.
Does anyone know whether or not it's possible to set up Bridge to read and display the focus point info from my camera? That is, when I take a shot and view it on the camera's LCD I can see the red focus square designating the point of focus. Can this information somehow be transmitted to Bridge in the metadata?
Thanks!
-Greg

Not to tell you how to take a picture, but you might want to investigate what criteria Cannon uses to determine where it focuses when set to "auto-choose". In cases where the subject matter may be less obvious that the background, it may not focus where you don't want it to. In my case taking a picture of a small bird in a tree with lots of branches close by. In those cases you need an alternate focusing method that you can switch to.
I like the spot focus method as it puts me in control.
Auto this and that is great in many cases, but don't overlook the computer you have in your head.

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http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/camera-raw-compatible-applications.html
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PAID
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Join the Photoshop Photography Program and get Photoshop CC + Lightroom (subscription only)

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