Canon 1d Mark III - focusing options

Just picked up a Canon 1D Mark III and I have a few questions about the AF system.

1. What # do you use for Selectable AF Point (C.FN III)?
0: 19 points
1: Inner 9 points
etc

2. Any other suggestions for setting up a 1D Mark III for soccer and other field sports.

Thanks

P.S. This camera is a big jump from the 7D.

http://m.youtube.com/w​atch?v=KGYNidLEk3I

http://cpn.canon-europe.com …o_AF_Custom_Fun​ctions.pdf
and also
http://www.google.com …fheDtB2PiosDbnZ​kw&cad=rja

I used all 19 points. If you select any of the others you are restricted to only using either the outside points or inside. That could well help in certain situations and it's preferential to your needs, however, all 19 need to be selectable for me due to my sporadic nature of what I shoot

Besides, 19 out of 45 aren't too many anyway. The 1DX allows you to select any one out of 61, at the extreme.

gto1970 wrote in post #16854259
http://m.youtube.com/w​atch?v=KGYNidLEk3I

Thanks for the link. This guy is the best.

Glad to have helped out. Let us know how you make out.

I watched that video but I was hoping that is be able to see which AF point was actually being used to focus. How do you know who is "in focus" during a football game as the snap of the ball? The majority of the the time it's the guy in the center of the image but not always. Any help is appreciated

Paulstw wrote in post #16854703
I used all 19 points. If you select any of the others you are restricted to only using either the outside points or inside. ...

+1

Maxdave

Gary Wiant wrote in post #16943121
How do you know who is "in focus" during a football game as the snap of the ball?

Is that even possible? It wasn't in the 40D, which was introduced at about the same time. It could track with all points, but you never knew which was active.
But the LCD overlay, introduced in the 7D, in the viewfinder allows a very intuitive display of where tracking is active. It also works in the 5D Mark III and the 1DX, for example.

Well I know with the 50D I had it set to use the center AF point it lit up initially then once the play started and I kept the back AF button pushed you couldn't tell but initially it was lit. Now let me say that I very possibly did not have the 50D set up correctly.

Yes, I was referring to the tracking. The 7D can show which points are currently tracking, not only where it started. But I think only models with the transmissive LCD can do that.