Using EOS R5 Joystick for AF
Re: Using EOS R5 Joystick for AF
MarshallG wrote:
CameraCarl wrote:
MarshallG wrote:
Zeee wrote:
A little off topic but since getting my R5 I've have no need for it anymore and neve. If eye focus won't focus in a subject I use the BBF to activate one of the non eye AF modes, physically move the camera so the AF point/s lands on the subject and release it. The eye snaps in.
It much faster for how I shoot. I even use that method if there are two or more subjects in the frame and it does not focus on the eye I want. I'd need to use the joystick is if I had the camera on a tripod but it's been a long time since I've done that.
Just thought I'd mention it.
Yes,, of course, but not every subject has eyes.
And I also found that even with eyes, sometimes the camera mis-focuses. For example when photographing prairie chickens the camera invariably focuses on the tail when an eye is clearly visible.
And it can take too long to switch between People and Animal eye tracking; I can assign that to a Menu but not to a button.
That's a cool feature added to the R6II. I have subject to detect assigned to my set button. I would like to be able to do that on my R7 as well. Setting that to the Q menu can be a bit quicker than relying on MyMenu. If that's the Q menu option you use most often, you can leave it on that, so that's what comes up every time you press the Q menu button. Then we're only talking two button presses in quick succession to switch between people and animals, for example. Also, the R6II has the new auto option for subject to detect, which seems to work pretty well, in my experience so far.
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