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Canon R6 Mark II - Continuous Focus for Selfies with Timer

Started 1 week ago | Questions thread
sobrien
sobrien Senior Member • Posts: 1,756
Agree

koenkooi wrote:

José B wrote:

xt3rminator wrote:

Hi,

I have a Canon R6 Mark II. The flip-screen is great and should allow me to take selfies with the 2 seconds timer using a Joby Gorillapod. One of the challenges though, is that once I press the shoot button, almost always I then have to recompose the frame, messing up with the focus. Is there a way to set the focus to continuously track the eye during the 2 seconds timer?

I usually do selfies with aperture f1.8, and the slightest changes in focus ruins the photo.

Thanks,
Fabio

Have you tried CameraConnect and trigger the shutter via your smartphone? That way you don't have to use a 2 second timer.

While that does work, I now have a lot of family photos where I'm awkwardly trying to hide the hand that holds the phone

Lol!

It does work well though, even down to the way you can hold continuous focus and just slide your finger to capture.

It’s been a shortcoming that I’ve experienced since my 70D. Bit surprised that they haven’t sorted it over all those years.

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