{"id":367,"date":"2019-05-17T15:36:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T15:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/?p=367"},"modified":"2019-07-06T03:49:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T03:49:00","slug":"selecting-the-af-area-in-canon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/17\/selecting-the-af-area-in-canon\/","title":{"rendered":"Selecting the AF Area in Canon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are six AF area selection modes. They are <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Single-Point Spot AF (manual selection) for pingpoint focusing. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"129\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/canon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-368\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Single-point AF (manual selection) for one point focusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"129\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/canon2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-369\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. AF point expansion (Manual selection) for using 4 surrounding AF points to focus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"204\" height=\"137\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/canon3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. AF point expansion (Manual selection) for 8  <br>surrounding AF points to focus.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"135\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/canon4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Zone AF (manual selection of zone) for 12  <br>surrounding AF points to focus.   The 61 AF points are divided into none zone  for focusing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"138\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/canon5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. 61-point automatic selection AF. This is the default settings and all the AF points are used to focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"204\" height=\"136\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/canon6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-375\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To select the AF Area mode, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Press the AF Area mode button.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"118\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/canon7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-377\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Look through the viewfinder and press the M-Fn button to switch the AF area selection mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To select the AF Point manually, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Press the  AF area mode button.<\/li><li>Move the points by pressing Multi-controller button or Main Dial or Quick Control Dial. <\/li><li><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"73\" height=\"82\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/canon8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-379\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\nBob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE &amp; CNE<br>Data recovery, Windows OS Recovery, Networking, and Computer Troubleshooting on<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotech.net\/\">http:\/\/www.ChicagoTech.net<\/a><br>How to Install and Configure Windows, VMware, Virtualization and Cisco on<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtonetworking.com\/\">http:\/\/www.HowToNetworking.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are six AF area selection modes. They are Single-Point Spot AF (manual selection) for pingpoint focusing. 2. Single-point AF (manual selection) for one point focusing. 3. AF point expansion (Manual selection) for using 4 surrounding AF points to focus. 4. AF point expansion (Manual selection) for 8 surrounding AF points to focus. 5. 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