7D Focus Squares Tutorial | 7D Training DVD Video

[@woody5410]

Congratulations Michael clear, concise and articulate explanations supported with first class visual aids.13 years on still the best available video on this topic by a country mile .

[@thosyoung373]

Michael's EOS 7D tutorial is quite possibly the best learning tool for quickly learning the use, utility, and functions of the camera. Outstanding, well-organized, simple to understand, and coherent tutorial. Very well done!

[@elitpena]

Man I am learning a great deal from you!! I just bought a Canon 7D and a 5D Mark ii for next to nothing and I’m excited to get into photography. Thanks Michael for all the great videos!!

[@MMaven]

Yes, you are shooting with a basic mode. Turn the dial to P, TV, AV, or M then check your menu. I would highly recommend the Canon 7D Crash Course, it will same you tons of headaches.

[@googo151]

Save you!

[@scrampics]

Thank you for providing this tutorial. I have upgraded my camera gear to a 7D and two 2.8 L-Series lenses. I am fast learning that focus points are crucial. Your tutorial is straightforward and will allow me to practise my skills further

[@marineltan]

Watching in 2020 😁 you still have the best tutorials ever ❤️

[@MMaven]

Thank you marinel

[@AmyBLUF]

Michael, this was SO helpful. I've been getting frustrated with my 7D focusing system and missing some shots because of it.... this REALLY helps.

[@bearpaw45]

Thanks, Michael, for a great video introducing the focus system. I'm coming from the 50D and I'm learning how to live without that sports mode. Now I also know how to focus to shoot the horse races.

[@MMaven]

We have downloads for almost all my videos. Thanks for your support!

[@adude394]

This is great stuff! As a happy owner of a "new" used 7D, I appreciate excellent guides like this.

[@mirage711]

Wow I have had my Canon 7D for years now and with your video you have help me out a lot... Thanks

[@luvemcats888]

I can also highly recommend Michael's Canon 7D crash course. I purchased it through Amazon about a month ago and it is great! Very well presented, clear, and understandable and the video quality is top-notch. Also, importantly, very well indexed and easy to navigate to any section that you need at any particular moment. This testimonial is unsolicited. As of this date, I have written the only review so far on this item on Amazon.

[@francesjdarwin]

This is the BEST helpful tidbit about my 7D that I have ever received. Definitely getting the DVD. Thank you!

[@olivejwtdubai888]

thanks for the tutorial. I appreciate people who share their knowledge without anything in return. Very helpful. I just bought my Canon 7D and still learning the buttons. I came from Nikon too.

[@maddoxtom]

Got my 7d arriving this week, Will now order your dvd off the back of this very helpful video. Thanks

[@adrianm1429]

I've been struggling with my focus for a long time, this great video just made my life so much easier, Thank you!

[@ForeverMods]

Thank you so much !! I hate reading through manuals, yet such a simplified explanation is so great, and enjoyable.

[@mnshutterbug]

Much easier to comprehend than the manual.

[@ourlifekathypeter]

I just bought a 7D yesterday. Excellent training video.

[@stepthos]

Immensely helpful. I really messed up a shoot yesterday because I didnt know this information. THANK YOU.

[@MMaven]

You are welcome. If you want more training, be sure to check out the Canon 7D Crash Course!

[@spongebens]

man, I wish there was someone like this guy who makes tutorials for the Nikon stuff.

[@MMaven]

@mjrtoo Its a good question- Unfortunately the points do not cover the entire viewfinder so there are occassions you will have to do it. DOF issues will occur with very wide apertures, and it depends on distance, but if you are shooting at f4.0 or above, it isnt an issue. While there is a sweet way to get around it using live view, *abd U teach on the Advanced course) Recomposing is a skill all photographers should know no matter what camera they are shooting with.

[@olivescorner]

THANK YOU!!!!! Every video talks about how important AI-servo is so I've been shooting on it, recomposing my frames using back-button focus and wondering why on earth I couldn't get my original focus point in focus after recomposing. You have saved my photography life by clearing this up for me: one shot and not back button! Great video, thank you!!

[@MMaven]

@Vashinator Yep- This is an actual lesson from the DVD training video. As you probably know, DVDs play on SD, which is Standard definition. Thanks

[@revup67]

Great stuff through and through especially the custom settings.

