View finder

[Richard Clemens]

I am using mostly spot focus. I notice when I focus on an object, I also see a lot of green squares moving about in my viewfinder. I did go to the blue menu #6 AF point Disp and disabled that function. I still have a lot of green squares all together showing in my view finder. Those squares are in constant motion. How can I get rid of them?

 

[Only RF]

And from Rudy Winston. Page 2.

“Precise” is not the same as “accurate!”

Canon DLC: Article: An inside look at Spot AF

In situations where the photographer has time to carefully point the active AF point at a single, precise area of a subject, this can mean that actual AF is often more likely to be at the exact plane that the photographer desired. Learn how this can work well for portraits and other shooting...

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[Richard Clemens]

Look for “Preview AF”. They renamed it with newer cameras. It’s tab three of the purple AF menus on the R6II. Should be same area on the R7.

I have Preview AF set to Disable?

 

[Only RF]

I have Preview AF set to Disable?

Preview AF and Continuous AF are different. Your R7 does not have Continuous AF. Preview AF factory default is disabled. You may have enabled it. You will see that broken white lined AF square when in Eye Detect AF if it Is enabled. Either way that is not causing your described issue.

 

[Only RF]

I had an R5 and this is from the manual. It has the Continuous AF menu which from factory comes disabled. The R7 does not have this menu.

Again the Page 5 of the R5 manual. It has the "Initial AF Servo AF point for" where I enabled that white broken AF Preview square and used it all of the time. It had other sub menus that became obsolete for Eye Detect AF. They were only useful for DLSR's.

For the R7, R6II, R3 and newer bodes than the R5 Canon dropped the "Initial Servo AF point for" that is in page 5 of the R5 manual. They moved it to page 3, renamed it to Preview AF and got rid of all the sub-menus. You can only enable or disable the white broken lined AF square.

 

[Only RF]

Sounds like you have Preview AF active (aka “Continuous AF” in older models). You should disable it. This is a setting that has your camera constantly seeking focus when it’s on. Even when you aren’t hitting any buttons. It’s a battery drain. The green squares tell me you’re in One Shot. So when you hit a focus button, the squares should lock on to something and stop moving.

It’s different than Servo AF, which is for motion but requires a focus button or half press of the shutter. And the squares are blue in Servo AF.

Personally I really like Preview AF but it is not for everyone. My camera is set to never go to sleep when I'm in the middle of shooting. When I bring the cam from my eye it flips to the LCD and then the LCD shuts off after 5 seconds. IS continues which uses very little battery power for RF lenses continues to run but AF does not. For me it freed up the AF-On for other purposes.

I turn the power and don't have to press any buttons and it finds the eye.

 

[Only RF]

Good point with Preview AF. Never had that issue as it was one of the first things I disabled when I got my camera.

I think the factory default is in disabled mode.