Canon R5 Can you Link the Spot Meter and Focus Point?

[Darrell C]

Is there a way to have the spot metering follow the focus point...linking spot meter with focus point on the R5?

 

[Only RF]

Unfortunately not.

 

[jcass]

This is especially a pain with triple-back-button focus. I have the shutter button's function set to EL. I used center point focus under the spot metering... BBF=>half shutter=>recompose=>shoot. It is awkward and I'd really like to find a better, yet still keep my triple-back-button setup.

 

[koenkooi]

Is there a way to have the spot metering follow the focus point...linking spot meter with focus point on the R5?

The metering is very heavily weighted towards the selected focus point, but proper AF-point linked spot metering is reserved for 1-series. Even the R3 doesn't have it, the expectation is that the much rumoured R1 will get it.