Canon EOS 6D Mark II, Instruction Manual

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f
: Selecting the AF Operation
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Suited for still subjects. When you
press the shutter button halfway, the
camera will focus only once.
The AF point that achieves focus is
displayed, and the focus indicator
<
o
> in the viewfinder will also light
up.
With the camera in the default
settings and the metering mode set to
the evaluative metering (p.243), the
exposure setting is set at the same
time the focus is achieved.
While you keep holding down the
shutter button halfway, the focus will
be locked. You can then recompose
the shot if desired.
One-Shot AF for Still Subjects
Focus indicator
AF point
If focus cannot be achieved, the focus indicator <
o
> in the viewfinder
will blink. If this occurs, the picture cannot be taken even if the shutter
button is pressed completely. Recompose the shot and try to focus again
or see “When Autofocus Fails” (p.153).
If [
5
4: Beep ] is set to [ Disable ], the beeper will not sound when focus is
achieved.
After achieving focus with One-Shot AF, you can lock the focus on a
subject and recompose the shot. This is called “focus lock”. This is useful
in cases such as when you want to focus on a peripheral subject not
covered by the Area AF frame.
With a lens equipped with electronic MF, setting [
z
1: Lens electronic
MF ] to [ Enable after One-Shot AF ] will enable you to manually adjust
the focus after achieving focus with AF (p.155).