[@GangGr33nanarchist]

13 years later and this video gave me new info about my 7D.

[@ThePixelDemon]

Great tutorial! Thanks a lot. I've been "wingin' it" for years, even though I knew I needed to learn better practices. Thanks for finally booting me into focus! ha.

[@MMaven]

Thanks for your support!

[@Clauu50]

Thank you Michael, this is so nice, I've been trying to play so many other youtube videos until I played yours - now it feels like I understand it! love it... I'm so excited to use my camera.

[@MMaven]

My pleasure! Thank you for writing! :)

[@MMaven]

Hi Bonnie- I havent sent out a newsletter in years so I do not think its mine. The downloads and DVDs work great and you will be able to view them. Thanks!

[@MMaven]

Yes- it is already posted here on youtube. Thank you!

[@coldcuts113]

Thank you for posting this. I just purchased (downloaded) the lesson from your site.

[@MMaven]

Depends on what you are doing. Sometimes your focus point will be outside your focus point area, especially when shooting portraits. It is a classic technique.

[@MMaven]

Yes

[@BruunMedia]

Hey Michael, really enjoyed the video. As someone who switched from Nikon to Canon recently, found this really helpful. Also, I'll be buying the DVD, well 2 copies, one for me and one to give away in a competition on my fan page on FB. Thanks again.

[@ianidiber]

You are the best teacher! ;) best regards from Italy

[@littlekidwithdahat]

Excellent instructional video! I recently upgraded from a Canon 10D to a 7D and the new focus system is very different. Thanks!

[@barberess369]

Great tutorial. After watching lots of videos and reading numerous articles this explains it much more clearly. Thank you very much :-)

[@kavadale]

thx for this.brilliant. bot the 7d today and you've got me getting creative already

[@supergolfdude]

Thanks Michael. My 7D is in the mail. Just getting some lessons on the differences from my 50D.

[@FortlinRoad]

Outstanding video Michael..!!..nice and simple presentation - Thank You!!!

[@stevieb931]

The 7D Crash Course CD/download is well worth the money. Thanks Michael.

[@BasBerkhuijsen]

Very usefull hand understandable training. I own a 7D MKI and this is the 1st time i realy understand how to use te different focal point. hanks!

[@coldcuts113]

Thank you for posting this. I'm going to purchase the lesson from your site.

[@AnT508]

Very good and easy to follow tutorial. Thank You!

[@PaulHowcroft]

Very well explained and easy to follow. A great help, thank you.

[@LambourneImages]

Agree. Plus focus recompose can cause distance errors depending on distance from subject, especially if close

[@richyearle007]

Thanks a million.I was going bananas trying to get the settings correct..This video helped a lot....Cheers

[@MMaven]

@JessLee919 Shorter distance to recompose- When shooting at very wide apertures, this helps make sure the eyes are in focus.

[@MMaven]

24-70 2.8 was used to film. I believe the 35mm 1.4 is on the 7D

[@blacklinepix6781]

Thank you very much for these tips! Just bought a 7d and was struggling with focus as I had a 650d! So thank you very much

[@MMaven]

Test it in Av mode. What you are seeing is the "predicted" exposure in Manual Mode. Its normal. You might find my Canon 7D Crash Course Tutorial DVD to be very helpful. Best wishes

[@djemanon]

@jwjsierra The 7D crash course is super helpful. I've had it for a couple months now and I feel it set a solid foundation for me. I still watch it from time to time and find myself learning something new.

[@nellyandon8815]

Amazing tutorials !!! thank you

[@ivanrincon9964]

amazing camera!!! thanks

[@ThePixelitomedia]

Great Tutorial, I will purchase the course soon.

[@MMaven]

@anz388 Thank you! I occasionally do workshops- the next one will be on Maui in the near future! Come join us if you can!

[@MMaven]

Change your mode dial to P, Av, Tv, or M. Consider the Canon 7D Crash course too! thanks!

[@hxshanghai]

Thank you, you make it so easy to understand.

[@MMaven]

1st technique you describe for moving subjects.

