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During sporting events or concerts, it is common to

change the camera between horizontal and vertical

positions. The EOS-1D X Mark II is equipped with an

abundance of AF frames to choose from - 61 points to

be exact. This provides a high degree of freedom when

composing shots, however, one downfall is that, when

the uppermost left AF point is selected for shooting while

the camera is held in the horizontal position, when the

grip is switched to the vertical position, the AF point ends

up in the bottommost lower left of the screen. If you

want to keep the entire body of the athlete in the frame

while focusing on their face, you must choose another

AF point.

In situations like this, AF point settings for each position

are especially useful. By selecting [Separate AF pts:

Area+pt] from [Orientation linked AF point], individual

settings for each of the AF area selection modes and the

manually selected AF points can be stored in the camera

memory. In the previous case, for example, if you set the

center upper edge AF point beforehand when in the

vertical position with the grip at the top, it is possible to

have the AF point line up with the position of the face

instantly when switching from the horizontal to vertical

position.