My selective focus dosent seem to work...

Prezwoodz

I am using the Canon 20d and I cant move the little thumb knob to change where the lens has its focus. I think it happened when I fell on the mountain but I am not sure. Is there something that I should do in this case? I have popped the battery and tried resetting the settings.

ian408

You're talking about the dial not turning? If that's the case, you will need to
send it along to Canon.

Prezwoodz

Sorry I can't quite find out how to explain this. button above the turn dial that you can press in all directions and decides where the focal point is.

ian408

Prezwoodz wrote:

Sorry I can't quite find out how to explain this. button above the turn dial that you can press in all directions and decides where the focal point is.

I don't have one of your camera so I'll do my best.

If you look at the camera back, you'll see a large thumbwheel with a button
in the center. In the upper right, two buttons. One with a star and one that
looks a bit like a square with arrows in it. Near the shutter release is another
dial.

Press the button with the square above it. Then rotate the wheel in front of
the shutter. Or you can use the joy stick above the thumbwheel on the back
of the camera. Gotta press the little square icon button first though.

Richard

Prezwoodz wrote:

Sorry I can't quite find out how to explain this. button above the turn dial that you can press in all directions and decides where the focal point is.

I know what you're talking about. There is a special function (Fn 13) that will let you move focus point selection to the big dial. But you will lose some flexibility, as it will then require an extra step to adjust exposure compensation. Also, the same little button lets you scroll around when reviewing enlarged shots, so if it is broken you lose that function as well. Have you checked to see whether scrolling is broken as well?

Regards,