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New to Canon R7

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ThrillaMozilla Veteran Member • Posts: 7,665
Re: New to Canon R7 -Continuous AF(?)

itsallBb2me wrote:

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.

Thanks for your reply, but I am still wondering where they renamed it. Not in my camera, menus (firmware 1.20) and not in the manual. Is there a manual update?

For example, in EOS M6 II U.S. English manual, search for Continuous AF.  In the R7 manual search for Preview AF.  The descriptions are the same except for the wording of one sentence.

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