[awscreo]

Was wondering if I'm doing something wrong lol.

I can't seem to setup full press snap when I'm using the Fn button for triggering auto-focus, and setting shutter button to only lock AE. Is there a setting I'm missing? Full snap seems to work fine if I'm using the shutter button for triggering AF, it jumps to whatever distance I set for it. But with Fn button being the AF trigger, whichever way I press the shutter button it stays on the point I focused on with the Fn button ignoring the snap distance.

[victormeldrew]

Yes, this is how it works if you have disabled focusing on the shutter button. Leave it enabled, then if you focus with the back button it will ignore the half press of the shutter button or if you just use the shutter button it will focus as normal, including snap.

[awscreo]

Yes, this is how it works if you have disabled focusing on the shutter button. Leave it enabled, then if you focus with the back button it will ignore the half press of the shutter button or if you just use the shutter button it will focus as normal, including snap.

I see, thank you! I was watching this guys video, and he mentioned he disabled AF on the shutter button yet still was able to use full press snap, I guess he misspoke -

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[victormeldrew]

Yeah it doesn't work that way here unless there is a further setting I haven't found. I think he might mean that he can do snap focus with back button focusing enabled, rather than with the shutter button disabled... The manual doesn't mention it either way, except to say that focusing using the shutter button half-press is not available when it's disabled.

[awscreo]

Yeah it doesn't work that way here unless there is a further setting I haven't found. I think he might mean that he can do snap focus with back button focusing enabled, rather than with the shutter button disabled... The manual doesn't mention it either way, except to say that focusing using the shutter button half-press is not available when it's disabled.

Fair enough, I've switched on the shutter button af, doesn't get in a way anyway. Now need to go out and shoot some pics)

[victormeldrew]

Fair enough, I've switched on the shutter button af, doesn't get in a way anyway. Now need to go out and shoot some pics)

Exactly, you can still do back button AF, then shutter button AE, then shoot. Or do it all on the shutter button, but then AF and AE have to be on the same spot, but it's useful if you're handing it over to a novice.

[gphr74]

Long shot since this is such an old message, but I'm trying to wrap my head around this.

Exactly, you can still do back button AF, then shutter button AE, then shoot.

I don't get this. If you have AF + AE enabled on the shutter button, then when you half-press the shutter button, you do get AE lock but you also lose whatever focus you might have set with your back button. No?
Or do you mean that you do back button focus, keep that button pressed, then half press your shutter button to get the AE lock, hold that too if you need to recompose, then finish pressing the shutter button to take the shot?
Or, as awkward, first do the AE lock with a half press shutter button, hold that while focusing with back button, then finish pressing the shutter button.

I know that since then there's a a feature to tap the scree to do snap focus, but I find it harder to frame that way than with the full press snap when shooting from the hip.