It pay to know what camera features can do and try them out and see which ones fit your style of shooting best. Knowing how they work would be the key for using them. Good way you tackled that question David

That was a great question! I thought I had a good grip on the AF modes, turned out not as good as I thought. Thank you, David. You've cleared up some issues for me as well.

I shoot with a 6D Mark II and my buddy uses a 5D Mark IV and the focus system was so different on his when I used it. It was interesting to see those differences even within the same brand on different levels of cameras. Another great explanation video David.

Thanks brother! Awesome explanation.

Excellent Info, Thank You very much.

So helpful

The expanded area af points are there as a backup in case the main center square can't grab focus. A little outer square IS where the camera will focus and NOT the central square, but only if it just can't grab focus on the large central square.

@steven871

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. You and David seem to differ on this point. Haha. How can we know for sure?

I'm a Nikon Shooter and so I'm not so familiar with the Canon R5 but I hope she is in P, Tv, Av or M mode. In a fully automatic mode the camera doesn't keep the autofocus adjustments and switch back every time when she turns off and on the camera.

This is great. Would you change any of this advice shooting team sports such as soccer, volleyball, lacrosse? And using BB AF, should we continue to press the back button for focus while also pressing shutter button?thank you!

Very informative Thanks How Nikon or Sony are handling the two AF button system of Canon. How do you switch from Eye AF to other AF mode in Sony and Nikon. Kindly do inform of any link. Regards

Let me also add that if your camera has the ability to calibrate the autofocus to a specific lens that you be sure to go through the process and calibrate the camera's AF to the lens. This made a huge difference on my Nikon D7000 and I am about to calibrate my len's to my Nikon D850.

i am glad i have a 5d3 focus is easy

Interesting video, on my 5D4 I prefer spot focus for small birds, doesn’t R5 have this option ? or perhaps it doesn’t need this option.

I have the R10.Can I use the star button for eye detect? Thank you Mr.Bergman.

It may be a good idea to ask what lens she is using also. Better lenses render sharper images especially on a high mp camera such as an r5.

Love these videos David!!!!!!!!!! #1Dx3 ;)

Back button AF video PLEASE!!!!!

Doesn't matter what settings you use. If face focus is active, it will try to find a face wherever it wants. That's the most common reason for the "wild" af 😊 make sure face focus is off, and you will have 100% control over the focus 😊

@MusaonYT

2 жыл бұрын

Whether you have eye detection on or off, the camera focuses the same way on still subjects if no face or eye is in the frame.

@bamsemh1

2 жыл бұрын

@@MusaonYT as I already said. Face focus off. Problem solved 😊 eye focus requires face focus too. 2 different focuses though. And both needs to be turned off.

@getdavo1

2 жыл бұрын

THIS is the problem the person was having. I don't think David gave the correct solution.

A question, David: If you place two, three, or four (speed)lights in a reflective umbrella (I saw a few people do it), does it cause multiple shadows; does it cause multiple hotspots (if it is a shoot through-umbrella); or does it cause other unpleasing problem/s? What are the pros and cons of placing more than one light source and reflect it from a regular or parabolic umbrella-in addition to gaining power output? ❓❓❓ Thank you.

So which case do you use with Ex AF?

Do you ever use 3D tracking focus? If you have 7 people for example instead of 1 person as the subject is it better to use a larger area of focus for more people and a smaller area of focus for 1 or 2 people?

I use a Nikon Mirrorless and mostly use eye AF for both people and dogs which works best, there is no need to use any zones really. I feel this video was geared towards DSLR users and should even have been marketed like this. “This is where this is headed” sounds like a comment from the past because let’s face it, DSLR’s are dead.

Question, if you grab focus with spot AR and hold down the AF button why are the examples in this video not tracking the subject?

Curious what you use for sports, specifically baseball and basketball?

@DavidBergmanPhoto

2 жыл бұрын

I use that expanded AF area for everything - including sports.

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Does the 4 pt or 8 pt focus keep the middle point as the focus point or does the camera use on of the outer points as the focus point?

@DavidBergmanPhoto

2 жыл бұрын

Middle one is the focus point. The outside points just act like "hooks" to not let the AF system zip to the background too quickly if you're off a little.

It would be nice if canon added eye af to the different focus modes like sony does.

@DavidBergmanPhoto

2 жыл бұрын

It’s in the newer mirrorless cameras.

What if you’re using the live screen shoot what do you do

@DavidBergmanPhoto

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly the same.

How do you focus when you are taking shots of multiple people i.e. a family portrait. Do you use a single point focus at that point?

@DavidBergmanPhoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yes because I still want to choose where I want it to focus if they're not all on the same plane.

@ApertureViews

2 жыл бұрын

Got it. I’ll just increase my depth of field

Why does the camera viewfinder examples show a box with 4 points around it, when you showed the box with 8 boxes around it as being your favorite?

It sounded like this presentation was a setup for back-button focus. Once your subject is focused leave it alone. Now do you suppose there is a way to activate the shutter without having to worry about the half-press refocus getting in the way?

@DavidBergmanPhoto

2 жыл бұрын

Back button focus eliminates the half-button press.

@alanwood5590

2 жыл бұрын

And, when you are setting up bbf in the custom buttons menu you deactivate focus initiation from the shutter button.

Tried it, does not work well for me. Some of us only have one hand. And only a left hand at that. Waited for yrs for them to come out with a few shutter release buttons to be on the left side. Lol So now i hold the camera from underneath & reach around for the shutter button. So back button focus is out the question for me Mr Adorama. IJS

It's funny, I think mirrorless AF technology is kind of rendering BBAF less useful than it was on DSLR's. It's a tossup for me now. Different topic though, like you said 🙂 AF buttons - on the Nikon Z's, we can jump to Subject Tracking from Auto Area or Eye AF modes with a single click, very fast. But we still need the option to choose any other AF mode with that single click as well, like Canon (and Sony?). Right now it's limited to Subject Tracking only.

@swistedfilms

2 жыл бұрын

I've used BBAF ever since I found out about it and I love it! But I also don't have Eye AF on any of my cameras (the 90D notwithstanding; it only works in live view) but I hadn't even considered if I would still need it once I got, say, the R5, especially since I'm usually doing portrait work. I guess I'll find out when I finally get one with Eye AF in the viewfinder. Still, I want the ability to focus and recompose.

And do you leave the camera on back- button focus when you hand it to someone else to use? I doubt it! I prefer to use the AF start on the shutter button, EXCEPT when I press the AF button, so that I can turn off the autofocus when it's where i want it to stay. That way my wife & I can use each others when needed, and she doesn't even have to know about the AF button!

@senthilswaminathan4712

Жыл бұрын

Custom modes..C1, C2, C3 exist just for that.

Great info, but you didn't answer the question. I use animal eye. That uses a single spot and the problem is the same

It's actually sad that somebody who owns such an expensive camera like the R5 has to ask such a beginners' question. Even on my old Rebel (2008) I knew how to move the focus points.