Selecting the five focusing points – Canon EOS 1 N User Manual

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1. Selecting the Five Focusing Points

This camera incorporates a high-precision AF sensor called Multi-BASiS

(Multi Base-Stored Image Sensor), equipped with five focusing points for

wide autofocusing coverage.

You can freely select any of the focusing points to compose the scene as

desired, or you can let the camera select the focusing point for you (auto

matic focusing selection mode).

• Selecting a Focusing Point

Press the focusing point selector

( e ) .

2 The currently selected focusing

point lights red in the viewfinder and

the focusing point indicator is dis

played in the LCD panel.

•

All five focusing points light up in the

viewfinder and LCD panel when the
camera is set for automatic focusing
point selection mode.

3 T u r n the main dial to select the

desired focusing point.

Automatic Focusing Point Selection Mode

The camera automatically selects an individual focusing point after evaluating ail 5 points simultaneously.

In One-shot AF mode, the system usually gives priority to the closest reliable subject.

In Al Servo AF mode, the system always gives priority to the central (cross-type) focus

ing point for the first exposure. (For more information, refer to page 33.)