Force IR AF light to work with something in hotshoe

[mihovilm]

Hi!

I use a lot of different flashes (TTL or no-TTL) but I find difficult to focus on close objects in dark (e.g. nightclubs) when I use a flash that doesn't have an AF-assist light/beam or when I have a trigger mounted on a hotshoe and the internal flash won't fire AF assist or the orange IR AF (the LED that's used for self-timer) will not turn on.



So, can you please make a feature for a T2i that will allow me to force the IR AF light to always work during focusing even though I have an external flash mounted?
Thanks.

[Audionut]

That's not an IR AF anything.  It's an little orange LED that provides visual feedback, that isn't strong enough for focus lock purposes.

Also, this has been requested previously.