Michael Eckstein
Senior Member
On the EOS M is there any way you can set the A/F Box so it stays in the center all the time and will not move if you touch the screen?
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A/F Box Question
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I moved AF to the * button in custom functions so I don't touch the screen to focus.
Michael Eckstein
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davegorton
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This is a week old, but has anyone found a solution yet?
I've just purchased an M, but I'm not sure I can keep it. I'm so used to having the AF box in the center of the frame (and not moving around by accident) that I find it really annoying. It seems every time I go to shoot the AF box has moved somewhere else!!
Anyone..........?
Thanks
Dave
I've just purchased an M, but I'm not sure I can keep it. I'm so used to having the AF box in the center of the frame (and not moving around by accident) that I find it really annoying. It seems every time I go to shoot the AF box has moved somewhere else!!
Anyone..........?
Thanks
Dave
Franz Kerschbaum
Senior Member
The solution to programme it on the delete button is soooo simple. Whay not use it?
davegorton
Active member
I do have the camera set up so that the delete button sends the af box back to the middle (is that what you mean?) but that doesn't stop the af box moving around the screen each time I accidentally touch the screen. I'd like the af box to JUST stay in the middle even if I do touch the screen. So that it doesn't move at all (like you can on most (all?) DSLR camerasl.
Can I do that?
Dave
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Franz Kerschbaum
Senior Member
No, but most of us handle it that way... Would be not a point for me to return the camera!
If no one has found a way yet I don't think there is a way. I understand stuff like this is annoying.
davegorton
Active member
I'm going to see if I can live with it.
I'm used to using only center point AF in my Canon DSLR cameras (and P&S), so I do find it very annoying that I pick up the M to take a shot and shoot thinking that the AF box is in the middle (where it was last time!). Then I review the shot and find out that the camera has focused in one corner of the frame because I touched the screen by mistake while turning it on or just before firing the shutter.
Seems strange to me that the user can't fix the AF box to the center(?) I can't think of a good reason why not??
Looks like this is the way it is though........................If anyone does find a way, please let me know.
Thanks
Dave
FJG3
Senior Member
There is one solution I've read before in this forum. Put the camera in picture review (blue arrow) and that will disable the touch screen. Not the greatest solution in the world I'm sure but it does what you want. The LCD screen should time out and go black after a preset time and then when your ready to take another picture just half press the shutter button to bring the camera back to life. The focus square will be where you last left it. Other than that I know of no way to freeze the focus square.
davegorton
Active member
Thanks for that. Not exactly what I'm looking for, but might help. I'll give it a try.
Cheers
Dave
Cheers
Dave
PhotoKhan
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Not owning the camera (waiting for the M2) I am a bit confused here.
Since there's no viewfinder, don't you have to look at the display?
If you look at the display don't you then see where the AF box is?
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rrccad
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yes.
Sure, your see where it is - but who wants to check and reset settings potentially for each shot? That might work for you,
If you were shooting in aperture priority mode, would you want to stop, check the aperture, and change it back to wherever you had it set every time? That's fine for some photographers and some kinds of photography, but some of like modern conveniences like consistency and persistence of settings.
If you were shooting in aperture priority mode, would you want to stop, check the aperture, and change it back to wherever you had it set every time? That's fine for some photographers and some kinds of photography, but some of like modern conveniences like consistency and persistence of settings.
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rrccad
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davegorton
Active member
Yep you can check the screen to see where the AF box is each time you shoot, that's not the problem. It's also easy to forget to check where it is just beofre you press the shutter, every time!
Lots of photographers like to shot using the AF box fixed to the center of the frame. So that it doesn't move accidently. On the M you can get the AF box into the middle by pressing the trash, but if you then brush the screen with you finger/hand it will move again.
I'm looking for a way to fix the AF box to the middle of the frame, so that it doesn't move unless I actually want it to.
I, and a few others here, have good reasons for wanting this, but I can't think of a good reason why you wouldn't want to have this option?? If you could turn it off and on why not have it?
It seems that this is just a little quirk of the Canon M and I'll have to live with/get used to it. Unless the nice Magic Lanten people can sort this out(??)
If anyone else has a fix, I'd be over the moon to find a solution. If I find one in the meantime, I'll let you know...........
Dave
Nigel Wilkins
Senior Member
Dave, if you don't check where the AF box is, how do you know what you're focussing on? I'd suggest you look at your technique rather than the camera in this case. Unless your subject is always dead centre, moving the focus point on the M only has advantages. It's a very good habit to get into.
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