Canon EOS-1D X Af Setting Manualbook page 16

AF Configuration Tool [Presets]
Rapid changing of AF points, to follow erratic movement
Takes full advantage of expanded AF Areas, for subjects with quick side-to-side motion
Parameter default settings
• Subject tracking sensitivity
• Accelerate / decelerate tracking
• AF point auto switching
It is possible to focus on subjects that move erratically
and could move in any direction.
Inline skating on a half-pipe. Case 5 allows the camera's AF system to change from one AF
point to another one more rapidly, when using AF Point Expansion, Zone AF or Automatic
AF point selection mode.
Case 5 is most effective for subjects that can
move unpredictably from side to side — when
more than one AF point is active. This setting
works in 61-point automatic selection AF, Zone
AF and AF point expansion modes only. In Case
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Case 5
Using Case 5 when
p h o t o g r a p h i n g a
figure skater making
a big jump (the AF
area selection mode
is set to [AF point
expansion]). Case 5
allow s even fas ter
automatic switching
from one AF point to
a n o t h e r, w h e n a n
enlarged AF area is
being used.
[0]
[0]
[+1]
5, [AF pt auto switching] is set to [+1],
speeding up the camera's ability to shift from
one AF point to another. One of the key
benefits of the 61-point AF system is its ability
to enlarge the active AF area and Case 5 takes