Setting up triple back-button focusing on R5 mk ii

[Ozark-Bill]

Hello,

I have enjoyed using triple back-button focusing on the R5 with spot focusing on the af-on button, eye-focus on the * button and medium zone focus on the af-select button. I have tried my best to set this up on the R5 mk ii, but have not been able to get there exactly. The menu on the new camera has been changed significantly. The left and center buttons I have setup perform exactly as I expect them. I have the af-on setup for spot-focus, no tracking and the * button is setup for eye-focusing. The right-most button is setup for zone, and initially, it works this way. However, it quickly leaves the zone and behaves like a full-frame eye-focus, not staying within the boundaries of the zone. And instead of simply looking for the highest contrast and/or moving object within the zone like I expect it to, if quickly leaves the zone and behaves more like it is using eye-focus.

I'm not sure if I have explained this well enough. I find the new menu options more confusing and not very intuitive. Hopefully someone can understand what I am attempting to do and suggest a fix.

Thanks

[p4pictures · Accepted solution]

I can imagine the confusion. Your original EOS R5 focus system works very different to the EOS R5 Mark II

EOS R5

Can do subject detection (animal, people, vehicle) and eye detection and tracking only with Face + Tracking AF method

Can do  do subject detection (animal, people, vehicle) no eye detection using the Zone AF methods but only inside the zone itself.

EOS R5 Mark II

Can do subject detection with eye tracking using any the AF areas except the four additional - duplicated spot, 1-pt, expansion AF that have a small lock symbol on the corner.

This means that if you want the camera to stay in the zone itself when pressing the right hand button, you also need to turn off the whole area AF tracking so that it stays in the zone. Also if you want it not to detect subjects then set the subject to detect to none.

All of what you need is possible, but when you assign the Metering and AF start function to the right hand button, then press the INFO and make sure to do the other elements not just change to one of the flexible zones.

Here's the options on the EOS R5 Mark II... and no this info is not in the manual!

[Ozark-Bill]

Thank you very much! I think this makes sense and I will try this out ASAP.