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Using AF to Focus

If the [8C.Fn III -6] (AF during Live View shooting) setting is set to [Enable], you can focus with the <p> button.

Be sure to set the lens focus mode switch to <f>, set the AF mode to <X>, and select the center AF point.

1Press <0> to the display Live View image.

2 Focus the subject.

Cover the subject with the focusing frame and press the <p> button.

XThe Live View image will turn off, the reflex mirror will go back down, and AF will be executed.

XWhen focus is achieved, the beeper will sound.

3Return to the Live View image display and shoot.

When you let go of the <p> button, the Live View image will return.

Check the focus and press the shutter button to take the picture.

For very precise focusing, mount the camera on a tripod and magnify the picture. Then focus manually. (p.110)

You can also use AI Servo AF or automatic/manual AF point selection. However, if the AF point doesn’t cover the subject, you might not obtain the desired focusing result.

You cannot take a picture during autofocusing. Take the picture only while the Live View image is displayed.

The exposure will be set with focusing frame-linked evaluative metering. (The metering cannot be linked with an AF point.)

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