5D3 - focus rectangle

[Jesse]

How do you remove the focus rectangle in video mode? It's always there, even when I'm recording.

 

[Jesse]

No one knows!

 

[Axilrod]

Mine goes away as soon as you hit record and I don't ever recall changing a setting for that to happen. Did you try hitting INFO a few times? That changes what's on the screen and might change that.

 

[Jesse]

Yeah, it still shows no matter what

 

[Jesse]

anyone?

 

[Waterdonkey]

Same boat. Strange thing is that for a while mine would disappear intermittently too but now it stays. I think its some combo of info settings before you press rec-but I can't figure out what.

Here's to hoping Canon includes this in the April firmware update.

 

[TommyLee]

I seldom use these features..
but if I set...... FaceRec...... in live view...
the rectangle appears with a 1/2 press then goes away with removal of 1/2 press...

I got there from Aperture mode...if that matters...

just played with it....

hope this helps...I want to understand all these features

 

[Axilrod]

Turn off the AF on your lens, that's the only thing that I noticed had an effect on it. I used my Zeiss lens to test earlier and it didn't show up, then I threw on the 14L and the box, hit record and it was on the screen and wouldn't go away. Turned the AF off and it went away as soon as I hit record.

 

[risc32]

what tommylee said. go into the "shooting" area of the menu(red borders) 4th page , second thing down, AF mode. change it to the smiley face.

this must be what i activated one day while fooling around with video stuff. I swear this thing was recognizing faces and setting either exp or focus. what i don't understand is how it was doing that. i thought only the 1dx could do that stuff. i swear i wasn't imagining it.....

 

[Axilrod]

what tommylee said. go into the "shooting" area of the menu(red borders) 4th page , second thing down, AF mode. change it to the smiley face.

this must be what i activated one day while fooling around with video stuff. I swear this thing was recognizing faces and setting either exp or focus. what i don't understand is how it was doing that. i thought only the 1dx could do that stuff. i swear i wasn't imagining it.....

I dont think he's talking about face detection though, just the rectangle that you can move around to designate what portion of the screen is magnified.

 

[BrandonKing96]

Turn off the AF on your lens, that's the only thing that I noticed had an effect on it. I used my Zeiss lens to test earlier and it didn't show up, then I threw on the 14L and the box, hit record and it was on the screen and wouldn't go away. Turned the AF off and it went away as soon as I hit record.

+1

 

[Jesse]

Thanks guys, both things worked.