Ah, that switch. I also always leave it set to 1.8m and never had an issue. Yes, I did get confirmation (beep and lock) of focus. If you've never used the Focus_point Lightroom plugin its pretty nice (first image). As you can see from the plugin, ...
I just had something similar happen to me with my 7D. I love my 7D and have taken many many great pictures of birds with it. On a recent outing I was lucky enough to find a Rough-legged Hawk perched on a fence post very close (I thought 10 meters or ...