Canon 7D Mark II - Single Point Focus Tutorial for Wildlife Photography

Setting the Autofocus Area to Single Point Focus on Canon Cameras for wildlife photography enables us to ensure that our focus is exactly where it should be. The eyes of a living creature must always be in sharp focus, and the only way to ensure that its eyes are in focus is to use Single Point Focus on Canon Cameras or on any camera for that matter. In this video, I explain how to use Single Point Focus on Canon Cameras and why it's important to set the focus point manually rather than rely on the camera to set it for you.
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[@deemelinda]

Lovely wildlife photos and a great tip!

[@TheOpenImage]

Thanks for watching and commenting 😀

[@CrazyBlueMood]

Nice one Girish! good stuff, keep making more of these!

[@TheOpenImage]

Thanks for watching and commenting 😀

[@anneketteringham001]

Got it! Another gem of information to follow to enhance my skills with my camera. Good going Girish

[@TheOpenImage]

Thank you 😀

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[@darude0306]

Your videos are very informative, thank you! One question though; the selection of that one focus point, takes some time. In the mean time, the subject has probably moved. Do you have any tips or tricks to fasten that process, for a beginner photographer? :) I have back button focus installed and other settings you advised. This just seems to take too long for me, to get good sharp photo's fast. Thanks in advance!

[@TheOpenImage]

That's a good question. You can program the dials to shift the single focus point once you press the focus selection button - for example I have the back dial moving it sideways and top dial moving it up and down. Alternatively you can also use the joystick - but I find that a little inconvenient.
At some point I'll make a video on this, thanks for your question 😀

[@darude0306]

@@TheOpenImage thank you for your reply. I indeed used the joystick, but my hands are a bit too large for it to be handy. I noticed I can also use both dials, to go either up/down of left/right. That is an improvement already 😉 I think that time and experience will make this easier over time. Looking forward to new videos of you. Have a great day!

[@TheOpenImage]

Yes, I don't like the joystick either. I use the dials 😃