Originally posted by RBellavance Nothing wrong in itself with being "the Canon way". However, this method is very unintuitive, and even Canon has added a 2nd "joystick" to control the AF points on the EOS 40D...
Actually there are three ways of choosing AF points with Canon (at least in the XXD and XD ones):
1/ Button press + scroll front wheel to circle through AF points;
2/ Use the small joystick for direct selection
3/ Use the backwheel to circle through AF points
The joystick is nice but it has one drawback: when using the vertical grip, you just cannot reach it (rings a bell K10/K20 AF button users?
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In what I understood about the K-7 layout, the small selector around the AF button will be used to select the AF point mode selection (center, auto or user) and in user selectable mode, one will need to first press the OK button before selecting an AF point with the control pad.
The drawback is that you need one additional button press before selecting the AF point but the upside of this method is that it will be more difficult to change AF point inadvertently.
One thing that I hope is fixed on the K-7 is the duplication of the AF button on the grip, otherwise, the new layout (including the ISO button, usefully placed for M and P modes and the new green button location) looks really neat.