Re: M6II: Tips to focus correctly
R2D2 wrote:
Badlagar wrote:
R2D2 wrote:
Badlagar wrote:
MyM6II wrote:
Badlagar wrote:
R2D2 wrote:
Badlagar wrote:
Hello,
I was this days playing a lot with the M6II and while some of my photos were perfectly focused with the 22mm, some of them were not so good.
I am not sure what is the best mode to set the autofocus and how to do it properly.
Do you know any guide/video/tutorial about how to correctly setup the focus and how to properly take photos with this camera? If not, could you give me some tips?
Spot AF with Servo delivers for everything. Nearly a 100% keeper rate!
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64108171
R2
Thank you for the answers! I was testing and I do not know if something is misconfigured or there is some step that I am not doing.
I set Spot AF and Servo AF. Then focus point is now in the center of the screen (I use the EVF to take photos), I point in the center to the place I want to focus and then reframe the photo but the focus point is in the center so I lose the focus.
Is there anything that I am not doing correctly?
If you are using the (old?) reframing technique, you should not use Servo AF. Use One Shot instead. (And turn off continuous focus in the menu.)
When you are using Servo AF you should always keep the focus point over the subject that you want to have in focus.
Yes I use the "old" but being sincere, I do not know the new
How is the new technique using the Servo?
Remove focus from the shutter button completely! Use the AF-On (back button) to focus. The camera will focus whenever you have the button pressed, and will stop focusing when you let up. Easy peasy.
If you're a left-hemisphere person, you can instead configure the AF-On button to "Stop Focus" instead. ...or was that right-hemisphere?
R2
ps. Keep in mind that the AF will not focus on horizontal lines. If you come across this, just rotate the camera about 30 degrees and then lock focus (remove thumb from the AF-On button).
I have to test this, really makes sense.
Having that kind of AF flexibility at the touch of a button is really nice, and matches up perfectly with how I like to shoot. I keep the camera in Servo AF mode 100% of the time.
Other folks really love using the shutter button for focusing, but you do need to find a way to lock focus if you’re using Servo (and recomposing).
I like to have servo enabled 100% of the time. With the above method, you can stop the AF at any time to lock the focus, and thus not need One Shot AF at all.
R2
For those of us without the AF lock button (or using the shutter button for focusing), how would we lock focus with Servo AF mode? Would we have to switch to One Shot AF?
Apologies if this is a dumb question.