topic EOS R8 autofocusing on its own in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS R8 autofocusing on its own

tiburon7227 — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:24:46 GMT

Question. My R8 started to auto focus recently. Not like the lens auto focus feature (that is enabled on the side of the lens) but on the view screen/through the eyehole. The point of evaluation highlights green on its own sometimes (not when I press the button part way). Sometimes I have to zoom way out and then in to “reset” the green box

Have you had this happen to you before?

#r8 #autofocus

Re: Canon R8 autofocus in viewfinder

FloridaDrafter — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:17:39 GMT

Just a guess, but it will only take a second to check. See if "Preview AF" has become enabled. Page 480 in the users manual.

Newton

Re: EOS R8 autofocusing on its own

tiburon7227 — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:23:23 GMT

Appreciate that. It was already on "Disable"

Re: EOS R8 autofocusing on its own

stevet1 — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:46:51 GMT

tiburron7227,

Do you have your AF Assist beam turned on bu any chance?

Steve Thomas

Re: EOS R8 autofocusing on its own

tiburon7227 — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:00:01 GMT

Steve, it was ON, I just changed it too LED Enabled (so it still fires with the flash). Ill see if that changes it. Thank you