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Is Canon R6 eye detect not that good, or am I missing something?

Started 11 months ago | Discussions thread
Canon_Guy
Canon_Guy Senior Member • Posts: 1,486
Re: Is Canon R6 eye detect not that good, or am I missing something?

Well from my experience, when a subject moves steadily in one direction (e.g. approaching car), the 50/1.8 catches up quite well.

Once the movement is more erratic, in all directions (playing dogs), the hit rate of 50/1.8 is noticeably lower than with faster focusing lens (70-200/2.8 II).

It is not about the speed of focus motor movement only but also about the speed of its reactions, the minimum step of single movement and their combination.

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