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Stunning AF demo of the R8 by the Fro

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Zeee Forum Pro • Posts: 25,627
Re: Stunning AF demo of the R8 by the Fro

Zeee wrote:

RogerZoul wrote:

koenkooi wrote:

koenkooi wrote:

Zeee wrote:

In every video he posts he shows how he uses Expansion AF to focus in on the subject he wants and then flips back to Eye AF.

The R8 should allow eye-AF in all modes, so I think it's not really Jared flipping back, but the camera.

I think it's the 'whole area AF setting' in the manual: Whole Area Tracking Servo AF

Isn't that just subject tracking (via a menu option)? Subject tracking kicks in after AF Expansion is used to grab a subject. You can turn subject tracking off and nothing kicks in after AF Expansion locks on. The r7, r6M2, and I think the R3, also have these features (along with the R10 & R50). Fro shows that this works really well for people and sports. That expansion mode basically gives a large AF point for grabbing people at the range he typically uses for sports.

I’ll have to check that out. Where would that setting be?

Forgot to say. It doesn’t look like he uses it all of the time, only when he needs it. I guess what I’m doing is reverse engineering, for a better term. I do prefer the system to find the Eye first and then I step in in if it can’t.

I think I’ll contact him and ask what his set up is. I suspect that may be in the detail set which has more options than the R, R5 and R6,.

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