topic Re: R6 firmware 1.8.2 updated, Face detection missing from One-point AF method? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

R6 firmware 1.8.2 updated, Face detection missing from One-point AF method?

nickchau — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:51:44 GMT

Hi there, wedding photographer here.

Does anyone have the habit of using face/eye detection under 1-point AF?

Gear:R5/R6 - lens: all canons. in this discussion: RF 28-70F2.

I have developed a habit of using 99% 1-point AF, People subject, SERVO AF, Case 2 and using AF-ON button to trigger a face detection. The detection went missing and only available with :)+Tracking AF mode after the update of 1.8.2 Firmware.

Re: R6 firmware 1.8.2 updated, Face detection missing from One-point AF method?

Hazel_T — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 22:22:13 GMT

Hi nickhau,

On both the EOS R6 and the EOS R5 the camera focus mode needs to be set to face tracking to use the eye detection function. The eye detection menu option is not available in other focus modes.

One other thing to do would be to customize a Eye Detection AF button on the camera. Then when you hold down that button the camera will use the Eye Detection AF rather than the focus mode you currently have selected in the menu. If you have custom buttons set before the firmware update they would have been cleared when you updated. The option to customize the buttons is on the third page under the Custom Functions tab on both camera bodies.

If you want to reference the manuals for the button customization options the are listed on pages 781-788 of the EOS R6 manual and 836-843 of the EOS R5 manual.

Re: R6 firmware 1.8.2 updated, Face detection missing from One-point AF method?

jrhoffman75 — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 22:59:15 GMT

Change These Buttons TODAY / Canon EOS R5/R6/etc - YouTube

Re: R6 firmware 1.8.2 updated, Face detection missing from One-point AF method?

Waddizzle — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:48:51 GMT

How is the camera supposed to recognize a face, eye, or anything else for that matter when there is only (1) active AF point?

[EDIT] It cannot. The camera cannot look at a single pixel and determine what the subject is. It needs to have multiple AF Points active to recognize and identify things.

Re: R6 firmware 1.8.2 updated, Face detection missing from One-point AF method?

nickchau — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:54:44 GMT

Thanks both to Hazel_T & JrHoffman75 !

it was a simple "assigning Eye AF to the AF-ON button"

- I sent the R6 to service (broken hotshoe) and was updated with new settings. It's been since 3 years ago on first configured it the way it fit all the wedding shoots - Magical & the Awesome Custom buttons settings 💚!