R6markii Self Portraits

[erins414]

Does anyone on here use this for self-portraits? I could use some help! I am new to mirrorless and have only set my focus and then switched my lens to manual focus while using an intervalometer (not the internal one) to document myself w/my kiddos.

How do I focus by using autofocus on this camera to track me and my kiddos??

I have my camera set up for back button focus (af-on button for BBF) and my “*” button set to turn on eye detection. When I go into my focus area menu, there is no face tracking option showing up for me. I only have whole area and some flexible zones (along with the smaller areas and single point).

I have gone down the internet rabbit hole and feel ever dumber than I did when I started ha! I am probably missing something so little and silly (fingers crossed).

If anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong or how they approach this, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

[Tronhard]

Hi Erin and welcome to the forum:

For this to work you need a remote, but the problem is that it will not operate with BBF. 

I normally use BBF myself, and can confirm it will not work with that setup. So, I turned the shutter button back to focus again and saved that to one of the C# settings, along with eye focus. Then I returned the default mode back to BBF. When I turned the Mode dial to that C# mode, the remote works fine - either with a cable or a remote wireless system. So, thereafter you have a preconfigured self-portrait setup.