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Jun 13, 2022 11:03 |  #1

In case anyone is interested, I made a video on my YouTube Channel covering back-button focus and it’s use in wildlife photography scenarios. Enjoy! Hope this helps those looking to set this up.

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Jun 18, 2022 13:15 |  #2

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Jun 22, 2022 10:47 |  #3

Well done S.
BBF is misunderstood. One reason is that Canon, by default from the factory, has Auto Focus (AF) active in two different locations, the shutter and the AF-ON button. No need to assign AF to the AF-ON button. Many think that the Back Button AF (AF-ON) works only to realize that are in fact double Focusing as they press AF-ON, recompose and then refocus off subject by pressing the shutter that is set up with AF active as well.
As the video instructs, we must remove Auto- Focus (AF) from the Shutter, or separate, as we now have separate buttons, the AF-ON to Auto Focus with our thumb and then meter and capture image with our index on the shutter………
You may reassign the AF from the AF-ON to another location * for example if you feel the need for some reason.
Have been using BBF since 2009 when explained precisely and clearly by a friend that allows me to help others in the world of BBF.


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Nov 25, 2022 23:53 as a reply to  @ Nick5's post |  #4

Well I would say that one can continue to have focus tracking on shutter button with a focus method. That way one can have 4 focus modes available on R5. Is there any harm on having double focusing?




  
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