Next generation focus
Oct 13, 2020
4 minutes
Ask Brian! Confused with your Canon DSLR? Email EOSSOS@futurenet.com
The word game-changer is used too flippantly, but the autofocus system in EOS R5 and EOS R6 really has changed the way I focus and shoot. Firstly, face detection with eye-AF just works if you shoot portraits and most wildlife subjects. If you previously used back button AF, then you might find it’s no longer necessary, I have.
For portraits, especially of a single subject it’s all but impossible to confuse the AF, I’ve switched to using Servo AF with face and eye tracking, for all my portraits. Even with grasses, branches and leaves partly obscuring the face eye AF locks on
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