Touch screen focus and shoot

[RAH]

I have a simple question about the touch screen on the E-M5.3 (and probably all the other OMD models). You can toggle thru 3 options by pressing the square box towards the left of the screen. It cycles between focus & shoot; OFF; and focus but don't shoot. My question is - is there any way to get rid of the focus & shoot option? I NEVER want to use that, but I do like to be able to turn the touch screen on and off (when it's on, I use it to quickly pick a focus point, mainly).

There are some settings where you can choose on the OMD cameras what to not even see (for example, you can never see some Info button options; you can only see f-stop ISOs without the intermediates; etc). So I'd like to not ever see the touch screen option to focus and shoot. I'm guessing that there is no way, but thought I'd ask.

 

[comment23]

No. Not AFAIK.

 

[retiredfromlife]

Same as mentioned above looks like it is there to stay. I quiet like it but it can be a bit quirky at times

 

[Ross the fiddler]

You can turn off 'touch' in the Menu but not part of it.

 

[Bushboy]

I hear you man! I’m always accidentally activating the sodding thing. But it’s not a real problem, like some people got....

 

[RAH]

OK, thanks folks. I guess I'll survive with the occasional extra image I didn't mean to take. Oh well...