Canon R3 Auto Focus for Team Sports
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- Опубліковано 17 гру 2022
- After getting the R3 and using it for my sports photography I put together a video testing out some of the different autofocus capabilities of this Flag ship camera.
Timestamps
My Socials 0:20
Table of Contents 0:58
R3 at a glance 2:00
Camera Terms 2:49
Sports in this video 8:31
Game 1 Men's Basketball - Lens RF 70-200mm f/2.8
9:41 - Al Servo, Subject Tracking, Subject Detect People, Eye Tracking, Expanded Area Focus, AF Case Auto
Game 2 Men's Basketball - Lens RF 70-200mm f/2.8
11:34 - Al Servo, No Subject Tracking, Expanded Area Focus
14:12 - Al Servo, Subject Tracking, Subject Detect People, Eye Tracking Eye Control, Expanded Area Focus, AF Case Auto
Game 3 Women's Basketball - Lens RF 70-200mm f/2.8
18:29 - Al Servo, No Subject Tracking, Expanded Area Focus
20:29 - Al Servo, Subject Tracking, Subject Detect People, Eye Tracking, Eye Control, Expanded Area Focus, AF Case 2
22:07 - Al Servo, Subject Tracking, Subject Detect People, Eye Tracking, Eye Control, Expanded Area Focus, AF Case 4
Game 4 Men's Basketball - Lens RF 70-200mm f/2.8
23:42 - Al Servo, No Subject Tracking, Single Point Focus
26:37 - Al Servo, Subject Tracking, Eye Tracking, Subject Detect People, Eye Control, Single Point Focus, AF Case Auto
Game 5 Women's Basketball - Lens RF 70-200mm f/2.8
29:41 - Al Servo, No Subject Tracking, Single Point Focus + Al Servo, Subject Tracking, Subject Detect People, Eye Tracking, Eye Control, Single Point Focus, AF Case Auto
Game 6 Football - Lens EF 100-400mm f/5.6 with RF Adapter
33:33 - Al Servo, Subject Tracking, Subject Detect People, Eye Tracking, Expanded Area Focus, AF Case Auto
35:26 - Al Servo, No Subject Tracking, Expanded Area
36:38 - Al Servo, Subject Tracking, Subject Detect People, Eye Tracking, Eye Control, Single Point Focus, AF Case Auto
40:48 - Al Servo, Subject Tracking, Subject Detect People, Eye Tracking, Eye Control, Expanded Area Focus, AF Case Auto
Game 7 Volleyball - Lens RF 70-200mm f/2.8
42:09 - Al Servo, No Subject Tracking, Single Point Focus + Al Servo, Subject Tracking, Subject Detect People, Eye Tracking, Eye Control, Single Point Focus, AF Case Auto
Overall Thoughts 53:52
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Jon - this is so incredibly informative and appreciated. Thanks for posting this. I recently purchased an R3 and am getting back into sports photography - I have SO MANY questions. This video went a long way towards getting me more acquainted and comfortable. I do not want to reinvent the wheel...seeking best and concise advice from those that have paved the way. thank you again
Always brings a smile to my face when Canon users speak about Al Servo (Al, as in someones first name), when it's actually AI Servo, as in Artificial Intelligence. 🙂
Iol, ironically
Well, I have different call. On your screen, it looks like it is actually A1. as in A one.
Thanks for doing this. These are the challenges and choices we battle through when trying to photograph sports. Seeing your real world examples, and hearing you talk through the opportunities you're trying to capitalize on in a given situation is very helpful. You, talking through the battles and opportunities we're all struggling with is priceless. It also gives me a realistic picture of what I can and can't expect out of this camera I just ordered.
I also appreciate your logical steps through the options we might apply, including messing with the cases. The summary slides are very helpful. (Apparently the R3 allows us to save our settings to a card as we go along, which could be helpful in building up a good combination.)
I was a little surprised, maybe even disappointed, that you said normal, single point focus is still your favorite option. Maintaining focus during the rapid changes in volleyball, using a 5D-mkIV, is what got me looking for a camera with more AF tools. Presumably, the R3 is still a meaningful step up given what people say. And, as one of your other viewers said: high speed action under so-so lighting leaves you pushing the boundaries of high ISO. The R3 definitely delivers on that, and that was the main thing I was trying to solve. "Sharpness" is locked in a dance between AF, shutter speed, and ISO-noise and I knew I had to do more to solve the ISO part.
Thanks so much for including several sports. Each present their own challenges and you picked the right three. I don't know about you, but I find volleyball to be the most challenging because of indoor lighting combined with a very rapidly changing location of focus.
Be well!
