topic Re: Canon 80d in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon 80d

nav16 — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 18:38:46 GMT

So I was taking pictures last night and I turned off the camera and then turned it on again to take more and all of a sudden the squares won't go red anymore to focus. I tried on AV and manual and the squares just won't focus any more.. Anyone know how I can fix it. These are the settings

Re: Canon 80d

CaliforniaDream — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 19:27:42 GMT

In dim lighting, the autofocus points that are used to establish focus flash red in the viewfinder of your EOS 80D when you initiate autofocusing. If you find them distracting, you can turn them off; if you instead want them to appear even in bright light, you can make it so. The control that adjusts this behavior is VF Display Illumination, which is Custom Function 15 in the Autofocus section. You get three choices:

0: Auto: This is the default; the focus points flash red only in dim lighting.
1: Enable: Here’s the option to select if you always want to see the focus points flash red.
2: Disable: Okay, you’ve probably figured this one out already. But do note that even if you choose Off, you still see the red AF points light up when you’re using an AF Area mode that enables you to select a specific point or zone. Otherwise you wouldn’t know what AF point you were selecting.

Just set to enabled

Re: Canon 80d

Waddizzle — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 20:04:54 GMT

It looks pretty dark and dim in that room. The camera may not have enough light for the AF system to lock on a subject. Take the camera to well lit location and try it again. Shooting outdoors on a sunny day would be ideal.

If it dos not work on a sunny day, then you probably have an issue with the camera. Try to reset the camera back to factory defaults. If a Reset does not cure it, contact Canon Support.

Re: Canon 80d

nav16 — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:07:37 GMT

I've always used the camera in the room and low light and the red focus points always go red

Re: Canon 80d

RobertTheFat — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:29:31 GMT

@nav16 wrote:
I've always used the camera in the room and low light and the red focus points always go red

Before you dismiss Waddizzle's point, remember that no camera has a dynamic range as great as that of the human eye. It may be that the camera has a better sense of how dim the room is than you do.

Re: Canon 80d

diverhank — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:33:54 GMT

The red square is not going to be displayed in AI Servo mode. You need to be in the regular mode.

Re: Canon 80d

CaliforniaDream — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:44:01 GMT

@diverhank wrote:
The red square is not going to be displayed in AI Servo mode. You need to be in the regular mode.

Good catch!

Re: Canon 80d

nav16 — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:51:31 GMT

I tried also in one shot mode and still couldn't get focus to work. I'll try to do the factory reset

Re: Canon 80d

Waddizzle — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 23:19:07 GMT

@nav16 wrote:
I tried also in one shot mode and still couldn't get focus to work. I'll try to do the factory reset

Why don’t you take the camera to well lit location? While you are it, remove that thing from the flash shoe. Something is definitely wrong becase both shutter speed and aperture seem to be highlighted at the same time.

Re: Canon 80d

nav16 — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 01:08:53 GMT

I'll try it outside or with the lights on and I'll take off the thing from the hot shoe and see if it helps

Re: Canon 80d

RobertTheFat — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 01:46:40 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
@nav16 wrote:
I tried also in one shot mode and still couldn't get focus to work. I'll try to do the factory reset
Why don’t you take the camera to well lit location? While you are it, remove that thing from the flash shoe. Something is definitely wrong becase both shutter speed and aperture seem to be highlighted at the same time.

They're highlighted at the same time because the camera is in manual mode. Isn.t that what the "M" means?

Re: Canon 80d

Waddizzle — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 02:53:48 GMT

@RobertTheFat wrote:
@Waddizzle wrote:
@nav16 wrote:
I tried also in one shot mode and still couldn't get focus to work. I'll try to do the factory reset
Why don’t you take the camera to well lit location? While you are it, remove that thing from the flash shoe. Something is definitely wrong becase both shutter speed and aperture seem to be highlighted at the same time.
They're highlighted at the same time because the camera is in manual mode. Isn.t that what the "M" means?

Yes, the “M” means the camera is in Manual shooting mode. But, you cannot adjust two settings at once on the Quick Menu, which is what the display seems to be indicating. Besides, what is that thing on top of the camera?

