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G9 will not hold MF focus in Av mode with screen off, help?

Started Jan 14, 2021 | Questions thread
Sue Anne Rush
Sue Anne Rush Senior Member • Posts: 6,285
Re: G9 will not hold MF focus in Av mode with screen off, help?

Will this help?

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/cameras/support-point-and-shoot/powershot-g-series/powershot-g9/powershot-g9

Boris Starosta wrote:

Hi there,

I'm using a PowerShot G9 for time-lapse imaging. To save power, I turn the screen off when the cameras are capturing a sequence (I get run times of about 2 hours, shooting a frame every two seconds). When shooting in manual (M) mode, I can set a manual focus, and it stays put.

But when shooting in Av mode with the screen off, the camera seems to take one exposure at the MF setting, then reverts to AF, which slows down the rate at which I can obtain exposures, especially when it gets very dark.

How can the G9 be set to NOT revert to AF... to keep the MF focus setting through several/many subsequent exposures, with the screen turned off and shooting in Av mode?

I studied the manual to no avail - following the somewhat confusing directions did not help solve the problem.

Thanks for any tips!

Boris

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