EOS 2000D How to choose AF point

[Yeoman11800]

Hi All,  I have a new 2000D and love it as it's simple and very light for hiking in the mountains but not as much as I love my much older EOS A2 slide film camera.  My question is:  My A2 had the ability to choose focus points within a depth of field by pressing the shutter button once for each focus point then again to capture the image.  Simple and very efficient way to gain a comprehensive depth of field.  I don't see that this feature is available on the 2000D.  Am I missing something (probably a lot I know) but why is such a great feature not available on a simple but modern camera?  Can anyone help?  Thank you in advance.  Stay focused!

[kvbarkley]

There used to be a mode called A-DEP on the early digital cameras:

But it is long gone, too.

I am guessing that with the huge number of focus points on later cameras, it just wasn't feasible to have this feature, and few used it anyway.

[Stephen]

It's still there for this camera!
Page 112 of the MANUAL 👈🏻(tap here)

[kvbarkley]

We are not talking about DOF preview.

The DEP and A-DEP modes actually used the difference in distance between two (or more!) focus points and adjusted aperture and shutter to get those focus points in focus.

I have often felt it would be nice to have a hyper-focus setting on a digital camera.

[Yeoman11800]

Thanks Stephen, I'll look into this later on. I'll report back.

[Yeoman11800]

I take mostly landscape images and the old A2 was incredible for that, just had to develop the slides and then digitise them.  I have (shield your eyes and ears) an old Nikon coolscan 4000 which does the job but takes a while.  I was hoping the lightweight 2000D would be a good alternative and great for the hiking I do to get the shot. I gave up years ago on my Nikon D2x as it was just too heavy and of course compared to these days had no pixels.

[kvbarkley]

If the concern is getting a lot in focus, just learn the hyperfocus setting for your lens and focus on something at that distance - if you don't have a distance scale.

https://bobatkins.com/photography/technical/doftable.html

[kvbarkley]

Just for the record, here is how the DEP mode on the A2 worked:

[jrhoffman75]

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@kvbarkley wrote:

There used to be a mode called A-DEP on the early digital cameras:

But it is long gone, too.

I am guessing that with the huge number of focus points on later cameras, it just wasn't feasible to have this feature, and few used it anyway.

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Perhaps Live View supplanted the feature.