Canon EOS R3 v 1.3.0 update released

yankiefrankie said:

I recently purchased an R3 to replace my R5. I am finding that my kid's sports are mymost important subject, and the R3's 30fps is what I really need.

What I have found is that although the R3 sports tracking is awesome, I much prefer the implementation on the R5 with the single mode that tracks around the screen. The R3 tracks around the screen on all modes, and I find this really annoying when I want to use single point. To be honest, I don't understand why more people don't complain about it.

I realize many R5/R6 owners have been disappointed their cameras have not received the tracking updates from R3/R7/R10/R62, but these updates fundamentally change the way subject tracking operates. Canon is not going to do this, and they should not do this. This would potentially annoy customers that prefer the tracking implementation that came with the camera.

If users would prefer to have the new tracking, they should purchase one of the models that have this new tracking out of the box.

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I think you should try changing some of your settings to make the camera behave the way you want. I would go to the Magenta AF menu and on Page 1 turn off Subject Tracking. This will make it so when you activate the autofocus system it just focuses where you have your focus point. Rather than starting there and jumping to whatever the camera thinks might be your subject. Once you have done that you need to go the orange camera menu and to page four where you can customize the buttons. There is an option called "Start/Stop tracking" that is available on some of the buttons. Put it on a button you find comfortable to use. For example on my camera I have autofocus activation on the shutter (no back button focus for me) and on the AF-On button I placed the "Start/Stop tracking." So now I activate focus by half pressing the shutter and holding. I follow the player and move my focus point on them and then I can lock onto them by pressing the AF-On button which is set to "Start/Stop tracking." By doing it this way the tracking will always activate on whatever your focus point is aimed at. It's not going to jump to anything in the vicinity. You'll also find that all those settings in the AF menu on page 2 with the different cases and the ability to adjust the tracking sensitivity. When using "Start/Stop tracking" you really see how those come into play on how sticky you can make that tracking once it's locked on to something.