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Canon 80D Experience
subject. However, automatic AF Point selection is required in certain subject-tracking
situations, as will be described below.
To choose between manual and automatic AF Point selection, press the rear AF Point
Selection Button or the top AF Area Selection Mode Button, then press the top AF Area
Selection Mode Button a couple times. When the autofocus brackets are visible in the
Viewfinder and the far-right AF Area Selection Mode icon is indicated in the Viewfinder,
you are using 45-point Automatic Selection AF (see Figure 165 - right). This is also the
mode used by the camera in the Auto+, Creative Auto, and Scene modes. When any of
the other icons are selected in the Viewfinder, you are using one of the manual AF Point
selection modes, either Single-Point AF (left icon), Zone AF (middle-left icon), or Large
Zone AF (middle-right icon) (see Figure 165 - left). For now set this on Single-Point AF,
the left icon.
Figure 165 - Single-Point AF Manual Selection (left) and 45-point Automatic Selection
AF area modes (right), as indicated in the Viewfinder by the AF Area Selection Mode
icons and the configuration of AF Points or brackets.
When making use of manual Single-Point AF, Zone AF, or Large Zone AF selection,
with the default camera settings, you first press the rear AF Point Selection Button (at
the upper-right of the rear of the camera) and then use the Multi-Controller to select
your desired AF Point or Zone as you look in the Viewfinder. If you set the C.Fn III-4:
Custom Controls menu item to have the Multi-Controller perform AF Point Direct
Selection, you can instead use the Multi-Controller directly to select the AF Point without
pressing the AF Point Selection Button first. However, you will need to press the AF
Point Selection Button before pressing the SET Button to quickly choose the center AF
Point.
To see how manual autofocus point selection works, turn the Mode Dial to Av, and
make sure the switch on your lens it set to AF. Set your Autofocus Mode to One-Shot
using either the [Q] Button and Quick Control Screen, or more simply press the AF
Button on the top of the camera (the one labeled "AF"), then turn the Main Dial or Quick
Control Dial as you view the setting on the top LCD Panel. Next press the top AF Area
Selection Mode Button or rear AF Point Selection Button, then repeatedly press the top
AF Area Selection Mode Button (the small button near the Shutter Button) until you see
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