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Originally Posted by
btaylor
You can still use the outer focus points at wide apertures on the 5D2. It's just that the cross type focus sensors are only active at f/2.8 and wider, but the outer focus points aren't cross type anyway.
If I'm shooting at 85mm and f/1.4 on my 5D2 for example, I just use the focus point closest to the area I want the subject in and adjust from there, rather than using a centre focus point and recomposing. Gets me pretty close.