You're right. It keeps focusing even when you're camera is not pointed at anything important and it does drain the battery. I'll update that in the description. I keep it on because I shoot video. Without that feature on you never know what the camera is looking at because the LCD/EVF is always defocused. Thank you for your comment.

I totally agree. I just posed it

@@vaskoobscura_ Haven't had problems shooting video with Continues AF Disabled? Is that more for fast moving objects like birds in flight?

It's more for self shooting like KZfaq content or shooting selfies for thumbnails. When I get in front of the camera I can't see my composition because the lens is not focused.

It’s good for video shoot ya?

Glad it was helpful! Appreciate the comment.

Thanks. Glad you liked the content. Welcome to the channel.

I just double checked and I don't see that function. I don't think Canon has that option yet. I believe you have to go into the menu and change the menu setting from people to animal. I've heard other people complaining about that so hopefully it's something that is fixed in firmware.

I agree. I put an update on the video description. Continuous AF will drain your battery faster when shooting photo only. But for video or hybrid work I have to leave continuous AF on.

Thanks for the feedback. Electronic shutter. hahahahaha. Cheeky.

If you have human eye detection on the camera won't even see the bird. If you have bird eye detection on the camera will track the bird's eye but if the bird becomes too small in frame the camera will then put a box around the whole bird and track the body of the bird. Hope that helps.

@@vaskoobscura_ Thank you.

Thanks appreciated. Welcome to the channel. It's the original SmallRig cage for the R5. It's been discontinued they made a newer version of the cage.

Have you tried the tap to track feature? Double tap the back of the screen and the R5 will track whatever it is that you tapped on.

Yes of course you can. The EVF and LCD display the same info so you can see the box around the subject being tracked. When you have your eye to the EVF you can use the LCD as a touchpad to move around the focus point or double tap to lock on.

Thank you appreciate it.

I will for sure. I just did my first photoshoot with the R5 Mark II yesterday and learned a lot but I still need to play with the camera a bit more to figure out all the settings.

Thanks for the comment.

Thanks for the comment glad you liked the video. I haven't tested the 85mm on the R8 so I can't speak on it. I would assume the R8 has the same or slightly better AF than the R5 since it is a newer camera. I can say the old EF 85mm f1.2 was a slow focusing lens. The new RF 85mm f1.2 is much faster. I thinks the RF 85mm would be able to handle tracking someone walking down the street with an R8. The old EF 85mm could probably do it too if the parson wasn't moving erratically. Hope that helps.

@@vaskoobscura_ Thank you for your answer. I did not expect a so detail one, and that says a lot about how you care about the topic and your community. So I have the old EF 85mm f1.2 (which have indeed a very (very) slow focus…). So if the R8 can handle a person walking, it’s enough for my need. Cheers

Glad you enjoyed it. Appreciate the comment.

That’s a camera cage. It’s for shooting video. I can attach a monitor and lights to the camera to build a video rig.

That's strange. Could be an issue with the lens talking to the camera. In terms of settings put the camera in AI Servo, set the tracking mode to airplanes, set your focus mode to tracking (That's the option all the way on the left) That should do the trick. You can also tap the screen to tell the camera what to track. If all that doesn't work I would research the compatibility of your lens with the camera. Hope that helps.

Thanks! @@vaskoobscura_

Absolutely this method works with back button focus. You just have to assign the button. Here is a video I made about how I setup my back button focus. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pt6if712yqrYj30.html

Technically no. All you have to do is install the most current firmware and it will have all the previous firmware updates included. However with that being said I did run into a glitch last summer where I had to install an older firmware on an R5 in order to be able to install the newest firmware. I made a video about it to help out anybody who also runs into that glitch. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p9uPmM6Fq5-3hqc.html I would try to install the latest firmware first and if the camera won't recognize it then follow the advice in the video linked above. Hope that helps. Enjoy the new features in your camera.

Thank you very much.@@vaskoobscura_

I only get a green tracking box when I am in C1, C2, or C3. I've been going through my settings but can't seem to figure out what the difference is. I'll have to go dig deeper on that. Thanks for the comment.

im on fw 1.8.1.

Yes you're right I should have mentioned leaving it on drains battery faster.

Thanks for the comment. I made that video a while ago. I've tuned down that glitch effect a lot since then. I guess it was new and exciting at the time. lol. Thanks for the comment.