Using AI Servo on a 6D

Can someone please explain to me how to use AI servo properly on a Canon 6D? I've looked all over the forum, but it seems the more I read, the more confused I become. Help would be greatly appreciated, especially menu settings, etc. Thanks everyone!

The best moment to use AI servo when you are shooting a fast movement object
Other than that better use one shot ,
AI servo track any movement object it will combine with high fps and burst mode .

I've had my 6D for about a year now. If I need to use AI-Servo to track moving objects, I gently set the 6D aside and grab my 60D. I think the 60D does a better job of it.

Updating your 6D firmware to 1.1.6 should solve most AI Servo problems you've been experiencing...unless they're user induced.

Never having used a 6D I can't throw any light on that particular camera but all I can do is explain how I use it on a 7D ,a 5Dmk2 and previously on a 40D so I assume the 6D is similar
Firstly I put the camera to back button focus ( on mine is on the AF button), you can also set the metering to start on a full shutter press i.e when you take the shot.
That is useful if you have something moving from light to dark.
Having put the focus on the back button I simply switch to AI servo , hold down the appropriate button and track the subject. It also has the advantage of being 'one shot' if you press and release the back button

There are several great youtube videos on theory and use of AI servo. Back button focus is the way to go.

If this is your first Canon DSLR I highly recommend a book that goes over all of the settings and teaches you the ins and outs. Your confidence will soar. With my 7D purchase a few years ago this was the best advice I followed. David Busch's guides are quite good, at least for the 7D there was a full chapter on AF methods.

Good luck.

check this out

https://www.youtube.co​m …lpage&v=EkAa6Sf​VJ7Q#t=119

Aim the AF point at the target, keep the button at half-press (or hold AF-ON; usually easier), take pictures when you feel the moment is right.

GeoKras1989 wrote in post #17352285
I've had my 6D for about a year now. If I need to use AI-Servo to track moving objects, I gently set the 6D aside and grab my 60D. I think the 60D does a better job of it.

I've found the opposite. I find the 6D brilliant for tracking moving subjects. Better than my 550D by some margin, both using center point servo. It will easily track moving subjects up to 160 km/hr, with near 100% accuracy I've found. And even small very fast, erratically moving subjects. Like my mates sons RC cars, at close quarters.

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