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R5 settings for wildlife
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Bestpix Photography
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There are a multitude on YouTube, perhaps type R5 settings in to the search bar
CameraCarl
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You can check out Jan Wegener and Pangolin Wildlife Photography. I think they provide good clear assistance.
The R5's Eye focus is excellent but is still AI and sometimes it needs help. If Face/Eye AF does not find your subject than you can force you camera to focus on the subject first and then switch back to Face/Eye AF. This is the key to the R bodies. Most use a combination of AF-On and the star * button. You can also use this method to switch back and forth between two subjects in the frame. The link at then shows this.
At minute 11:18 - I set mine to Auto. The shutter just like the AF-on is set to Face/Eye so when I tap the shutter to wake the cam up the white the white pre-focus square is already looking for an eye before I do anything.
Some of the videos you find will recommend to use Spot focus to pre-focus. It doesn't matter to me what anyone does but I'm still waiting to be convinced why I should limit myself to that. You may want to read this. I like to take advantage using more AF points for that purpose. I'll use Single point or Spot AF when there are obstacles like tree branches in the way and I need a smaller AF area to hone in on a subject.
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66044126
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FP
At minute 11:18 - I set mine to Auto. The shutter just like the AF-on is set to Face/Eye so when I tap the shutter to wake the cam up the white the white pre-focus square is already looking for an eye before I do anything.
Some of the videos you find will recommend to use Spot focus to pre-focus. It doesn't matter to me what anyone does but I'm still waiting to be convinced why I should limit myself to that. You may want to read this. I like to take advantage using more AF points for that purpose. I'll use Single point or Spot AF when there are obstacles like tree branches in the way and I need a smaller AF area to hone in on a subject.
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66044126
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FP
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These two are superb, just search on YouTube.
Karl_Guttag
Senior Member
In particular this video from Jan Wegener is great for setting up the R5:
CameraCarl
Veteran Member
That is the video I was thinking of. Thank you for posting the link.
Tazz93
Senior Member
I would ask what you like to shoot, mammals, birds or a 50/50 mixture? I would also ask how do you prefer to shoot, single point, all points, big zones or small zones? Once we know what your comfortable with, we can point you in the right direction. Some of these people do what works the best for them, but if your shooting style is different it may not work well for you.
I'm going to try something different. During my 7D years I aways just used the shutter for burst shooting. I never had an issue holding the shutter half pressed between bursts. Feels natural. Lucky I guess. With all the conversations about BBF I decided to go with that using my 7D2 and 5D4. I was not an easy transition after so many years using the shutter.
The R5 (6 and 3) are different animals. Face/Eye detect changes everything. When you have it activated you just need to tap the shutter and the white pre-focus square is already looking for faces and eyes. I caught myself using the shutter several times while burst shooting. Even if you lift your finger off the shutter the white pre-focus square is doing it's thing so it keeps tracking.
Starting today I'm going old school and back to the shutter. I'm programming the AF-On for Zone AF and the * for Single Point AF. Those two BBF will be the pre-focus options when the system can't initially hone in on a subject. The AF Point selection button is for Eye enabledisable.
I have C1-3 set up for Animals, Vehicles and People. The focusing options will be consistent for all three but I'm on animals 90% of the time anyway.
We will see how that goes.
The R5 (6 and 3) are different animals. Face/Eye detect changes everything. When you have it activated you just need to tap the shutter and the white pre-focus square is already looking for faces and eyes. I caught myself using the shutter several times while burst shooting. Even if you lift your finger off the shutter the white pre-focus square is doing it's thing so it keeps tracking.
Starting today I'm going old school and back to the shutter. I'm programming the AF-On for Zone AF and the * for Single Point AF. Those two BBF will be the pre-focus options when the system can't initially hone in on a subject. The AF Point selection button is for Eye enabledisable.
I have C1-3 set up for Animals, Vehicles and People. The focusing options will be consistent for all three but I'm on animals 90% of the time anyway.
We will see how that goes.
Chris Wolfgram
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Thank you. Another great one that I follow....
Chris Wolfgram
Veteran Member
Hey Zeee, your post is interesting. I also, have used the half press shutter for all my years "until" I got the R5... and it has not been a super easy switch. I'm curious how going back to the shutter focus works out for you. Please post your experiences with this ...
Today I went out with those settings. I really liked it. No messing around between the shutter and BBF. Because I was already on Face/Eye pressing anything actived the white pre-focus square. Even if you accidentally lift your finger off the shutter the white pre-focus square takes over until it's back on again.
It worked great in both AF-On set to Zone AF and the * set to Single Point AF. If the cam could not find the subject then one of those did and when I lifted my thumb off a BBF the white pre-focus square took over until I got back on the shutter button. I only needed to use BBF a few times and half of that was just to test things out.
I think I'm going to be going with that for a while unless I find something negative about it. I was enjoying it so much I decided to try out E Shutter today. I'll see how the wings look with rolling shutter. I have not culled or imported files yet. It's happy hour and `I'm on vacation. There are a few cold Super Bock's waiting for me :-D
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