AF and Release Priority

Chimpy boy wrote:

Messier Object wrote:

With my Canon DSLRs and Olympus MILCs I can set the camera to not release the shutter unless it has an AF lock.

With the Canon DSLRs I can do that for 1-shot, and with AI Servo I can decide how I want it to operate for the first and separately for the second frame in a sequence.

With my Olympus cameras I can decide between AF and Release priority in S-AF and separately in C-AF modes.

When shooting BIF, and in particular when using a red-dot sight when I can’t see the viewfinder, I have AF priority enabled - the cameras won’t release the shutter unless it has an AF confirmation. This is very effective in limiting the number of out-of-focus and blank screens when shooting fast birds like swallows.

With the R7 I only get an AF Release Priority option for 1-shot. And I looked at the R5 Manual it it seems to be the same.

I’m curious to understand why Canon has dropped this feature for AF Servo

Peter

Peter, I would hazard a guess it's because the servo AF is so good on modern Canon cameras ? The AI servo not as good in my experience.

So why then do they offer the feature for 1-Shot in R-cameras ?
If they can see it's useful for 1-Shot why would it not also be useful for Servo ?

It's a feature I miss when shooting small fast moving birds in flight with my R7 using a red-dot reflex sight and a long telephoto lens. In many instances there's nothing but blank sky in the frame but the R7 (and presumably also the R6, R5, R3, R6II) keeps firing away focused on nothing

My 7DII, 5DIII, 5DIV and Olympus Mirrorless, having been set for Focus Priority, won't release the shutter unless they have focus on something.

Peter