1D Mk III - Favorite settings for C.Fn I-14 ?

So I'm awaiting the arrival of my first camera without a [GREEN BOX] mode and I've been reading the instruction manual.

And I see that C.Fn I-14 allows me to reprogram the * button into something that might actually be useful, like a preset for shooting mode, metering mode, shutter speed, aperture or exposure comp.

So I'm pondering the possibilities here, and I want to hear your ideas. What do you use your * button for?

auto-focus

TaDa, I'm confused. Or maybe you are.

The 1D Mk III has a separate button for activating the AF system.

I know, it has an AF-on button, but my 5D doesn't, and going a button further to the left for me just felt unnatural, so thus, the * button became AF

Well you can switch the operation of the AF-ON button and the * button, so I have them switched around for my purposes for the reasons Peter mentioned but basically it's inconsequential.

So I use * for focus, but what I use the AF-ON button for is the awesome registered shooting mode, and I have that custom function in My Menu so I can quickly register new settings - what it does is it lets you register a bunch of settings, and pressing the AF-ON (or *) automatically switches to those settings, focuses, and lets me shoot. SO for example, if I'm out birding, I register 1/1000s, f/5.6, whatever ISO I need for the given light (M mode), and AI servo, so even if I'm shooting a stationary bird, I can hit AF-ON and go instantly into bird in flight mode if something flies by.

If I'm in studio, I just register default settings (f/11, shutter sync speed, ISO100 etc), so if I'm playing with DOF and the model hits a pose or expression I like, I can quickly switch to something that will give me max DOF and is set up for my lights already.

It's pretty great, congrats Curtis .

Thanks, Perry. Lots of good ideas.

TaDa wrote in post #7430089
auto-focus

I have allways used the *buton for AF on all my bodies, I don't like the dedicated AF buton on the mk3.