Shooting in Heavy Snow with the Canon EOS R1 Solution

[Canon Rumors]

In recent times, I have both recorded podcasts and blogged about the ongoing difficulties of photographing in heavy snowfall with mirrorless cameras. Mirrorless cameras (regardless of brand) have a tendency to move between the falling snow and the subject, with an inability to lock onto the subject without distraction. This can be incredibly frustrating as the focus […]

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[andi.stricker@iclo]

Thanks for the post – that’s helpful to me too. When it’s snowing, I always have the problem that some snowflakes are in focus, but the subject remains out of focus. The EOS R5II has this ‘special case’ too

 

[Zahnete]

My solution to this problem was to switch to the Sony A1 II.

 

[David - Sydney]

Might also work on the R5ii
Could assist with avoiding underwater particulate or scratches on dome etc

 

[AlanF]

My solution to this problem was to switch to the Sony A1 II.

7 posts in 2 years, each one complaining about Canon and your switching to Sony. Why do you bother to read a forum like this?

 

[neuroanatomist]

My solution to this problem was to switch to the Sony A1 II.

If you're going to troll, at least make your posts interesting, funny, or intelligent-sounding. Trolling is one thing, but a boring troll? That's just pathetic.

 

[GirlsAreBeautiful]

I thought it was funny But changing a setting seems easier than changing camera

 

[nonac]

I've used this setting for volleyball matches, never thought of trying it during snowfall. I was in Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and Rocky Mountain National Parks the entire month of February, shooting lots of wildlife through the snow. This info hit the forum a few weeks too late!

 

[kaihp]

I had a similar problem with shooting a helicopter throwing flares at sn evening show. The 1Dx would lock fine, but the R3 locked on the flares.
Time to look into the AF menu for the Special Case setting.

 

[gmon750]

I do a lot of underwater photography. This is an issue for me as well as there are a lot of particulates in the water which tends to grab the focus instead of the subject.

I have all the fancy AF turned off. Just a spot-focus, along with back-button focus and I can easily nail the subject each and every time. I basically have my camera (R5) configured to behave like my old dSLR.

The AF tech is amazing... when it works. I suppose AF will improve even more down the road so that it's smart enough to know what the subject is, but at the same time people will depend too much on this technology instead of learning alternate methods to capture the focus of the subject.