Fixing the D30's Focus Problems

As good as it is the Canon EOS-D30 and D60 have a serious flaw. Their ability to focus in low light is quite poor. As D30 and D60 owners will have noticed thereisa white focus assist light built into the camera that illuminates when there is difficulty autofocusing. Frankly, this light hardly provides any benefit (if it even does so at all) and is an annoyance rather than an asset. The infrared autofocus assist lights as used on previous Canon cameras, such as the A2E, did a much better job. The white light is also an attention-getter and distraction to subjects, both animals and people, and consequently many users have disabled it by using Custom Function 5 .

Since the the D30 andD60reached the market there has been much discussion about how to fix the problem. One solution is to select and use only the central focus point. This is the most sensitive of the three points and it's a significant improvement to simply use the central point to ...