Yes, I know I didn't show the pre-capture....I don't want that on all the time, so when I feel like using, I'll turn it on, or add it to a C-1 setting or something. Normally I just don't need or want that many extra images, but I'll definitely make a video on it soon.
Ok, I’m just 12 seconds into this video and I have to say I have not watched a single YT video from any other photographer yet because I have been waiting for yours. You’re real and down to earth about your photography and your channel. No screaming, no screeching, no hyperbole. For me this is the best photography channel on YT and I like your style. Thanks for all of this and your passion for clear, honest communication! Now, back to the rest of the show 😊
ours is setup nearly identical, nice! One thing Canon changed is if you want Spot Focus to work with the back button AF ON, in your custom settings button you have to go to the the AF On Setting, click info on the Metering and af start option and then put a checkmark on spot focus as well as a checkmark on whole area tracking servo "off" If you dont, the af button will still try to find and track a subject. Excited to see what you get with it!
I set up mine very similar. I would like to see how you are going to set it up for video too. I did leave the Beep on but I turned the volume off on everything except the shutter but I turned that one to 1. That way I can hear it but it is very quiet. I played a little bit with the eye tracking to pick the focus point but I will need to practice that a lot before it will be helpful. In my early tests the camera does a very good job of finding the bird and eye. One of the first tests I did was shoot at high speed and do a fast pan of my picket fence. The R5 MKII kept the boards straight. That would not have happened with the R5 and certainly not the R7.
Hello Brent. New to the channel and love the content. Question, which one do you prefer for taking pictures of stars and / or northern lights, s22 ultra or s24 ultra? Going on a trip in december and im currently using the s22 ultra but thinking to update to s24 ultra.
it looks such an amazing camera to use and all the settings look awesome and love the photos aswell they are amazing great video, I am curious on why in the EVF you only have Exposure sim on and not exposure sim and apeature preview on? You can then see what you’re backgrounds look like without having to hold a button down etc you see apeature in live time but such a honest video and love the style congrats with the new camera man 🙏🙏🙏
Perfect video for a quick set up guide. I am picking my R5II up in 1 hour. As a back button user, your menu location settings for AF and focus will help me find those menus easier. As a newer video user, I would be very interested in your future video setup. Awesome first nature images!
Hi @Brenthall, I am new to your channel and have a R5II on order. I shoot with a R7 + 100-500 (mostly birds). How does the quality in crop mode compare to native APC 1.6 of the R7? Also please add advice on moving from APC to full frame for me. Thank you.
Well you're obviously going to lose resolution, but other than that, IMHO everything else about the R5II is definitely better than the R7. Especially the AF and high iso performance. My only advice would be to just stay aware that you'll lose the effective reach you're used to, so don't let it bum you out and enjoy the full frame goodness and all that the best canon camera out there has to offer.
@@BrentHall Would it be safe to use a calculation: 45MB / 1.6 = 28MB vs R7 = 33MB? Meaning that it is effectively losing 5MB of resolution? Or is that not how it works? I have also ordered a 200-800 that will arrive with the R5 II, just because I was afraid of the reach that I am losing. I intend to sell some of the equipment after trying them out. I know glass (L) is king. What is your opinion on the 100-500 vs 200-800 in terms of bird photography?
I for one am interested in video settings as I use my camera for B-roll. Thanks for this set-up video. The menus are a bit different from previous Canons and this is very helpful. I personally use the M-Fn button for crop mode as I can easily reach it with my index finger. Also, I use the AF-On button for eye AF and the * button for single-point. Otherwise, I'm copying your settings to start. Thanks!
Just got mine yesterday and took it out in the backyard for some tests using a similar setup, just single back button focus. Then took it into the field and it did well with a belted kingfisher in flight. It nailed all but two frames, when the bird flew in front of trees, as it was kind of far and I was only zoomed to about 300mm. I don't even remember it losing focus in the EVF at 30fps. I just changed the stickiness settings to your suggestions, so we'll see how they work in the coming days! Overall I was very happy with the auto-focus and high ISO noise levels. I got the Kingfisher perched fairly close at ISO 10,000, and with minimal cropping and a lot of denoise, it came out great! I think the IBIS is a bit better with this camera and the 200-800 for video. Much less jumpy. One annoying thing that also happened with the Mark I is a slight delay coming out of sleep. It only seems to happen with my new OWC 1TB CFExpress 4.0. On the older camera it could take up to 5 seconds to wake up. The Mark 2 maybe two seconds max. Doesn't seem to happen with my 256GB Sony Tough CFExpress. Have you tried eye control? I tried it last night with the 35mm 1.8 indoors and then recalibrated today outdoors with the 200-800. It didn't track my eye accurately at all in either scenario.
Great timing! Just got my R5II and now it's set up and ready - just need some birds! I knew of pre-capture, didn't want to always have 15 frames, but also didn't know that I could change the H+ setting. Just heard that the pre-capture frame number is half, so your pointing out that I can lower the H+ frame number makes that pre-capture number a little less onerous. Your setup video is wonderful, all useful material, to the point, nothing that's not needed. Thanks for being so timely!