Re: Canon 80d

RobertTheFat — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 03:44:28 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
@RobertTheFat wrote:
@Waddizzle wrote:
@nav16 wrote:
I tried also in one shot mode and still couldn't get focus to work. I'll try to do the factory reset
Why don’t you take the camera to well lit location? While you are it, remove that thing from the flash shoe. Something is definitely wrong becase both shutter speed and aperture seem to be highlighted at the same time.
They're highlighted at the same time because the camera is in manual mode. Isn.t that what the "M" means?
Yes, the “M” means the camera is in Manual shooting mode. But, you cannot adjust two settings at once on the Quick Menu, which is what the display seems to be indicating. Besides, what is that thing on top of the camera?

I don't have an 80D. But if my 5D4 is any guide, he's looking at the display via the "Info" button (where you can adjust both settings at once), not the "Q" button. But yeah, the actual form of the highlighting does look strange.

Re: Canon 80d

nav16 — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 03:52:48 GMT

So I tried to take pictures outside where there is alot of light and even tried inside and turned on my lights. Took off the thing that was on the light shoe. I changed the setting to enable in the auto focus setting and still no luck. I even cleared all the settings and still couldn't get the red lights to come on when the lense is focusing. And the lense is set to auto and not manual.

Any other suggestions?

Re: Canon 80d

nav16 — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 04:15:07 GMT

Just to be clear. When I hold the af-on button then the squares will light up. But before when I hold the shutter button half way then it would light up and now they don't. I want the focus to happen when I hold the shutter button half way.. I can get the squares to go red and focus when I click the af-on but I want them to come on when I click the shutter button half way

Re: Canon 80d

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 04:24:01 GMT

They're highlighted at the same time because the camera is in manual mode. Isn.t that what the "M" means?
Yes, the “M” means the camera is in Manual shooting mode. But, you cannot adjust two settings at once on the Quick Menu, which is what the display seems to be indicating. Besides, what is that thing on top of the camera?

On the 80D, when manual mode is selected, and you are using the info screen (in the shooting functions settings) as is the OP, both the shutter and F-stop are highlighted and the top dial adjusts the one, while the back dial adjusts the other. Both are highlighted as in the OP's picture.

Re: Canon 80d

RobertTheFat — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 05:32:30 GMT

@nav16 wrote:
So I tried to take pictures outside where there is alot of light and even tried inside and turned on my lights. Took off the thing that was on the light shoe. I changed the setting to enable in the auto focus setting and still no luck. I even cleared all the settings and still couldn't get the red lights to come on when the lense is focusing. And the lense is set to auto and not manual.

Any other suggestions?

I don't mean to be argumentative, because I don't have a dog in this hunt. But I wonder if you aren't, at least partially, missing the point. In the previous commentary, we've been referring to the camera being set to Manual, not the lens.

Re: Canon 80d

diverhank — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 05:51:18 GMT

@nav16 wrote:
Just to be clear. When I hold the af-on button then the squares will light up. But before when I hold the shutter button half way then it would light up and now they don't. I want the focus to happen when I hold the shutter button half way.. I can get the squares to go red and focus when I click the af-on but I want them to come on when I click the shutter button half way

First, check these two options to make sure you didn't inadvertently disable the red dot display:

If you have correctly set the above options and still have the problem -- If you can light up using the AF-On button and not the shutter button then there's a chance that you have inadvertently turn off the AF for the shutter button. Is the camera focusing when you press the shutter button half-way?

Check this option: Make sure the Shutter Button (first one) is set to AF

Re: Canon 80d

nav16 — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 06:54:48 GMT

So when I went into the custom control setting. I changed the shutter button to metering and af start and that fixed it

Re: Canon 80d

Waddizzle — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 17:50:57 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

On the 80D, when manual mode is selected, and you are using the info screen (in the shooting functions settings) as is the OP, both the shutter and F-stop are highlighted and the top dial adjusts the one, while the back dial adjusts the other. Both are highlighted as in the OP's picture.

That is different from how every other type of Canon DSLR body that I have used. I have used a Rebel, M-Series, every fulll frame series. I have used 80D bodies but only briefly, and never noticed that difference. The real time exposure display on the rear LCD is very useful. It is far more convenient than the top LCD when using a tripod.

Nikon bodies seem unable to allow you to do this. Anytime you press the shutter, it blanks the display, and there is never an option to turn that off. I have one Nikon body, a D3, and it is not able to do it.