Slow viewfinder wakeup

[NickAndersonPhoto]

I have set up the double BBF, one for animal eye and the other for spot focus. If the subject is moving fast or is in long grass or similar I use the spot focus to get near the head and then switch to eye focus.

Not sure what you mean by BBF Brian? The C1/2/3 custom modes?

 

[NickAndersonPhoto]

Nick - not so much a setting as a mode. I am not sure how long this has been around, it certainly wasn't in my old EOS Rebel from 10 years ago, but I have found shooting in FV mode is the best of all worlds. You can set shutter speed, aperture value, and ISO speed manually or automatically (in any combination) and combine these settings with your choice of exposure compensation.

I took a look at that when I first got it TMac but couldn't see what it does that's different from what I do when I set Tv and Av values in Manual and then the ISO to Auto. Am I missing something?

 

[Brian McGovern]

Not sure what you mean by BBF Brian? The C1/2/3 custom modes?

Back Button Focus

 

[NickAndersonPhoto]

Ah... thanks. Not something I've ever got to grips with despite the many people who love it. It's a Marmite thing for me.

 

[Brian McGovern]

Ah... thanks. Not something I've ever got to grips with despite the many people who love it. It's a Marmite thing for me.

Yeh, it is certainly marmite and I love it once I got used to it. It mighty be worthwhile trying it for the R5/R6 because you then have the advantage of having two focus methods, which I find invaluable for action shots.

 

[Roger Hopkins]

My R5 is set to smooth as well TMac and, like you Brian, I use the shutter button to wake the camera. The viewfinders are a little different between the R6 and R5... I wonder if that makes a difference?

I have an EOS R, and it takes a second to display after having woken it up by pressing the shutter button.