Canon R7 Fixing focus point in R7

[woolno]

Is there any way I can fix the focus point in the centre of the screen for all options on the mode dial on an R7?

In other words, no matter what shooting option I use, the focus remains fixed in the centre of the screen

Thanks

 

[TwoWheeler]

Not 100% sure what you’re going for, but pressing the joystick will center the focus point. Single focus shouldn’t move the focus point unless you tell it to with either the touch screen or joystick, but if you recompose you’re going to have to refocus.

Continuous or tracking, by their inherent nature will move the focus point continuously to track stuff.

 

[ShipleyNW]

There are a couple of things that might be causing your grief.

Are you using a C-mode? When you save settings to a C-mode (C1, C2), it saves everything, including the focus point. If it wasn't in the center, when the C-mode was saved, then it won't be in the center when that C-mode is invoked. Pressing the joystick will return it back to the center, but when the camera goes to sleep, waking it up reverts to the saved C-mode, and the focus point returns to wherever it was when you saved that C-mode. The fix here is to fire up an as-saved C-mode, change nothing but the focus point, then re-save the C-mode.

Another possibility: You can use the touch screen to move the focus point. I'm left-eyed, so I can change the focus point with my nose. As awesome as that sounds, in practice, not so much. I turned off the 'Touch & Drag AF' setting so that the back screen is no longer involved with setting focus points.

 

[Only RF]

Don't use the subject to detect or eye detect options. Disable the multi controller and the option to move the AF point around using the LCD. Basically you are now shooting old school DLSR.

Many of use use both the old ways (DSLR) and subject/eye detect together. When I press the shutter ½ way Whole Area AF and Eye Detect are working. I let the system find the eye first. It it struggles I press the AF-ON and single point AF comes up and remains in the centre. I move the camera so it lands on anywhere on the subject and I use that. I will release the AF-ON to see if the Eye Detect is more cooperative. If not I'll press the AF-ON again. That is all done by programming and there are multiple ways to do that based on your shooting style.

 

[Northroad68]

I have my AE Lock button set for "register/recall shooting function". Pull that one up and uncheck all the boxes except AF area and AF operation. I have mine set to spot in the center. It helps for "threading the needle" when trying to focus between tree limbs and such. My AF- On button is set for eye detection AF.