Canon 80D Experience Manual page 32

Canon 80D Experience
it is actively moving and you wish to track its movement and remain continuously
focused on it. Select the AF Mode by pressing the AF Operation Selection Button on the
top of the camera (marked "AF"), and turning the top Main Dial or rear Quick Control
Dial while reading the setting on the top LCD Panel. You can also use the [Q] Button
and Quick Control Screen to change this setting (see Figure 167). Or if the Shooting
Function Settings Screen is visible on the rear LCD Monitor, you can press the top AF
Button and make your selection on the rear LCD Monitor, similar to the screen shown in
Figure 167 - right.
Figure 167 - Selecting the Autofocus Mode via the Quick Control Screen.
One-Shot AF Focus Mode
Use this mode when your subject is still and not going to move, or if your subject is not
going to move very much or very quickly, or if the distance between you and the subject
is not going to change between the time you lock focus, recompose, and take the shot.
This mode can even be used for moving people or objects if you quickly take the shot
after establishing or locking focus.
You will often wish to use this in conjunction with one of the manual selection AF Area
Selection Modes (to be explained in the next section), either Single-Point AF, Zone AF,
or Large Zone AF so that you can tell the camera where to focus. For now, set the AF
Area Selection Mode on Single-Point AF. Do this by pressing the top AF Area Selection
Mode Button (near the Shutter Button) as you look through the Viewfinder. You will see
four small icons in the top of the Viewfinder - press the button repeatedly until you see
the left icon selected.
As you look through the Viewfinder, focus on your subject by first using the Multi-
Controller to manually select the AF Point closest to your subject, locate that point over
your subject, then press the Shutter Button halfway. The active AF Point will illuminate
(blink), and the Focus Confirmation Light at the lower-right in the Viewfinder will
illuminate as well. Continue to press the Shutter Button all the way to take the shot. If
you half-press the Shutter Button to lock focus on your subject, the camera will remain
focused at that distance as long as you keep half-pressing the Shutter Button. You can
recompose the shot as you wish and then fully press the Shutter Button to take the
photo. If the Focus Confirmation Light does not light up and the camera does not take
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