EOS R1 Pre-Capture Feature Unable to assign to 'Hot Button'

Josh-H · Nov 21, 2024

I have been through my EOS R1 menus top-to-bottom a couple of times and I cannot figure out a way to assign pre-capture to an assignable 'hot' button. You can assign it to a Custom Shooting Mode - C1 for example. But there is not a single button press to call that up either. Best you can do is call up 'shooting mode' and then scroll to C1. If anyone has come up with a work around please let me know. Hopefully we get this capability in firmware.

I did find that setting up the AF back button half press for 20 FPS full press for 40 FPS is a very good option in initial testing.

Canon Rumors · Nov 21, 2024

Josh-H said:
I have been through my EOS R1 menus top-to-bottom a couple of times and I cannot figure out a way to assign pre-capture to an assignable 'hot' button. You can assign it to a Custom Shooting Mode - C1 for example. But there is not a single button press to call that up either. Best you can do is call up 'shooting mode' and then scroll to C1. If anyone has come up with a work around please let me know. Hopefully we get this capability in firmware.

I did find that setting up the AF back button half press for 20 FPS full press for 40 FPS is a very good option in initial testing.

You can't directly assign pre-capture. That's something to bring to Canon for firmware 1.1.

Canon Rumors · Nov 21, 2024

Here is the chart

Canon : Product Manual : EOS R1 : Control Customization Details

Canon Rumors · Nov 21, 2024

https://twitter.com/x/status/1859571967658958866

AlanF · Nov 21, 2024

My and some others workaround with the R5ii is like your last line to have back button focus and then half-press of the shutter button is in pre-mode and finish it off by completing the press. A quick press without half pressing then bypasses pre-shooting.

Canon Rumors · Nov 21, 2024

AlanF said:
My and some others workaround with the R5ii is like your last line to have back button focus and then half-press of the shutter button is in pre-mode and finish it off by completing the press. A quick press without half pressing then bypasses pre-shooting.

That's a good workaround. I'd like it on a front button.

AlanF · Nov 21, 2024

Canon Rumors Guy said:
That's a good workaround. I'd like it on a front button.

Default mode is pre-shooting, which doesn't come into play with a quick press of the button. I love it because you don't have to use a second button as BBF is my normal mode.

neuroanatomist · Nov 21, 2024

AlanF said:
Default mode is pre-shooting, which doesn't come into play with a quick press of the button. I love it because you don't have to use a second button as BBF is my normal mode.

That, plus a faster frame rate assigned to a half-press of the AF-ON Smart Controller, is how I'll set up my R1.

Canon Rumors · Nov 21, 2024

I have a real shoot tonight, we'll see how this all plays out, I'm sure I have no idea how I want it yet.

neuroanatomist · Nov 21, 2024

Canon Rumors Guy said:
I have a real shoot tonight, we'll see how this all plays out, I'm sure I have no idea how I want it yet.

Me too, and since I haven't had time to play with the R1, I'll be taking the R3. Still not sure if I'm going to keep the R3 long term, though.

SvO2 · Nov 21, 2024

On my R5II I put the precapture function in the quick menu to make it a bit easier, But even that's clunkier than it should be since rather than being a toggle within the quick menu, it opens up the subscreen within the full menu for you to turn it on and off.

koenkooi · Nov 21, 2024

… and then you attach a flash and the camera silently disables pre-capture, forcing you into the menus to enable it again. Unless you’re in a non-updating custom mode.

OldDudePhotog · Nov 26, 2024

I would like to have an option to toggle it as well. I have not used it as of yet but plan to try it out on Thursday.

ozcam · Dec 10, 2024

koenkooi said:
… and then you attach a flash and the camera silently disables pre-capture, forcing you into the menus to enable it again. Unless you’re in a non-updating custom mode.

Is this why I keep randomly finding it turned off?!? How annoying, hope they fix that with firmware to revert when flash detached.

CampanellaFoto · Dec 13, 2024

Josh-H said:
I did find that setting up the AF back button half press for 20 FPS full press for 40 FPS is a very good option in initial testing.

Hey Josh,

How on earth did you do this, because on my R1 that seems to be impossible. When I go to customize the AF-ON button there are 7 options available for selection all of them can be customized but all of them have either the half press or the full press locked. Meaning you can only ever change one option.

Josh-H · Dec 14, 2024

Its quite easy to set this up: First first go to ''Customize Buttons for Shooting' in the green menu, the scroll and select the 'AF-ON' button and select that. Then select option 6 in your screen shot above and press 'Info Detail set'. Then set half press to Metering and AF start. Should be greyed out already and Full press to 'Switch ES Cont. Shooting modes' and press 'Info Detail Set' and then select High Speed Continuous. This will give you half press for your current frame rate and full press to 40 FPS. If you need screen shots let me know. I did a video here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/e1p6...yph44FoM?rlkey=ogsq1qzsx4u45dubrliwekjbp&dl=0

john1970 · Dec 15, 2024

Josh-H said:
Its quite easy to set this up: First first go to ''Customize Buttons for Shooting' in the green menu, the scroll and select the 'AF-ON' button and select that. Then select option 6 in your screen shot above and press 'Info Detail set'. Then set half press to Metering and AF start. Should be greyed out already and Full press to 'Switch ES Cont. Shooting modes' and press 'Info Detail Set' and then select High Speed Continuous. This will give you half press for your current frame rate and full press to 40 FPS. If you need screen shots let me know. I did a video here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/e1p6...yph44FoM?rlkey=ogsq1qzsx4u45dubrliwekjbp&dl=0

Thank you for clarifying. I do not use back button focus, but for those that do this is very useful information that was not clear.

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