Hi all,
I've been getting used to my new M6 Mk II, which I intend to use (with the EVF) as a lightweight alternative to my 1D-x and 500mm f/4 + TC. I'm using it with a 100-400mm Mk II (with and without a 1.4x), as I've been missing the reach of a crop camera: I could have gone for the 90D - or just gone back to my 7D Mk II - but I fancied a real (lightweight) change.
So far I'm very pleased with its performance, and now that I've got the on-the-fly adjustments I usually make into my muscle memory (so I can change EC in Manual/Auto ISO; AF point position/method; and frame rate, without the menus) it's feeling like a properly viable alternative to my DSLR set-ups.
I'll be christening it next week shooting a Red deer rut in North Yorkshire, which I'm really looking forward to: I'm confident that the camera will more than cope with a proper wildlife shoot.
Now: according to the publicity and reviews, the 14fps High speed continuous shooting + Drive Mode maintains AF: the manual does nothing to contradict that impression.
But when the Drive Mode options are displayed on the camera, the 7fps High speed continuous shooting is tagged with the phrase "Tracking Priority", whereas High speed continuous shooting + is described as "Shoot. Speed Priority".
Which rather suggests that it isn't AFing between frames at 14fps.
I can't find a setting which would allow me to assign Tracking as a priority for that Drive Mode (I'm sure I found one initially, but I must have imagined it) and although testing at 14fps (cars coming towards/heading away from me) has been encouraging, I'm not quite convinced yet.
So my question:
has anyone got a definitive, experiential view of whether the 14fps Drive Mode is continuous AF?
Specifically: does "Shoot. Speed Priority" simply mean that it does AF, but that it will prioritise frame rate over accurate focus?
Grateful for any thoughts/experiences.
I've been getting used to my new M6 Mk II, which I intend to use (with the EVF) as a lightweight alternative to my 1D-x and 500mm f/4 + TC. I'm using it with a 100-400mm Mk II (with and without a 1.4x), as I've been missing the reach of a crop camera: I could have gone for the 90D - or just gone back to my 7D Mk II - but I fancied a real (lightweight) change.
So far I'm very pleased with its performance, and now that I've got the on-the-fly adjustments I usually make into my muscle memory (so I can change EC in Manual/Auto ISO; AF point position/method; and frame rate, without the menus) it's feeling like a properly viable alternative to my DSLR set-ups.
I'll be christening it next week shooting a Red deer rut in North Yorkshire, which I'm really looking forward to: I'm confident that the camera will more than cope with a proper wildlife shoot.
Now: according to the publicity and reviews, the 14fps High speed continuous shooting + Drive Mode maintains AF: the manual does nothing to contradict that impression.
But when the Drive Mode options are displayed on the camera, the 7fps High speed continuous shooting is tagged with the phrase "Tracking Priority", whereas High speed continuous shooting + is described as "Shoot. Speed Priority".
Which rather suggests that it isn't AFing between frames at 14fps.
I can't find a setting which would allow me to assign Tracking as a priority for that Drive Mode (I'm sure I found one initially, but I must have imagined it) and although testing at 14fps (cars coming towards/heading away from me) has been encouraging, I'm not quite convinced yet.
So my question:
has anyone got a definitive, experiential view of whether the 14fps Drive Mode is continuous AF?
Specifically: does "Shoot. Speed Priority" simply mean that it does AF, but that it will prioritise frame rate over accurate focus?
Grateful for any thoughts/experiences.
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