Excellent, in-depth video. I think it's probably the best one on UA-cam about the R3. It's my first season of basketball, football, and volleyball shooting with a pair of these cameras and it's great to see how another pro is using the camera and the results of using different AF techniques. This video is much appreciated. Subscribed.
How is it with volleyball and rolling shutter in electronic? I have an R5 but I’m electronic get major warping of the ball.
@@Jonbark03 I haven't experienced warping of anything with the R3, but I do get it with my R6.
@@jeffkernen1554 thank you. Maybe I will take the leap.
Loved the sequences and explanation of what you were doing. I primarily film video of volleyball and rugby, but looking at this camera to film bursts that can be used as both photos and video.
I just bought the R3 and had been getting poor results. Just your tips in the first 5 minutes helped me immensely!
Great and detailed video, thanks buddy
Awesome work, very informative!
god how useful this video is!!! thanks man, i watched whole video and i found that I knew about camera. please make more useful contents like this about alphabetic expressions of photography and Video camera. thanks a lot, subscribed
Incredibly helpful. Thank you. I really need to do some more experimentation.
Very nice video, I've had an r3 for a bit and am still struggling with eye af / control. As to the quarterback / receiver quandary, what I normally do is get a handful of good QB photos first, the classic arm back, etc. After that I don't really need anymore of those. From there on I typically am 30-40 yards upfield, and as a play starts I am not looking through the viewfinder but over it at the QB to see, if it's a pass play, where he's looking. Once his arm goes back, I then look downfield and see what receiver he's going to, point the camera that way and pick up the receiver / defender via autofocus. Seems to work better that way for me. At least for the longer pass plays, for the shorter routes not so much.
So helpful thank you can you make a video on your shutter speed or how you deliver the photos
Wish I had a R3 to experiment. Good video.
Great video I just got myself the Canon R6 ll which is a mini r3
For that video you should have ad least thousand times more "likes". Very , very helpful vid. Cheers
At the time I watched it, I believe he may have had advertising turned off. For channels where the creator intentionally turns off ads (sometimes they will say they have done that) I've noticed it takes a while for the system to feed them to you, and they usually don't have many views. Even though they may be good content. I agree that this particular video is good content.
Al Servo makes the best pizza ;-) But thanks, fine tuning case numbers is science.
I have my AF-On button set to be my eye tracking autofocus and my shutter release button set to be my regular single point or expanded point autofocus. This way I can instantly switch between the two of them. Often times, I'll hit the AF-On button to track a player's eye, but if the camera detects the wrong player, I can instantly switch to the correct player with my single point AF by pressing the shutter release half-way. Works really well.
So how do you take a picture when AF-On has successfully detected the correct eye? When you press the shutter button it will always switch to single point first?
@@davesmulders3931 Whenever I press the shutter button, it'll be single point AF. However, the AF-On button will override the single point AF with eye tracking. The photo can be taken at any point during the process and the AF is always tracking.
Thanks JOn. in case you're talking with others. AI Servo is pronounce "A" "Eye" servo , as in artificial inteligence.
Interesting stuff listening as a Nikon Z9 user
I have also R3, you refer to AL Servo mode, can’t seem to find in manual or on camera. Can you help?
When you hit the “Q” button on your screen a bunch of boxes should appear that help you change settings. It should be one of the first ones on the left of your screen, it may say “one shot” right now, tap it to switch it to Servo
@@jc_burke are you confusing AI and AL? I have never heard anyone else mention this in the R3. Even Rudy Winston from Canon doesn't talk about AL servo.
Your football games pics would've been much easier with the EF 100-400mm MKII, the difference between the two is night and day.
is this a 70-200mm?
Yes
How high did your iso get on these shots?
For the indoor sports I bounce between 800-1000. For football it can be anywhere between 100-1600 depending on weather and time of day + whatever lens I have on factors into that.
@@jc_burke wow! I was getting ISO’s as high as 5000 shooting a basketball game indoors.(auto iso) Using a 70-200 f2.8 and 24-70 f2.8(L glass)
@@memcrew1 it totally depends on the lighting in the gym. I have the luxury of being in a gym with bright lights while many high school gyms are much darker. When I shot indoor football I would have to boost my iso to 4000-5000 so it all depends on the venue
@@jc_burke OK, that’s what I suspected. Your photos looked very clean.
@@jc_burke Definitely! A high school gym often puts you at 3200 or 4000 if your camera can stand the noise. For something like volleyball it seems like, ideally, you'd want a shutter speed of 1250. But you often can't get that staying under ISO 4000. Just got an R3 to try and beat this. Thanks for the video. Very well explain ned.