topic Re: EOS R5 - Focus Jumping in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS R5 - Focus Jumping

spvsandy — Wed, 21 May 2025 21:12:43 GMT

Conon focus jumping around 10% of time Setting while doing dance with students doing alot of leaps therefore the settings. Any help with this

Canon R5 Firmare 2.1.0

Dual pixel = disable, Touch control = disable, Shutter mechanical, Focus bracketing Disable

Camera Focus settings

Servo Af

Method=Face

Subject = people

Eye detect = enable

Continuous = disable

Touch =- disable

Af assist beam = off

Servo 3 = 3 instant on subjects

Switch tracking subject initial = 1

Af pt. set = box dot in middle

Auto = Auto

Sensitivity Af point = 0

Re: EOS R5 - Focus Jumping

March411 — Wed, 21 May 2025 22:15:51 GMT

You don't mention the Lens(s). Is it and RF and are you having issues with more than one lens?

Re: EOS R5 - Focus Jumping

spvsandy — Wed, 21 May 2025 22:36:23 GMT

Lens is rf 24-105

Re: EOS R5 - Focus Jumping

spvsandy — Wed, 21 May 2025 22:37:06 GMT

That’s only rf I have

Re: EOS R5 - Focus Jumping

spvsandy — Wed, 21 May 2025 22:37:55 GMT

Thanks

Re: EOS R5 - Focus Jumping

March411 — Thu, 22 May 2025 02:56:05 GMT

Settings at first glance appear OK but I'll have to look at how I set mine up tomorrow. I use dual back button focus and I want to give you the exact settings. And sorry but I have to ask, that lens has a on/off switch for AF....on?

Re: EOS R5 - Focus Jumping

p4pictures — Thu, 22 May 2025 09:14:57 GMT

Can you confirm two settings on your camera?

AF method from the AF1 menu
Initial Servo AF pt for "face + tracking" from AF5

The EOS R5 (original version) can only do face tracking when the AF method is set to Face + tracking, or one of the three Zone AF methods. In the case of the Zone AF methods, it only tracks inside the Zone and will not follow a subject outside the zone boundary.

The setting for Initial AF pt set for "face + tracking" is by default set to AUTO, and with this setup there is no AF point seen on the screen until the camera focuses, at which point it will look for a face in the frame. Your scene with a single person is exactly when I would use AUTO for this setting. If you choose one of the other two options then you get an AF frame that can be moved, it's helpful to "select" a specific subject in a group while using the Face + tracking AF method.

Re: EOS R5 - Focus Jumping

spvsandy — Fri, 23 May 2025 01:07:47 GMT

af 1 setting at face + tracking

initial point set to #2# AF pt set for Various zones

Going to reset to Auto and test tomorrow

Thanks

Re: EOS R5 - Focus Jumping

spvsandy — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:47:50 GMT

Thanks for fix Now a heat problem while doing stills