Canon R5 & R6 Best Autofocus Settings And Menu Setup

Canon R5 & R6 best autofocus settings explained, taking you through a step by step AF menu guide showing you how to set this up quickly.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
0:47 Quick Menu AF Settings
2:37 AF Operation
3:04 Drive Mode
4:15 Main Menu Autofocus Settings

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[zachmadrigal]

Nice job!! Appreciate the details and explanation!

[normameyers]

Is there a way to customize one button to toggle between 1-pt and Face + Tracking ? First time customizing buttons and I can’t figure it out.

[cashino]

Great tutorial :-) I'm planning to get the R6 soon coming from a Canon6D so I think I'll be fine with the R6~

[williambarry]

This is a great tutorial, enjoyed the simplicity, nice a slow, highly recommended. Great job

[ADILSONMARQUES]

I have an R6 a short time and doing tests, photo and video, when it reaches 1" or less appears the message Busy, the memories are of good capacity, the ISO settings off, I did the test in 7D II and does not appear the message, it may be some wrong configuration.

[edruttledge]

I love these YouTubers who always say, "let's get into it" and then don't. You get the hit the subscribe push. Like you did. You had to say, "let's get into it" twice. Either get into it or don't. But, don't say something and then not do it.

[purnalalchakma]

Nice.
I cannot do half-press my shutter button. Is it related to the setting problem?

[TheFutura]

Nice guide Ben, indeed just the quick guide I was looking for. Just wondering, and this is probably a stupid question! with the active touch area being almost portrait (as its half the screen) how does it cover the full focus area?

[Solo_Ramirezz]

can i still use my stick to move the fucus square??? im lefty its hard for me to use the tuchscreen right, the stick was more easier.

[TaylorBayStudios]

I hope you enjoy the video guys! I have tried to keep this short and sweet, but if you have any questions, drop them below and I will be happy to help :)

[kathydenton]

I’m having trouble with my r6 tracking. I’m sure it’s me.... is there a distance limit for camera to track properly? I just want to be able to shoot kids running toward me....
would love and direction. Thank you!

[markwillride]

You skipped over the setting that's probably the most important to make Servo with Face/eye tracking work so much better. AF menu Tab #5, Initial AF servo point. When it's set to the default of AUTO, the *camera* chooses what to track and it's a real pain and too slow to use the joy stick to bump the target from eye to eye or face to face. Setting it to the top choice lets YOU choose the target. This is so much faster when there is more than one face in the frame. When I'm shooting a bride walking down the aisle with her father, it's too slow to use the joystick when there are so many faces the camera might lock onto.

To work this way, you need to be in Servo mode (not One Shot), Face detection (not single point, or any of the area focus methods). Now you should see a fairly small focus box. Aim your camera so that's on the target that YOU want to track and start focus. Many people get all excited about doing this on a back button but since you have to hold down a button to keep Servo working, there's no advantage to holding a separate back button down. So use your BBF if you want or half press of the shutter. As long as you hold that down, the camera will usually track whatever you started on and stick with it until you let off the button or the face/eye is no longer visible in the frame (it's blocked or outside of the frame). If you are in burst mode, the camera will continue to track that target from shot to shot. It's amazing when shooting basketball. There's no way you're going to bump the focus point around with the joystick method when players are moving all over the court. Now you don't have to. With the default method, you have no choice what the camera starts on. Now you do. Most of the time, I don't bother moving the focus point to the location I want the target to be in the frame. I usually leave it in the middle of the frame where it's easy to find, aim that at my target, start focus, compose the shot as I wish and then release the shutter.

The Auto setting would probably help a complete newbie take a portrait when everyone is sitting still. In any other situation it's a pain. Regarding portraits, there's no advantage to using One Shot for stationary people now. Servo will keep the subject in focus just as well sitting still as it will when they are moving. If you're on a 1.2 or 1.4 lens wide open and really close, you can be assured that the focus is still spot on the moment you press the shutter.

[robgerety]

If you use back button focusing servo gives you the same performance as one shot. In that case, you press the back button, acquire focus, and release the button. You have one shot functionality. Also, on most RF lenses the focus ring and the control ring are two different and separate rings.