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BBF on an M200?

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stevet1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,299
BBF on an M200?

I have been gifted an M200. I don't have it yet, but I was curious.

Does it have an AF-ON  button, or a way to assign another button to autofocus?

Thank you for your help.

Steve Thomas

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AshleyMC Senior Member • Posts: 2,228
Re: BBF on an M200?
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Not on M200.

M200

M50 Mark II

M6 Mark II, current top of EOS M line

Sittatunga Veteran Member • Posts: 5,406
Re: BBF on an M200?
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stevet1 wrote:

I have been gifted an M200. I don't have it yet, but I was curious.

Does it have an AF-ON button, or a way to assign another button to autofocus?

Thank you for your help.

Steve Thomas

In the menu system of the M100, C Fn II: Others, sub-menu 4 you get to choose the combination of front button / * button between AF / AE lock, AE lock / AF, AF lock / AF without AE lock, and AE / AF without AE lock. If all else fails, RTFM.

Manual focussing mode is under the SHOOT3 menu.

My favourite method is high sensitivity touchscreen release, single- shot AF with the small box, Evaluative metering and holding the camera in my left hand to choose the focus spot and bias point for the metering with my right forefinger.

Dunlin Senior Member • Posts: 2,593
Re: BBF on an M200?

Nice Steve!

A free intro to the EOS-M series. 

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OP stevet1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,299
Re: BBF on an M200?

Sittatunga wrote:

stevet1 wrote:

I have been gifted an M200. I don't have it yet, but I was curious.

Does it have an AF-ON button, or a way to assign another button to autofocus?

Thank you for your help.

Steve Thomas

In the menu system of the M100, C Fn II: Others, sub-menu 4 you get to choose the combination of front button / * button between AF / AE lock, AE lock / AF, AF lock / AF without AE lock, and AE / AF without AE lock. If all else fails, RTFM.

Manual focussing mode is under the SHOOT3 menu.

My favourite method is high sensitivity touchscreen release, single- shot AF with the small box, Evaluative metering and holding the camera in my left hand to choose the focus spot and bias point for the metering with my right forefinger.

Sittatunga,

How do you handle Servo?

With the M200, can you assign focus to another button besides the shutter button?

I'm used to locking the exposure with the shutter button, and autofocusing with the AF-ON button.

If I remember right, with my T6 (which doesn't have an AF-ON button), I assigned the focusing to the * button.

That's interesting about the bis point for the metering - so it's like partial metering with some point not in the center of the screen?

Steve Thomas

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Canon EOS Rebel T8i (EOS 850D) Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM Canon EF 50mm F1.8 STM Canon EF-S 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS USM
Sittatunga Veteran Member • Posts: 5,406
Re: BBF on an M200?

stevet1 wrote:

Sittatunga wrote:

stevet1 wrote:

I have been gifted an M200. I don't have it yet, but I was curious.

Does it have an AF-ON button, or a way to assign another button to autofocus?

Thank you for your help.

Steve Thomas

In the menu system of the M100, C Fn II: Others, sub-menu 4 you get to choose the combination of front button / * button between AF / AE lock, AE lock / AF, AF lock / AF without AE lock, and AE / AF without AE lock. If all else fails, RTFM.

Manual focussing mode is under the SHOOT3 menu.

My favourite method is high sensitivity touchscreen release, single- shot AF with the small box, Evaluative metering and holding the camera in my left hand to choose the focus spot and bias point for the metering with my right forefinger.

Sittatunga,

How do you handle Servo?

With the touch screen release disabled, AF face+ tracking, touch to put the focus spot on target.

With the M200, can you assign focus to another button besides the shutter button?

I'm used to locking the exposure with the shutter button, and autofocusing with the AF-ON button.

That would be the second option in C Fn II: Others, sub-menu 4 for the M100. Download the manual to check for the M200.

If I remember right, with my T6 (which doesn't have an AF-ON button), I assigned the focusing to the * button.

That's interesting about the bis point for the metering - so it's like partial metering with some point not in the center of the screen?

It's weighted towards the focus point.

OP stevet1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,299
Re: BBF on an M200?

Sittatunga,

How do you handle Servo?

With the touch screen release disabled, AF face+ tracking, touch to put the focus spot on target.

Sittatunga,

I don't normally use tracking because I mostly do viewfinder shooting with my DSLR.

Mirrorless calls for a different way of thinking about things, doesn't it?

Steve Thomas

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Dunlin Senior Member • Posts: 2,593
Re: BBF on an M200?

stevet1 wrote:

Sittatunga,

How do you handle Servo?

With the touch screen release disabled, AF face+ tracking, touch to put the focus spot on target.

Sittatunga,

I don't normally use tracking because I mostly do viewfinder shooting with my DSLR.

Mirrorless calls for a different way of thinking about things, doesn't it?

Steve Thomas

It is possible to do Servo AF in the viewfinder with your DSLR.

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Canon PowerShot SX410 IS Olympus OM-D E-M10 II Canon EF 35-80mm f/4.0-5.6 III Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F4-5.6 R Gimp +6 more
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