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Zoo frustration with R7

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DanInSoCal Senior Member • Posts: 1,158
Zoo frustration with R7
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I went to a local zoo and hit the same problem over and over. I was using Servo focus with eye detect and animal detect on. R7 with Zone 1 focus in the center quarter of the frame, 100-500 lens.

For the most part the focus was wonderful, and accurate, except in one common and crucial use case -- when there was any sort of cage or mesh. In which case, the camera inevitably and persistently focused on the mesh. It was not in "mesh" mode, it was in "animal" mode.

The only way I could get the camera to behave was to use manual focus to "almost get there" and then it actually grabbed the animal for a few frames; and then quickly went back to the mesh.

Any hints on this?

Thanks,
Dan

Canon EOS R7
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