R5 II Precapture

[Andy Smith]

I wondered if there is any info available regarding pre capture on the R5 II. Will it be possible to switch off the pre capture feature by moving it's actuation to another button. The alternate would be having to take 15 shots before every the shot you intended to take. As an example, if I go out taking birds, will it mean that every time I take a shot of a bird perched taking off, I will have 16 shots, great, if thats what you wanted. If the feature can be moved to another button it can be used as and when required. Simply turning the feature off and then switching on when needed will negate the advantage and as such is not really an option.

Appreciate any input.

 

[koenkooi]

The manual, https://cam.start.canon/en/C017/manual/html/index.html, has tables showing which function you can assign to the buttons. I haven’t looked, but I expect you can map the enable/disable toggle to m.fn.

 

[frankchn]

According to Jared Polin, it is currently not possible to tie this to a button. You have to go into the menu to enable or disable it.

The control customization page of the manual also doesn't list "Pre-Continuous Shooting" as a setting you can map to: https://cam.start.canon/en/C017/manual/html/UG-08_Customize_0030.html

Hope Canon will add this with a firmware update.

 

[neuroanatomist]

The manual, https://cam.start.canon/en/C017/manual/html/index.html, has tables showing which function you can assign to the buttons. I haven’t looked, but I expect you can map the enable/disable toggle to m.fn.

Probably the solution is to have a C# mode with pre-capture active and use the M.Fn (or another button) to quickly cycle through the modes.

 

[Nrbelex]

I have not identified a way to assign precapture to a button, but it can be added to the star menu.

 

[snapshot]

Probably the solution is to have a C# mode with pre-capture active and use the M.Fn (or another button) to quickly cycle through the modes.

this is the path i was going to try, since i want preshooting with servo-af and no preshooting in single shot.

 

[josephandrews222]

this is the path i was going to try, since i want preshooting with servo-af and no preshooting in single shot.

Assigning preshooting to a Custom Function, on the R5MkII, works...just fine....(in my hands)

No pre-shooting set up needed here:

R5II + adapted EF 100-400/1.4xIII (handheld); simple two-minute PPT jpeg edit (Picasa, Photoshop and Topaz)

 

[snapshot]

R5II + adapted EF 100-400/1.4xIII (handheld); simple two-minute PPT jpeg edit (Picasa, Photoshop and Topaz)

Very good result! What came straight out of camera?

 

[josephandrews222]

Very good result! What came straight out of camera?

Sure.

1. SOOC (but cropped)


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2. (1) above plus Photoshop CS3 shadow tweak


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3. (2) above plus Topaz Photo AI sharpen and denoise treatment


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4. (3) above cropped (this exact image is found two posts prior to this one)



Note that this is the tenth image acquired using this camera...the SOOC is a standard jpeg with Canon out of the box settings.

 

[Viggo]

Do you also activate precapture when using AF-ON, keeping the finger off the shutter button and take a shot by fully pressing the shutter button without any half press?

Canon can solve this. Disable precaprture if the shutter button isn’t pressed at least half a second and enabled when half press half a second. That way it’s active always, but you can very easily choose when you want to use it. It’s just like a long press option on AirPods.

 

[koenkooi]

Do you also activate precapture when using AF-ON, keeping the finger off the shutter button and take a shot by fully pressing the shutter button without any half press?

Canon can solve this. Disable precaprture if the shutter button isn’t pressed at least half a second and enabled when half press half a second. That way it’s active always, but you can very easily choose when you want to use it. It’s just like a long press option on AirPods.

If you use back-button focus, you can choose if you want to use it or not: either half press the shutter first or skip the half press and do a complete press.

If you focus using the shutter button (like I do), you either have to make peace with having extra pictures or go through the menus to toggle it all the time.

 

[Viggo]

If you use back-button focus, you can choose if you want to use it or not: either half press the shutter first or skip the half press and do a complete press.

If you focus using the shutter button (like I do), you either have to make peace with having extra pictures or go through the menus to toggle it all the time.

Absolutely, you need to start using BBF

 

[koenkooi]

Absolutely, you need to start using BBF

I did (and do) on DLSR, but for mirrorless I have spot-AF-no-tracking on AF-ON and AF-expansion-no-tracking on ‘*’.

The reasons I used BBF for, like subjects getting occluded are not as big a problem any more. And I can hand the camera to someone else to take a group picture without having to explain BBF

 

[neuroanatomist]

And I can hand the camera to someone else to take a group picture without having to explain BBF

That is the one useful thing about green square mode. The integrated grip bodies don’t have that, but people tend to freak out a little if you try to hand them one, anyway. I just have them use my phone.

 

[snapshot]

Sure.

1. SOOC (but cropped)

Wow, the shadow tweak is really cool. It is not just contrast enhance, it is cleaning up the basin on the left hand side of the moon. Is there a GIMP/DPP equivalent of this?

 

[P-visie]

I did (and do) on DLSR, but for mirrorless I have spot-AF-no-tracking on AF-ON and AF-expansion-no-tracking on ‘*’.

Question: How did you get these functions assigned to the AF-ON and * buttons?

The AF section of manual for Custom control buttons does not show these functions as available AF functions. See: https://cam.start.canon/en/C017/manual/html/UG-08_Customize_0030.html

 

[koenkooi]

Question: How did you get these functions assigned to the AF-ON and * buttons?

The AF section of manual for Custom control buttons does not show these functions as available AF functions. See: https://cam.start.canon/en/C017/manual/html/UG-08_Customize_0030.html

Select regular metering and AF start and then use ‘INFO’ to open the sub menu:

That also has a separate toggle for tracking.