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After 50 weddings with the R3's

Started 9 months ago | User reviews thread
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Re: AF setup; customization?

PNad wrote:

noggin2k1 wrote:

RLight wrote:

Any recommendations regarding AF setup? How do you have your R3 setup for weddings? What customizations do you recommend?

Tracking sensitivity: -2

Accel/devel tracking: -1

I basically don't want my camera to move between subjects (hence -2), and find this works really for confetti, first kiss, etc. Humans at weddings also aren't the most fast moving of subjects, hence -1 stops the AF being skittish.

I also have a face detect on/off button for one of the function buttons, when I'm trying to get detail shots etc, and don't want AF to pick up a face.

I do mostly the same, but I actually found a way to turn off subject recognition all together while holding a fonction button because the camera REALLY likes to jump to faces/subjects even when you are using a single spot that is isn’t even on the said face/subject. It’s both awesome and annoying but at least the instan turn off fixes that.
My only gripe with the R3 is starting/waling up with a well filled card, even a fast CF. The initialization can take a few seconds when theres a few thousands pictures and sometimes that really, really sucks. I’m curious of you have the same problem as well.

Otherwise this camera is the ultimate events/sports/weddings machine by a long shot. No way I want to end with thousands of 50mp files that will all end up on the web and maybe a 36x24.

Just a question and observations.

Jumping between faces I guess applies to any mirrorless camera with this feature, no? Or if we narrow it down to canon, doesn't the R5 say it behaves in the same manner?

"even when you are using a single spot that is isn’t even on the said face/subject."

So isn't there a mode where you have say a single focus point that focus normally even on people's face that only activates eye/face AF when you press another AF button programmed for that?

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