Canon EOS 5D Mark III Manual Book page 9

AF Configuration Tool [Presets]
Focus on subjects with erratic movement
Suitable for sports and fast action where traditionally AF systems have difficulty tracking
Parameter default settings
Subject tracking sensitivity [0]
Accelerate / decelerate Tracking [0]
AF point auto switching [+1]
It is possible to focus on subjects that move erratically
and could move in any direction
Inline skating on a half-pipe. Capturing the moments when the skater is jumping and
twisting is easier with Case 5.
Case 5 is most effective for subjects with large
amount of movements which could occur in
any direction. This setting works in 61-point
automatic selection AF, Zone AF, and AF point
expansion modes only. In Case 5, [AF pt auto
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Case5
Using Case 5 when
p h o t o g r a p h i n g a
figure skater making
a big jump (the AF
area selection mode
is s et to [A F p o int
e x p a n s i o n ] ) . I t i s
possible to track the
skater's movements
by letting the camera
switch between AF
points.
switching] is set to [+1], when the subject
moves away from the manually selected AF
point (AF points focused on initially with Zone
AF), focusing automatically switches to other AF
points that contain the subject. As a result, even
when the subject continuously leaves the
selected AF point, it is possible to increase the
ratio of photos that are in focus. This setting is
most effective when shooting subjects with
erratic movement such as figure skating,
Blue color of focus point is for explanation only, and actually there is no blue indication available.
skateboarding, and inline skating.
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