topic Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

bsdmom44 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:23:31 GMT

Hi everyone!

Love my T3i! I've had it almost 3 years now. In the past 3 months, I no longer see the red focal point indicators through the eye view finder. Did I mistakenly turn this off? If so, how do I turn it back on? It happens with every lens.

Thanks!

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:25:29 GMT

Are you in AI Servo mode?

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

bsdmom44 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:26:26 GMT

Rarely. I'm in One Shot mode the majority of the time.

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:41:13 GMT

Is it possible there is just one showing? Have you tried pressing the focus point selector button?

I don't see any obvious way of turning of all the points on my T4i.

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

bsdmom44 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:42:20 GMT

Yes, I've made sure to checl the focus point select and have it on auto. Scratching my head on this one!

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:06:25 GMT

So you see the red points light up when you press the AF select button but they don't when you press the shutter button?

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

bsdmom44 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:07:08 GMT

I don't see them at all.

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:07:33 GMT

Try removing battery, power on camera and let it sit for several hours without battery.

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:08:36 GMT

If that doesn't work call the Canon support line. I have found them very helpful.

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:59:11 GMT

I forgot to ask the obvious. Apart from the red focus squares, is everything else working?

In Program mode - Camera focuses? Green dot lights up? Can take a photograph?

If if you manually select an F point via LCD can you use that point to focus and take a photo?

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

ScottyP — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:40:57 GMT

Is it possible that the AF/MF switch on the lens has accidentally gotten flipped from Autofocus to Manual Focus? That will turn the little red lights off, and it can be a little confusing when it happens.

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

jrhoffman75 — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:47:42 GMT

I thought of that, but I tested it on my T5i and 1D Mark IV and they do light up in MF and it will beep when focus is achieved. Is that new for later models than T3i?

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

ScottyP — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 15:54:51 GMT

No idea but I do know from personal experience that when the AFMF switch on my Sigma 35mm lens gets bumped to MF, the red points are not visible in the viewfinder of my 6d.

Perhaps they would appear, and/or beep if I was doing it on purpose, and I was manually focusing, but it seemed like the OP would not have been intentionally doing manual focus.

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

jrhoffman75 — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 15:54:14 GMT

I was using Canon lens.

Re: Red focal points no longer showing in viewfinder

bsdmom44 — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:27:31 GMT

Trying this now. Will let you know how it goes.

To the other questions:

- works fine in all modes (I shoot in M all the time)

- other indicators in the viewfinder are working fine

- AF is on all the lenses