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

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Alastair Norcross
Alastair Norcross Veteran Member • Posts: 9,874
Re: Is Canon R6 eye detect not that good, or am I missing something?

zzip wrote:

Alastair Norcross wrote:

zzip wrote:

Alastair Norcross wrote:

First, the RF 50 F1.8 is not very sof eye detect and servo.

servo on a static target is one thing, servo on a moving target with STM motor is a different thing - it may or may not be fast enough based on how target moves (in his use case)...

That's true. The servo on the 50 with the R is fast enough for most runners.

really as in close up as @ 1-3 meter - not at like 50 meters from ... I have R5 and RF50/1.8 btw, so I speak from my experience...

And I have the R and RF 50, so I also speak from my experience. I didn't get the impression from the posts that the subjects were moving particularly fast or erratically, but the OP can clarify.

plus OP was not using eye detect

The subject line of the post suggests otherwise.

read the post = "AF method: Face Detect"... so no eye AF was used then, just the face and wide open it is no the same

It was obvious from the follow-up that eye detect was on: "The eye AF still works with my settings, as it’s showing me it’s detected the eye, and it has done it successfully in photos, it’s just very hit or miss and inaccurate."

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