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mojito · 08-17-2022

Why, why, why? Will the R6 not focus? I always get the red square when I focus on the eyes - and not the green. And yet when I switch to manual AF it's focusses fine.Settings are:ISO: 200Shutter: 160Aperture: 7.1Lens: EOS 70-200mmFocal Length: 85mmHE...

mojito · 09-18-2017

Hi there, Is there a way to set the settings so that one can change the aperture while looking through the viewfinder. At the moment I can only change the shutter speed while I'm looking through the viewfinder lining up my shot. Otherwise I have to t...

mojito · 08-17-2022

omg - YES! Thanks. Heaps. (NZ slang)

mojito · 08-17-2022

Thanks, Trevor.Yes, will try that. Was trying to avoid resetting so that I don't lose my awesome presets - but the pain of not having autofocus is far greater. Will see how it goes...

mojito · 08-17-2022

Thanks!I'm using the Godox 400AD Pro. Have just done a quick search and there doesn't seem to be a focus assist beam with this model/brand? You're right, I think it's a low light thing. Frustrating. I'm not sure why all of a sudden it won't auto focu...

mojito · 08-17-2022

Sorry - I might not have made myself clear. Why won't it focus on AF? The focus assist works only for the Manual focus setting - is that right? Which by the way, it does when I set the camera to manual focus. Works great. But I want to auto focus us...

mojito · 08-17-2022

Oh no, I didn't even know about that function.Will look it up and check my camera setting (in the morning :))Thank you so much. I will update on the morrow. Best,Josie

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