EOS R7 Single Point AF

[oliveJar]

Hello, I am a bird photographer. I just purchased an EOS R7 and like the subject tracking and eye detection AF. In my old EOS 80D I had the option to pick a single point and the camera would focus on that point only. I sometimes need this capability while photographing a single bird out of a flock. Is this sort of capability available on the R7? I cannot seem to find it.

[jrhoffman75]

You need to turn tracking off.

[oliveJar]

I forgot to mention that I have have tracking and eye detect turned off by default and have set up buttons to enable/disable them. This doesn't seem to help.

[jrhoffman75]

Not sure I understand. Are you saying you can't select Single Point AF?

[oliveJar]

I have Single Point AF selected with tracking off but the camera still moves to other subjects.

[jrhoffman75]

You could give Canon a call at 1-800-OK-CANON

[Waddizzle]

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@oliveJarwrote:

Hello, I am a bird photographer. I just purchased an EOS R7 and like the subject tracking and eye detection AF. In my old EOS 80D I had the option to pick a single point and the camera would focus on that point only. I sometimes need this capability while photographing a single bird out of a flock. Is this sort of capability available on the R7? I cannot seem to find it.

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It should work almost identically as the DSLR.

Just remember, once you select a single AF point it does not change or move around on its own.

[oliveJar]

I will try some things today or tomorrow to verify the settings and operation.

[oliveJar · Accepted solution]

Thank you everyone for the replies.

I got the camera set up the way i want.  I was able to get it to focus on a single bird or use eye tracking as desired.

[firstmirrorless]

I'm having the same issue. Can you tell me what you did to make the focus point stay in one place?