[@INTERNATIONALCURTISG]

Great info

[@MMaven]

@ louisep1979 - are you in a creative or automatic mode? @ Kris- This is a DOF issue. I think you would both find my crash course on the 7D very helpful. Best wishes

[@datdudedeewill3941]

Thanks for this video just picked up a 7D today helped with quick settings in menu

[@MMaven]

We offer downloads on most of our videos, you can transfer it to your iphone/ipad through itunes. We will include a video that demonstrates how to do this with your order. Thanks!

[@jabezhane]

Helpful for a 6D user in 2021 that picked up a mint 7D for cheap for the extra crop reach and FPS at horse events. Having been used to just using the single centre point (that's really all you have on a 6D) for a few years it was odd working out having 19 points and several group/cluster options. Thanks

[@MMaven]

@hjsimpson3 That would be a Depth of Field problem more than a focusing problem.

[@danielaesmaili2391]

Thanks, very useful. Hope I could afford the crash course. Hope to see more from you

[@pureform]

great tutorial, learned a few very helpful new things here...thanks!

[@williamperry4496]

Hi Michael, Great video tutorial on Canon 7D. Could you also do a video Focus Squares Tutorial | Nikon D600 Training DVD Video tutorial?

[@MMaven]

You need to have deeper DOF. Aim at the first row for 2 rows, the 2nd for more than 2.

[@jefflappin3857]

Thanks Michael, just what I needed.

[@nayansheikh7121]

Thank you for change my life at 2022

[@ordinaryladka2057]

i found this video really very helpful....awsome teaching way......thnaks a lot Sir

[@heipuntnl]

Thanks for sharing, michael. grtzzz from the Netherlands.

[@maquinadeletras]

Thanks! I am really needing this lesson.

[@toyarj37]

I bought this dvd.... Worth every penny

[@jo_sang8129]

Thank you, your videos are great for beginners. i appreciate you taking time to only making these videos. c:

[@athtut1]

Excellent Tutorial. Really helpful tips that i do not know . thanks a lots athtut

[@cearyx1]

That was very helpful. Can't wait to get home to my camera and try out.

[@sebaguerra1]

thank you so much michael was very helpful!!!

[@monisune]

this was so helppful. thank you!

[@kidd0218]

Thanks for the help! It was really great. I was just wondering what lens do you have mounted on the 7D?

[@supermiaow]

Really appreciated this video; very insightful!

[@kfrankism]

Thanks for the video on the 7D. Which one works best for group shots?

[@DirtDigglerDetecting]

Just got me a Used 7D :) THANK YOU

[@MMaven]

Sometimes the area of focus falls outside of the area covered by the focus squares.

[@jackies35]

Great video. I am learning more about portrait/headshot photography. Would this help me?? IF so, please let me know!

[@RickJamesBish]

Sounds like you are in live view mode. In that case you press the Q button then use the M-Fn to switch between AF Area Modes, then while in the desired mode use the large and small wheels to select your individual focus point or focus cluster depending on which Area Mode you selected.

[@Halifaxgoldsam]

Thank you, I now mainly use manual setting however I had noticed that some settings had de selected

[@Radiofnub]

Very useful info for for beginners!

[@bwinn10]

great tips also you want to learn how to remember AF points and learn the AE/LOCK very important for exposer and recomposing. but MichealTheMentor probley has a vid on this already

[@keithrepton2937]

Used to have a Minolta 7 that you could set up eye controlled focusing that was good.

[@MMaven]

it has all 3

[@pinkmakeuplover1]

Great tutorial!

[@janarosem]

You are fantastic! This is what I have been looking for!! :D

[@divyagopalan]

i realised i have been using it all wrong up until now. thanks so much.

[@bhanuprasadmunigala9278]

Nice

[@saneshsathya197]

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[@slowersea]

hats off great tutorial

[@louisep1979]

@MichaelTheMentor Thanks so much for replying, I use in Manual mode or apt priorty mainly.... but worked it out I think I had problems with just selecting..??? unsure what I was doing!! I have had a good play with what you have taught, and its helped in lots of ways Love your easy to undersatnd way of explaining, keep it up :) also love the new videocomparing 7d and 5d mark2.... I think your bang on Cheers louise

[@ajvelazco9029]

Great video buddy

[@kuttymathew]

very usefull and simple tips..thanks

[@Aerodigitales]

Hello, thanks for posting. I just got this camera for aerial photography, if you can please tell me how to set it right so i can have the best of the camera. Thanks again!