topic Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Selecting the AF Point Manually

henry001 — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 02:29:30 GMT

Hello Everyone.

I have one question regarding 5DSR.

I recenly purchased the camera and I noticed that I have to press AF Point Selection Button in order to select AF point manually. Yes I am aware that that is what the manual says.

However, with my previous cameras (1DIII/1DsIII/7D Mark II), I was able to move AF point wherever I wanted without pressing the above button, and it is waste of time when I tried to focus on say person's eye.

I have to say that when I can move focus points manually without pressing AF Point Selection Button, each AF point is in black. However when I press the button, each focus point illuminates with red.

Is there anything wroing with my 5DSR?

Thanks for your input.

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:28:56 GMT

Did you check the manual?

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

henry001 — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:37:59 GMT

Yes I did. As I mentioned it above, the manual says AF Selection Button needs to be pressed in order to manually select specific AF point. But with my previous cameras(1DIII,1Ds III,7D Mark II), I could select any specific point without pressing the above button.

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:51:08 GMT

Since its doing exactly what the manual says I would say camera is working properly. How previuos cameras you owned worked is not relevant to the new camera.

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

henry001 — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:16:16 GMT

You could say that, but I am not still convinced.

For example, you seem to own 1D Mark IV. Could you be able to check your camera and tell me what happned?

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:42:05 GMT

1D IV requires pressing the AF Point Selection bottom (top/right/back0 of camera and then turning the main input dial near shutter button.

Thats how my Rebels work as well.

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

henry001 — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:50:55 GMT

Really? I just found out the following;

For example, at page 421 on 5DSR manual, and at page 453 on 7D Mark II manual, it explains how Direct AF Point Selection works. It says during metering, we can select an AF point directly using Multi Controller button to move around the AF point wherever you wish, and that was I was able to do so with 1D III/1Ds III/7D Mark II, but I was unable to do it on 5DSR.

Could you try it on your 1D Mark IV and let me know (I am not familair with Rebel models).

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:53:14 GMT

Here is manual for 1D Mark IV.

Hopefully someone who has a 5Ds sees this thread and can help you. I can't.

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

TTMartin — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 23:32:03 GMT

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

henry001 — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 23:41:27 GMT

No comment?

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

TTMartin — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 23:45:53 GMT

Sorry thought I deleted that.

It's on page 421 of your manual. You have to turn it on under Custom Controls.

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

henry001 — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 03:46:46 GMT

Thanks but I already mentioned p421 at the beginning of this thread.

I finally found out that P413 is the one that we have to refer to in order to make a custom change in AF

Re: Selecting the AF Point Manually

TCampbell — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 17:38:19 GMT

On a 5D III, S, or S R (because they all use the same focus system) the tiny 8-way navigator joystick can move the AF point without you having to press the AF point selection button (and I seem to recall there's a setting to enable or disable this behavior but my camera isn't handy).

In full auto-select mode, this obviously wouldn't make sense. But in modes such as spot focus, single point focus, expanded focus, surround focus, and zone focus modes you can just use the little joystick.

Also, if you rotate the camera 90º to take a vertical shot then the mode will change (this is configurable in settings but you can uniquely assign a focus mode for horizontal shots and a different mode for vertical shots... or you can tell the camera to keep the same mode.)