topic Circle on the view finder on EOS R7 in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Circle on the view finder on EOS R7

JNielseN4 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:05:06 GMT

I am a new to mirrorless cameras and recently purchased an R7 and when setting things up I hit something on the joystick and now I have a small circle that shows up on my screen. I can't figure out what it does or if I need it, but it somewhat follows my focal point, and it honestly bothers me. Does anyone know how to get rid of this?

Re: Circle on the view finder on Canon R7

TomRamsey — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:21:56 GMT

I have not seen this before on my R6II, possibly it is unique to the R7, but probably not. I have several questions, how large is it and what color? Does it stay on in every shooting mode? Does the joystick move it? Is it a perfect circle, with no other marks? Could you take a picture of it and upload it?

I'm thinking something with autofocus or a control dial icon

Re: Circle on the view finder on Canon R7

Waddizzle — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:41:00 GMT

I suspect that you could be looking at the horizon indicating display. Does it look like the image on the lower right? Pressing [INFO] changes how the display looks.

Re: Circle on the view finder on Canon R7

JNielseN4 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:30:09 GMT

Thank you for your response. I tried the manual shooting modes, didn't try and automatic settings. It was a perfect circle with no other marks, somewhat small. I ended up resetting my camera back to factory mode and now it's gone. I do know it had something to do with the joystick though.

Re: Circle on the view finder on Canon R7

JNielseN4 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:31:18 GMT

Thanks for your response. No, it was smaller than the image you are showing. I ended up resetting my camera to the factory settings and it's gone.

Re: Circle on the view finder on Canon R7

shadowsports — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:09:40 GMT

Greetings ,

What lens are you using on your camera? Are you using an adapter, is it Canon brand?

I suspect you could have peripheral illumination enabled with a third-party lens, (Sigma, Tamron, Tokina) but this is just a guess.