Originally posted by JahJahwarrior I only use prime manual focus lenses...a split screen helps a ton, but I don't have one. I have the camera set so that it chirps when it thinks it is in focus, and I believe that it flahses a red square, but honestly I don't notice either of those very much. I only use them in conditions where it is hard for me to tell so I let the camera weigh in with its opinion
The red square is a false friend. It is
not the focus confirmation indicator. The red square indicates which auto-focus point the camera is using at the moment. The green hexagon at the bottom of the screen is the focus confirmation indicator.
I also only use prime manual focus lenses and since the red square actually does
nothing of any value to me I went into the menus and turned it OFF.
I think too many people take the red square as focus confirmation, when it actually turns on
before focus is achieved, and then wonder why their manually focused photos are slightly off.