topic Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

irish626 — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:00:50 GMT

Just recently the autofocus on my 70D does not alert me with the green light in the viewfinder or the beep. The problem exists in the creative modes only in basic modes it works.

I cleared all settings and functions and it still does not function.

Any help will be appreciated.

Tnx

marty

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:20:59 GMT

Are you in AI Servo Focus Mode?

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

irish626 — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:22:49 GMT

no...one shot

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:35:40 GMT

clearing camera settings should reset BEEP, but check it in the Menu.

Verify lens in AF mode

Are you too close to subject

Remove and reinstall lens.

Just some random thoughts.

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

irish626 — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:49:55 GMT

I did all the items you mentioned and still no luck.The camera is new to me and my knowledge is somewhat limited so I appreciate your help. It works fine in the basic modes but switch to M,AV,TV or P and its gone. Used the manual and went through all the autofocus settings and think they are all ok, but I could be wrong.

I was just up in New Hampshire and Mass. last weekend for a wedding. My son is a grad student at UNH in wildlife biology and environmental conservation.Currently doing genetic research on Bobcats. I love it up there!

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:54:55 GMT

Sorry I can't help more. I don't have that camera. There are some forum members with that camera; hopefully they'll join in.

Opening up hunting for bobcats is a hot issue in NH right now.

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

irish626 — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:01:34 GMT

Thanks for your help John.

marty Carroll

Erie PA

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

TTMartin — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:25:04 GMT

@irish626 wrote:
Just recently the autofocus on my 70D does not alert me with the green light in the viewfinder or the beep. The problem exists in the creative modes only in basic modes it works.
I cleared all settings and functions and it still does not function.
Any help will be appreciated.

Tnx
marty

You have to clear the camera settings in 2 places, one clears the camera settings, the other clears the Custom Functions. Be sure you have cleared both the camera settings and the custom functions.

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

jrhoffman75 — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:27:56 GMT

Check this on Red Menu 1

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

Waddizzle — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:34:39 GMT

@jrhoffman75 wrote:
clearing camera settings should reset BEEP, but check it in the Menu.

Verify lens in AF mode

Are you too close to subject

Remove and reinstall lens.

Just some random thoughts.

I have tried to reset a camera back to factory defaults before, and not every setting seemed to reset. I need to try it again, but next time I plan to put the camera in green "A" mode, and then try to reset it .... in the two places, as noted above.

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

irish626 — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:36:33 GMT

John,

Did that earlier today and no change. Funny the beeper and light work in basic modes but not the creative modes

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

jrhoffman75 — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:37:36 GMT

Give Canon a call at 1-800-OK-CANON.

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

irish626 — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:43:17 GMT

Thanks John....I will call them tomorrow and try to solve this problem......going in the woods thursday and need my camera for wildlife pictures. Jusy received a new Canon 400mm 5,6l lens and anxious to try it out.

marty

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

ScottyP — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 02:39:17 GMT

Could this have something to do with having selected an AF point, maybe one other than the center point? Try cycling through af points and go back to the setting where all the points are lit and available and the camera picks a point. Do you get your beep back?

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

ScottyP — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 02:46:43 GMT

Also could this just be the camera is unable to give a proper exposure so it won't take the shot? In auto mode the camera manipulates all the variables for a correct shooting solution but in AV or Tv it is possible to set a shutter that is too fast or an aperture too small for the camera to compensate using the other variable so it won't take a shot. Maybe only happens in one shot AI focus or something. I have seen the camera do this but having a hard time describing precisely here on the iPhone without the camera handy.

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

TTMartin — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:22:37 GMT

@irish626 wrote:
John,
Did that earlier today and no change. Funny the beeper and light work in basic modes but not the creative modes

If it works in basic modes and not in creative modes it is a setting on the camera. Are you sure you cleared all camera settings using the menu choice below

and cleared all custom functions using the menu choice below?

Also be aware the camera will not 'Beep' or give you a focus confirm light when using AIServo.

The camera will only give you a 'Beep' and give you a focus confirm light when you are using 'One Shot'.

