Hi, wonder if anyone can help .
the servo tracking isn’t as direct / quick as I am used to working on 5d 4 .
basically I am used to working in single shot small point mode , then press a programmed button to engage servo tracking on that point.
then I recompose or pan the moving subject/ person for the desired shot/ framing .
what I find in the R5 is single point with servo does not track on the frame. Just the distance on that point .
and in servo tracking (face detection) case 1 , it can be a bit jumpy and take few seconds to lock on , if model is not fully front face on .
which is often the case.
I’m a professional lifestyle. Fashion and portrait photographer , so I need to be seamless between single shot and a cf button to engage servo.
ive set up AF-on button to switch between single shot and servo. That works well .
And m-Fn to switch face tracking on off.
and focus point select button with top dial to switch between focus point area mode and tracking mode.
why can’t I just engage servo on single point mode and that point will track ?
that would be the simplest , as I used my 5d 4 .
the face tracking is good , but not as good as the reviews are saying/ showing . Of eyes are not looking to camera , a lot of the time I don’t have models actually looking to camera.
I’ve often got to wave camera around till it gets a basic area to track , then it will refine itself and find and eye .
and if there are 3 or 4 people in the shot -it will lock to the most front facing face , which isn’t always what I need.
as I said I shoot a lot of natural lifestyle and fashion , and Models are often looking of to the distance or at each other .. not the camera.
often I have to jump between same shot but switch focus to product in their hand , then back to face really quickly to get 2 options of the same pose.
but for more static portraits the eye detect works fairly well .
it seems over complicated to me .
I think it should just have , single point , that can be superseded by servo tracking on that point. (By custom button)
And that can then be switched to eye detect at any time . With custom button.
- but single point won’t override to eye detect with my custom button .
any ideas folks?
the servo tracking isn’t as direct / quick as I am used to working on 5d 4 .
basically I am used to working in single shot small point mode , then press a programmed button to engage servo tracking on that point.
then I recompose or pan the moving subject/ person for the desired shot/ framing .
what I find in the R5 is single point with servo does not track on the frame. Just the distance on that point .
and in servo tracking (face detection) case 1 , it can be a bit jumpy and take few seconds to lock on , if model is not fully front face on .
which is often the case.
I’m a professional lifestyle. Fashion and portrait photographer , so I need to be seamless between single shot and a cf button to engage servo.
ive set up AF-on button to switch between single shot and servo. That works well .
And m-Fn to switch face tracking on off.
and focus point select button with top dial to switch between focus point area mode and tracking mode.
why can’t I just engage servo on single point mode and that point will track ?
that would be the simplest , as I used my 5d 4 .
the face tracking is good , but not as good as the reviews are saying/ showing . Of eyes are not looking to camera , a lot of the time I don’t have models actually looking to camera.
I’ve often got to wave camera around till it gets a basic area to track , then it will refine itself and find and eye .
and if there are 3 or 4 people in the shot -it will lock to the most front facing face , which isn’t always what I need.
as I said I shoot a lot of natural lifestyle and fashion , and Models are often looking of to the distance or at each other .. not the camera.
often I have to jump between same shot but switch focus to product in their hand , then back to face really quickly to get 2 options of the same pose.
but for more static portraits the eye detect works fairly well .
it seems over complicated to me .
I think it should just have , single point , that can be superseded by servo tracking on that point. (By custom button)
And that can then be switched to eye detect at any time . With custom button.
- but single point won’t override to eye detect with my custom button .
any ideas folks?