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Wildlife Trip: M6 II + EF 100-400L vs R5/R6/R7 + RF 100-400/RF 100-500L?

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Re: Wildlife Trip: M6 II + EF 100-400L vs R5/R6/R7 + RF 100-400/RF 100-500L?
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Alexis wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

My #1 rule is to use Spot Autofocus exclusively. It’ll net you the highest number of keepers. I’d also advise shooting RAW (and processing later with DxO Photolab 5).

Hi R2 - not for the first time I read with interest about your #1 rule to use "Spot AF" but as my M50 did not feature that mode I didn't really pay much attention. As my M50 Mkii does have "Spot AF" I was wondering if you can tell me under what circumstances Spot AF is preferred/more effective. With the eye AF being much improved on the M50 Mk2 (vs the M50) I tend to default to that especially when it comes to people, weddings etc but as you know, my other passion is sports photography (esp. water sports) and wondered whether the "Spot AF" is the best mode for those situations?

hi Alexis,

outside -- deep dof, high ss as R2 said

for sports I use spot, BBF and a sports 70-200 lens since I get a low hit rate in sports with my 55-250 stm lens

best wishes

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