Donzo98 Posted April 5, 2019 Share #1 Â Posted April 5, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) What are you guys using?? Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 5, 2019 Posted April 5, 2019 Hi Donzo98, Take a look here Q/Q2... Spot or field focus?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
faxao Posted April 5, 2019 Share #2 Â Posted April 5, 2019 spot and (in case it is needed) recompose: much more control on what I want to put in focus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancook Posted April 5, 2019 Share #3  Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) oh no ignore me spot is the fine cross hair and field is the small rectangle. I use field Edited April 5, 2019 by dancook Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitford Posted April 5, 2019 Share #4 Â Posted April 5, 2019 Field. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen_C Posted April 5, 2019 Share #5 Â Posted April 5, 2019 In my view, it does rather depend what you are photographing. Generally, I use field but if I want to isolate, for example, a flower or piece of foliage against a dark background, I'd use spot. Stephen Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DexL Posted July 7, 2019 Share #6  Posted July 7, 2019 Glad to see this thread exists... started spot and now I am a field focus-er.  Long live the box. 🤓 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vov Posted July 7, 2019 Share #7  Posted July 7, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have the autofocus option mapped to the physical Fn button since I switch so often. I use spot -> manual -> face -> field, in that order. Sounds like I should experiment with field more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulJS Posted July 7, 2019 Share #8 Â Posted July 7, 2019 Spot and recompose. Field is a little too vague at times...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullmoon Posted July 7, 2019 Share #9  Posted July 7, 2019 I miss being able to shrink the Field Box as could be done on the Q. I suppose Spot is intended to replace that, but I liked and miss the small box. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturkel Posted July 8, 2019 Share #10 Â Posted July 8, 2019 I us spot as well for the same reasons. Â It seems more reliable to me . Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphh Posted July 15, 2019 Share #11  Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) I'm on spot all the time - I shoot wide open (or close to) a lot and find the DoF is much too short to use field as the box is so large. I do find that even on spot, sometimes it seems to pickup backgrounds behind people even though I know I've got the cross on their face. It's very odd. It might just be i've got the very point of the cross on a low contrast area like the cheek and it's missed focus. Edited July 15, 2019 by ralphh Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted July 15, 2019 Share #12  Posted July 15, 2019 I’m still going back and forth between spot snd field. I too miss being able to shrink the field box down. My biggest issue with both is just seeing the damn thing when out in the sun. Occasionally I just point the camera at my subject centered and assume the focus point is in the right place. This works in those instances except when I previously had the camera in manual focus and forget to return it to AF. My eyes are definitely suffering from age, but I do wish focus confirmation was more obvious and visible. I never seem to have this problem with my Canon 5D3. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphh Posted July 15, 2019 Share #13  Posted July 15, 2019 agreed. Fortunately, even with the touch screen off, double tapping the screen returns the focus point to the center. This may or may not be a bug, but it's really useful when you can't see the damn thing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepaca Posted July 15, 2019 Share #14  Posted July 15, 2019 5 hours ago, ralphh said: agreed. Fortunately, even with the touch screen off, double tapping the screen returns the focus point to the center. This may or may not be a bug, but it's really useful when you can't see the damn thing. Mine doesn't do that. How can I make it do that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphh Posted July 15, 2019 Share #15  Posted July 15, 2019 No idea - I'm not sure I could stop mine doing it. You using the Q or Q2? I'm talking about Q2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepaca Posted July 16, 2019 Share #16  Posted July 16, 2019 15 hours ago, ralphh said: No idea - I'm not sure I could stop mine doing it. You using the Q or Q2? I'm talking about Q2 I am using the Q2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwillyf Posted July 16, 2019 Share #17 Â Posted July 16, 2019 Works on the Q also Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted July 16, 2019 Share #18  Posted July 16, 2019 On 7/15/2019 at 7:35 AM, ralphh said: agreed. Fortunately, even with the touch screen off, double tapping the screen returns the focus point to the center. This may or may not be a bug, but it's really useful when you can't see the damn thing. I cannot make the double tap work to return to center unless I have the real LCD in operation. I was hoping it worked when I was looking through the EVF. No joy for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphh Posted July 16, 2019 Share #19 Â Posted July 16, 2019 oh, sorry, the rear screen needs to be active - but you can have the touchscreen turned off in settings (which i do as I poke it with my nose!). It would be great if it worked when looking through the EVF too 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullmoon Posted July 16, 2019 Share #20  Posted July 16, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, ralphh said: oh, sorry, the rear screen needs to be active - but you can have the touchscreen turned off in settings (which i do as I poke it with my nose!). It would be great if it worked when looking through the EVF too Where is the setting to turn off the Touch Screen on the Q2? I tried the various Display modes - didn't see how to do this. Edited July 16, 2019 by bullmoon Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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