Lefty using AF * button

For a boatload of information and debate over C.Fn. 4, here's couple days' reading material.
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=46965

Curtis N wrote in post #2307885
For a boatload of information and debate over C.Fn. 4, here's couple days' reading material.
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=46965

Curtis, thanks for the link! Will look at when I get time. Gerry

You're understanding how they work correctly. Some people have subjects where locking the focus is more important than locking exposure. For instance, anyone shooting a race (motor, horse, or foot) may want to pre-focus on the turn, jump, or finish line and let the exposure float so when a subject reaches there they can shoot without worrying about exposure or recomposing for correct focus.

ggw2000 wrote in post #2307862
Jon, it appears to me that CF 4-0 would logically be a better choice as i see it. Correct me if i'm wrong on how it works. Let's say i'm outside on a sunnyday/blue sky. If I want to meter on the blue sky- I press and hold the * button and then recompose-focus with the shutter button on my subject and fire?
Looking in the manual on CF 4-1 it appears that this works just the opposite. Press shutter halfway to AE and then press * button to focus.

Is this a correct assumption on my part? Thanks, gerry

Many here believe CF 4-1 is the better choice. I now have control over focusing separate from my shutter release. Try it, I did for a week and have not gone back since.

Hey Jon, at the time I was in program mode which I don't normally shoot in. Normally TV or AV. Shouldn't it have worked in P mode.

Program P or Program Green Box? CFs should work in "P" mode, not in green box.

arthurgoh wrote in post #2305370
i'm left everything...don't think i'll ever get used to using my non master eye on the viewfinder. Stoopid right handed world

*shake left fist*

Actually, from what I've read about left-handed baseball players, the right eye is the dominant one for lefties; at least as it relates to batting.

Rick

That's actually pretty strange, left arm/right eye and vice versa. The lefties I have met were more of the left/left varieties. Doesn't right-brain dominance influence consistent left-ness for everything?

And I'm still trying to make the AF * approach work for me...