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New to Canon R7

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Re: New to Canon R7 -Continuous AF(?)

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

itsallBb2me wrote:

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

MarshallG wrote:

The summary of what you want to do is set the camera to shoot RAW or cRAW images at a high frame rate with continuous autofocus. Canon calls continuous AF “Servo AF.” They just recently introduced a feature called “Continuous AF” and you do NOT want that; it’s for video and it will kill your battery.

?? If you select Continuous AF, the camera is always focusing whenever it's on. As far as I know, it doesn't have anything specifically to do with video. Apparently no one knows any use for it, and yes, it is a battery killer.

I am not seeing “Continuous AF” in the menus of my R7 or in the manual. Did I miss an upgrade? Are you referring to Preview AF?

Yes, that's it. They renamed it. I still don't know what it's for, even with the new name.

I know a portrait shooter who uses it. She says it just speeds up her workflow. It was horrible for my type of shooting.

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