Originally posted by JCPentax Maybe are talking about different items.
The AF point selection is modal in that you can switch between Auto, Selectable and spot focus with a dial around the AF button on the back of the camera.
However, to switch between focus points in the selectable mode you must press the OK first before you shift your focus point.
Hm. To be very clear about this, I think RBellavance is talking about "The trade-off is that you now have to press the OK button before you can start moving the AF point when in Select mode. However, once you've pressed OK to switch to AF point selection mode, that choice is retained until you switch back, even if you turn the camera off."
From that text, it seems quite clear that the change which has been made is that the fn button has been removed, and the "ok" button has taken it's place - except that instead of reversing the functionality completely, they made it such that in AF Select mode the camera will remeber an "ok" press, and stick to treating the 4 way controller as a 4 way controller for AF point selection?
Could you possibly try this out with the current firmware? (i.e: As below:
1. switch to AV and AF select mode
2. press ok until the 4-way controller works to change AF points
3. switch off the camera
4. switch on the camera
Does the 4-way controller still change AF points?
5. change the aperture
Does the 4-way controller still change AF points?
6. change exposure compensation
Does the 4-way controller still change AF points?
)
If the answer to the question is always "yes", then the "ok" button is "modal", and me and probably many other people will be happy bunnies.
Not that this is going to really affect a purchasing decision, but nice to know!