EOS R6 metering and AF options limited after firmware upgrade

clmurphy — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 16:45:58 GMT

I'm stumped! I received the 200-800 rf lens and decided to upgrade my firmware of my R6. I was on ver 1.7 and upgraded to v 1.9. I use dual back button focus with the AF-On but as meter and AF start and the * button as the eye detection. I was surprised that when I went to v1.9 the "detail set" of the Metering and AF start now only includes 3 options vs the many that was previously offered. I'm now hesitant to upgrade the firmware of my R7 since I find the detailed set gives me more options for shooting.

Has anyone else seen this?

clmurphy

Re: EOS R6 metering and AF options limited after firmware upgrade

p4pictures — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 01:12:41 GMT

The number of options in the detail settings for the AF and metering start function hasn't changed for EOS R6. I have just checked my EOS R6 with firmware 1.8.4 and it shows three options:-

AF operation
AF method
Servo AF characteristics

This matches what I recall was always there for the EOS R6. The later cameras like the EOS R7 and also EOS R6 Mark II that I own have many more options for the detail settings.

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