Canon R5 II R5 Mk II focus issue

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Bryan wilburn

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Overall I love the R5 Mk II, but sometimes I just want to kick the camera. I was driving down the padre Island Nat Seashore Sunday and spotted a rare visitor to the area, a Semipalmated Plover.

I framed the shot and waited for the "eye finder" to lock onto the birds eye, then I shot a dozen frames.
When I was processing the shots I just wanted to scream. You can see the "Focus Point" was clearly on the eye, but the actual focus point was several feet behind the bird in the surf.

This is not a rare happening but is actually a quite frequent error.

R5MKII Focus issue.jpg
 
I had a similar shot a couple of years ago with my R7. I was told the bright points of reflection in the water from the sun messes with the AF.
Don't know if that's right or not.
 

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