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So I have this lens with the capability of full-time manual focus that the AF/MF switch is broken on. I had disassembled the lens and moved the microswitch inside over to MF so that it wouldn't re-focus on me as I was using it, but realized that I if I use back-button autofocus on my EOS 77D that I could retain the ability to autofocus, while not being forced to autofocus as I press the shutter button. So I disassembled the 10-22mm EFS again and moved it back to AF position.
Because the 77D is a small-body camera like the Rebel line as it's basically a T7i with some added features, I found the back-button mildly awkward to reach. To facilitate better control I switched over from ONE-SHOT to AI-SERVO, so that basically I could AI-SERVO focus so long as I had the button pressed, I could shoot with continuous BBAF or I could shoot after letting go of the back button.
I realized on making these changes that I no longer had a focus confirmation beep. I dug through the settings and didn't find anything relevant, but I did find on an Internet search instructions for the 7D-II that indicate that there's no focus-confirmation beep in AI-SERVO and the focus point in the viewfinder doesn't light-up anymore to indicate that the camera has focus.
So, not quite what I expected. Mildly annoying actually. I sort of understand, since it might be annoying to BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! but at the same time I was attempting to have confirmation so to know when to let off of the back-button. I guess I'll have to more actively switch back and forth between ONE-SHOT and AI-SERVO than I had wanted to if I want that confirmation in some situations.
It would be nice if the red would flash in the viewfinder even if it didn't beep, some indication of focus confirmation would be nice.
Because the 77D is a small-body camera like the Rebel line as it's basically a T7i with some added features, I found the back-button mildly awkward to reach. To facilitate better control I switched over from ONE-SHOT to AI-SERVO, so that basically I could AI-SERVO focus so long as I had the button pressed, I could shoot with continuous BBAF or I could shoot after letting go of the back button.
I realized on making these changes that I no longer had a focus confirmation beep. I dug through the settings and didn't find anything relevant, but I did find on an Internet search instructions for the 7D-II that indicate that there's no focus-confirmation beep in AI-SERVO and the focus point in the viewfinder doesn't light-up anymore to indicate that the camera has focus.
So, not quite what I expected. Mildly annoying actually. I sort of understand, since it might be annoying to BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! but at the same time I was attempting to have confirmation so to know when to let off of the back-button. I guess I'll have to more actively switch back and forth between ONE-SHOT and AI-SERVO than I had wanted to if I want that confirmation in some situations.
It would be nice if the red would flash in the viewfinder even if it didn't beep, some indication of focus confirmation would be nice.