topic Re: Focus Beep confirmation in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Focus Beep confirmation

Noli — Sat, 07 May 2022 20:13:53 GMT

Why is is it that I do not get a confirmation focus beep nor the focus box turning green while using a back button focus? I am not on Servo and it works if I revert back to the normal shutter button focus? It also works if I use the touch screen to focus?

Re: Focus Beep confirmation

Danny — Sat, 07 May 2022 20:20:18 GMT

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Re: Focus Beep confirmation

Noli — Sat, 07 May 2022 20:46:33 GMT

I forgot to mention that I am using Eos R5.

Re: Focus Beep confirmation

Waddizzle — Sat, 07 May 2022 22:25:38 GMT

Are you certain that you have setup BBF correctly?

Re: Focus Beep confirmation

Noli — Sat, 07 May 2022 22:34:50 GMT

I am very certain. This is not the first camera that I’ve setup for BBF. Besides, it’s working without the beep as in Servo mode.

Re: Focus Beep confirmation

Waddizzle — Sat, 07 May 2022 23:25:03 GMT

If you know how to set it up, then you know how to set it up.

There must be another setting somewhere that is holding things back. I recommend saving your current settings in a custom shooting mode. Set the camera to P shooting mode, and reset the camera to factory defaults. Most importantly, go into the Custom Controls menu and reset that sub-menu, too.

Re: Focus Beep confirmation

Tronhard — Sun, 08 May 2022 04:38:31 GMT

Hi Noli:

I am BBF on my own R5 and I was able to have it beep on focus camera settings (wrench) page 2, item 4.

Are you using any other customizations, such as eye tracking, servo etc.?

Re: Focus Beep confirmation

FloridaDrafter — Sun, 08 May 2022 05:42:34 GMT

This is kind of funny. I don't have BBF set up and mine doesn't chirp when I acquire focus with the shutter button. The manual is quite clear on how it's to be set up, but I still don't get a beep. If I "enable", I get touch beeps, but no focus beep.

I never noticed it until I read your post and started looking in the manual and menus and I've been using the R5 for 7 months. I kind of like the focus chirp, so I would of thought I'd have noticed it by now. Go figure 🙂 I might backup my camera and do a factory reset.

Newton

Re: Focus Beep confirmation

Tronhard — Sun, 08 May 2022 09:30:34 GMT

I wonder what versions of firmware are involved here... My camera is set to 1.5.2. and my lens is a 100-500 set to firmware version 1.0.9 What versions of lenses and firmware do you folks have?

Re: Focus Beep confirmation

Noli — Sun, 08 May 2022 14:03:00 GMT

That was the first thing I did when I got the camera last Monday— to update the firmware. Of note, I reached out to Canon and they emailed me an answer…

”We recommend removing the [Metering+AF Start] function from the shutter button when assigning the AF-ON button for autofocus. This way the camera will only be looking for confirmation from one function.”

I have the AE lock button assigned to BBF/servo/AF eye detection. I wonder if that’s the problem. Unfortunately I'm out of town without my camera and couldn’t test this hypothesis.

Re: Focus Beep confirmation

FloridaDrafter — Sun, 08 May 2022 14:30:37 GMT

Trevor, my firmware is up to date, including the RF 100-500, but it doesn't matter which lens I use with the R5. It's fine on the R6 and chirps as expected with BBF or shutter button.

Re: Focus Beep confirmation

Tronhard — Sun, 08 May 2022 17:35:08 GMT

FWIW, I have removed focus an exposure from the shutter button, and BBF assigned to the AF-ON button, an autofocus lock assigned to AE-Lock button. I have the three C-(1-3) settings. C1 is configured to track animal eyes, with servo and high-speed continuous, C2 is the same but for humans, and C3 is set to track with no priority. The default settings for Av etc. are single shot. I tend to use single point focus and exposure.

I didn't really think about beeping for focus and I get the green box. When I actually checked the beep was off, but was restored when I turned it back on again.

Re: Focus Beep confirmation

Noli — Sun, 08 May 2022 17:49:57 GMT

Thank you everyone for all your suggestions. I reset the camera and while assigning the AF-ON button for my BBF, I remembered setting another AF behavior from within the info button. There were 3 choices— maintain current settings (which will follow the setting in AF menu), one shot and servo. I must’ve chosen servo in this info detail setting, thereby overriding the setting in the AF menu. In essense, the reason why I am not getting a confirmation focus beep and focus box turning into green is that I am essentially shooting in servo mode.

Thanks again!