Canon R5 — Autofocus Settings — Face Tracking with Eye Detect
Canon R5 auto focus method is on face tracking and Eye Detection enabledCanon R5 auto focus method is on Face Tracking for animals.Wild turkey in a grassy field in the Texas Hill Country. With my Canon 1DX, I would have used one focus point and moved it to the turkey’s face. With the Canon R5, I simply switch to Animal Face and Eye Detection and the camera locks on to the turkey’s eye.
Watch how the eye of the turkey stays in focus as it moves its head.
The eye stays in focus.
The eye stays in focus.
This green tree frog was deep in the reeds. I switched to Animal Face and Eye Detect and the camera locked on immediately.
Black-crested titmouse are twitchy birds. They don’t stay still. Watch how the eye focus stays with the bird.
Eye focus moves to the top of the frame.
Eye focus stays with the bird
Ruby-crowned kinglet is a hyper-active little bird. It was deep in the brush, so I moved to Animal Face and Eye Detection then the Canon R5 found the bird.
Lesser scaup with the eye detection on the male on the right.
This is what we see through the viewfinder as the focus method is changed.
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