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Why isn’t AF picking up these birds?

Started 10 months ago | Questions thread
RicInNJ New Member • Posts: 15
Re: Why isn’t AF picking up these birds?

Texchappy wrote:

Got my R6 today and tried to get it set up. First with the 24-105l and this one with the RF100-400, the AF just isn’t finding these birds. What am I doing wrong?

It kept locking on the fence. Earlier when I was using the shorter lens, it kept locking on a lawn chair in the corner.

I think you are expecting more than the R6 (or R5) can deliver. Those birds are tiny in the frame, their eyes more so. And the fence has knots that to the camera's AI look more like eyes than the tiny bird eyes. In these situations I use the smallest spot focus point. After "telling" the camera where to focus, animal eye might stay on the birds-- or not. Anyway, that's my experience with the R5.

 RicInNJ's gear list:RicInNJ's gear list
Canon EOS R5 Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro Canon RF 24-70mm F2.8L IS USM +2 more
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