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

Waddizzle — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:32:10 GMT

@TTMartin wrote:
@irish626 wrote:
John,
Did that earlier today and no change. Funny the beeper and light work in basic modes but not the creative modes

If it works in basic modes and not in creative modes it is a setting on the camera. Are you sure you cleared all camera settings using the menu choice below

and cleared all custom functions using the menu choice below?

Also be aware the camera will not 'Beep' or give you a focus confirm light when using AIServo.

The camera will only give you a 'Beep' and give you a focus confirm light when you are using 'One Shot'.

I am beginning to suspect that cameras need to be in the green "A" shooting mode for the above to be fully effective.

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

TTMartin — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:08:50 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
@TTMartin wrote:
@irish626 wrote:
John,
Did that earlier today and no change. Funny the beeper and light work in basic modes but not the creative modes

If it works in basic modes and not in creative modes it is a setting on the camera. Are you sure you cleared all camera settings using the menu choice below

and cleared all custom functions using the menu choice below?

Also be aware the camera will not 'Beep' or give you a focus confirm light when using AIServo.

The camera will only give you a 'Beep' and give you a focus confirm light when you are using 'One Shot'.
I am beginning to suspect that cameras need to be in the green "A" shooting mode for the above to be fully effective.

No!!!, when it is in the Green Square mode, it automatically reverts back to factory defaults, the same as doing the above.

The only mode settings where resetting above doesn't work is when you are in the Custom Shooting Mode (C). And that can be cleared in a third place.

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

Waddizzle — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:21:59 GMT

"No!!!, when it is in the Green Square mode, it automatically reverts back to factory defaults, the same as doing the above.

The only mode settings where resetting above doesn't work is when you are in the Custom Shooting Mode (C). And that can be cleared in a third place."

A couple of weeks ago, my son and I tried to reset his 7D2, which was in one of the Creative modes. His camera had also stopped beeping on focus lock. We checked, and it was in AI Servo, Changed it One Shot mode, nothing. We tried a reset, nothing, no change, no beep. Changed to "A" mode, and the camera cleared when we did the reset. All was back to normal.

As you've noted when in Green Square mode, the camera reverts back to factory defaults. It would seem as if the camera doesn't want to overwrite some settings that affect camera behavior in the current shooting mode.

Besides, how much damage would be caused by doing a reset in Green Square mode, anyway? Zero.

Re: Auto focus not giving beep or green light in creative modes

RobertTheFat — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:11:17 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
"No!!!, when it is in the Green Square mode, it automatically reverts back to factory defaults, the same as doing the above.

The only mode settings where resetting above doesn't work is when you are in the Custom Shooting Mode (C). And that can be cleared in a third place."

A couple of weeks ago, my son and I tried to reset his 7D2, which was in one of the Creative modes. His camera had also stopped beeping on focus lock. We checked, and it was in AI Servo, Changed it One Shot mode, nothing. We tried a reset, nothing, no change, no beep. Changed to "A" mode, and the camera cleared when we did the reset. All was back to normal.

As you've noted when in Green Square mode, the camera reverts back to factory defaults. It would seem as if the camera doesn't want to overwrite some settings that affect camera behavior in the current shooting mode.

Besides, how much damage would be caused by doing a reset in Green Square mode, anyway? Zero.

So if you want to revert a 7D2 to factory settings, do it in "green square" mode because the reset is likely to be more complete. Is that what you're saying? That would be surprising (a firmware bug, really); but if that's how it is, it's a good thing to know.

BTW, Canon, a very nice addition to the EOS Utility would be the capability to download the camera's current settings into a file that could be used later to restore them if they got screwed up or you had to do a reset. A beneficial side effect would be that if the camera has more than one user, each could have his/her own configuration file. At one time I wonderif if the EOSU already had that capability; but if it does, I haven't been able to find it.

Why am I so enthusiastic about that idea? Because twice I've botched photo shoots because one of my cameras was shooting JPEGs when I thought it was set to RAW. In each case I had sent the camera to the Canon shop for cleaning and failed to realize or remember that they do a general reset as part of the cleaning and inspection process.