Manual focusing point will not move - Canon 6d Mark II

[Skip70]

I just noticed that I am not able to move the manual focus point on any of the modes -- spot, 1-point, zone, etc. Happens with any lens. I've spun both control wheels and the focus point remains stuck in the lower center position. Auto focus point moves around okay, just the manual is stuck. 

Is there some setting or configuration somewhere I may have changed to cause this?

[deebatman316]

@Skip70 if the lens is set to MF then the AF Points are NOT active. You must manually focus the lens until it’s in focus. This is very difficult in DSLRs since they don’t have manual focus aids in the viewfinder. Like older manual focus SLRs. Live view can help a lot with manual focusing. 

[Skip70]

Of course, I have the lens set to auto focus. I also indicated that there auto focus points move just fine. 

[stevet1]

Skip70,

As Demetrius said, the focus points are a function of the camera's autofocus system.

While you are in manual focus, tapping on the screen to move the focus point doesn't do anything at all.

I think what you want to do is position your focus point while you are in Af, and then turn your manual focus on.

Steve Thomas

[deebatman316]

@Skip70 Are you trying to use manual AF Point selection. If so do you have custom controls setup by any chance. Can you use the joystick to change AF Points. Also make sure the lock switch isn’t on.

[Skip70]

Deebatman316 seems closest to understanding what I'm saying. To be clear, I am simply trying to use the multi-controller or quick control dial (as I always have been able to do) to change the location of the focus point(s) through the viewfinder (not the Live Screen). I am doing this when the focus mode is set to one of the manual modes (spot, 1-point, etc.) Pressing the AF select button has no effect on being able to move the focus point. The auto focus posts move around just fine when I am in an auto focus mode. 

I do have some custom controls (such as BBF) but not aware I have anything that would have suddenly changed the ability of the dials to move the focus point. No, the lock button is not on.

Said again, when in a manual focus mode, I was always able to move the focus point around on the grid in the viewfinder. Now it is stuck in the center bottom.  

[Skip70]

One cannot position focus point when in AF; the camera does that. The operation should be that I a move the focus point (the square) to whoever I want within the sets of focus points in the viewfinder. 

[stevet1]

Skip70,

All I can say is this:

I have a T8i. My camera does not have an AF/MF switch on the front. Maybe yours does.

If I want to switch between AF and MF, I have to do it with a switch on the lens.

If I am in AF, when I press the focus mode button, all the focus points light up in red, and I can move the focus point with the left and right, or up and down arrows surrounding the set button .

If I am in MF, the focus points do not light up, and I cannot move the focus point. It stays in the center. In the viewfinder, I can't even see it. In Live View, I get a small black rectangle in the center that I can't move.

Steve Thomas

[kvbarkley]

I think we have a confusion in terms here. When he says  "I am doing this when the focus mode is set to one of the manual modes (spot, 1-point, etc.) " he means manual control of the AF point, not using manual focus on the lens.

(On my T6S the AF focus indicator *does* work in manual focus. I get a confirmation beep from the AF system if the camera decides it is in focus after I adjust the focus manually. I have not tried changing focus points while doing this.)

[Waddizzle]

The only focus point mode that prevents the user from moving the focus point around is Spot AF.  The only available focus point is the center AF point.

Just to be clear, I also find your description of the issue confusing.  Repeating the same words over and over again doesn’t help.