Canon EOS 1 Instruction Manual - Page 34
Difficult Subjects for Autofocus
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3. Difficult Subjects for Autofocus This camera's autofocus system is very accurate and can quickly focus most subjects with the high-precision Multi-BASIS (Base-Stored Image Sensor) AF sensor equipped with five focusing points as shown below. However, the system may have difficulty focusing the subjects listed below. When autofocus is impossible, the green in-focus indicator will blink in the viewfinder. Cross-sensor • Position of invidual sensor of BASIS (a) (a) Low contrast subjects (misty scenes, light-colored or white objects) (b) Subjects in extremely low-light situations (a dark room, night scenes) (c) Subjects in extremely strong backlight, or with bright spectral reflections (shiny metal, snow, ice, surface of a lake) (d) Subjects with an object in front of them (caged zoo animals) (e) Subjects having generally horizontal patterns (only when using the center focusing point, when using lenses with maximum aperture smaller than f/2.8) (f) Subjects having generally vertical patterns (only when using focusing points other than the center) (b) 34 Focus these subjects as follows: 1) Particularly with subjects such as (a), focus on a substitute subject at the same distance from the camera as your main subject, then recompose the picture using the focus lock function. 2) In the case of (e), there is no problem when using a lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.8 or larger (except the EF50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro or EF2880mm f/2.8-4L) because the camera's central cross-sensor activates to detect horizontal lines. However, when using a lens with a maximum aperture smaller than f/2.8, we recommend to use the focusing points other than the center that