Aww man, so exciting! Mine is currently in transit, but apparently Canon shipped via wagon train so it's not due until next Tuesday. Killing me! Definitely looking forward to your thoughts once you've had some time with the new beast.
I’ve had R5M2 for little over a week. I saw that Jan Wagoneer set up his AF sensitivity in the way that you now did. I had tried that for birds and It did not work for me. Setting it to zero on both works better for me.
The 1.6x crop factor does not actually extend the reach; it merely simulates it, akin to cropping the image in post-production and then enlarging it. It's important to note that this option crops a significant portion of the sensor's 45 megapixels, and enlarging the image can amplify noise, especially at high ISO settings.
No, it doesn't stay locked on for stills. That's why you have to set it to AI servo, so that as long as you hold it down it will track and stay locked on.
I am not sure why you switch the shutter button to meter only. If you keep the shutter button on AF/meter and set it to spot focus you can use the spot focus to initially acquire focus if you need to. Set your AF-ON button to eye tracking. Canon has it set up so that a customized back button overrides the shutter button and when you push the shutter button it will not attempt to refocus. Try it and set your image review to show active focus points only either in camera or through DPP. You will see that eye tracking overrides the spot focus. If you do it this way you have one less button to push with your thumb. Makes it easier to adust focus point using the joy stick or in my case, use my thumb to change EC. Not only did I test this myself on the R5, R6 and R7, but I talked to a Canon tech and he verified it.
I despise the joystick, causes way to many problems. Hard to get it to do what it is supposed to do. If it were just a tad bit taller that would be different.
they screwed the on/off - mode switch thing so bad I literally cannot even fathom it. I switch from photo to video all the time in my work, being run and gun, doing multiple things at once, and If I had to keep bringing my thumb to the back of the camera to switch modes since apparently you cannot do it anymore with the m-fn button like on the ol R5mk1 - I'd actually shoot myself. It was so simple. Keep the on/off on the left side, and just put the mode switch either like on the R3 or where on/off/lock is now. Goddamnit canon
It's strange that cannon released its new flagships and they are only comparable to the Z8 and Z9 that are considered outdated in technological terms. I would have thought they would have been way more advanced than the older Nikon cameras. It's so disappointing that I waited so long for cannon to release something that is only on par... really a bummer.
Yes, I know I didn't show the pre-capture....I don't want that on all the time, so when I feel like using, I'll turn it on, or add it to a C-1 setting or something. Normally I just don't need or want that many extra images, but I'll definitely make a video on it soon.
I subscribed, you too man
Ok, I’m just 12 seconds into this video and I have to say I have not watched a single YT video from any other photographer yet because I have been waiting for yours. You’re real and down to earth about your photography and your channel. No screaming, no screeching, no hyperbole. For me this is the best photography channel on YT and I like your style. Thanks for all of this and your passion for clear, honest communication! Now, back to the rest of the show 😊
Totally agree. Brent is not one of the self promoting clickbaity guys.
ours is setup nearly identical, nice! One thing Canon changed is if you want Spot Focus to work with the back button AF ON, in your custom settings button you have to go to the the AF On Setting, click info on the Metering and af start option and then put a checkmark on spot focus as well as a checkmark on whole area tracking servo "off"
If you dont, the af button will still try to find and track a subject. Excited to see what you get with it!
Thank you, I was wondering why my Spot Focus was still hunting.
Thantks for the settings, Brent. By chance, have you tried the eye control?
You're welcome, I hope they help! I haven't tried the eye control yet.
Just subbed. Liked your no-nonsense way of making a video.
Hey thanks, I really appreciate that!
I set up mine very similar. I would like to see how you are going to set it up for video too.
I did leave the Beep on but I turned the volume off on everything except the shutter but I turned that one to 1. That way I can hear it but it is very quiet.
I played a little bit with the eye tracking to pick the focus point but I will need to practice that a lot before it will be helpful. In my early tests the camera does a very good job of finding the bird and eye.
One of the first tests I did was shoot at high speed and do a fast pan of my picket fence. The R5 MKII kept the boards straight. That would not have happened with the R5 and certainly not the R7.
Hello Brent. New to the channel and love the content. Question, which one do you prefer for taking pictures of stars and / or northern lights, s22 ultra or s24 ultra?
Going on a trip in december and im currently using the s22 ultra but thinking to update to s24 ultra.
They're both going to perform very similarly for astro.
@@BrentHall thanks alot for answering :) watching one of your videos right now about the s24
it looks such an amazing camera to use and all the settings look awesome and love the photos aswell they are amazing great video, I am curious on why in the EVF you only have Exposure sim on and not exposure sim and apeature preview on? You can then see what you’re backgrounds look like without having to hold a button down etc you see apeature in live time but such a honest video and love the style congrats with the new camera man 🙏🙏🙏
Perfect video for a quick set up guide. I am picking my R5II up in 1 hour. As a back button user, your menu location settings for AF and focus will help me find those menus easier. As a newer video user, I would be very interested in your future video setup. Awesome first nature images!
Hi @Brenthall, I am new to your channel and have a R5II on order. I shoot with a R7 + 100-500 (mostly birds). How does the quality in crop mode compare to native APC 1.6 of the R7? Also please add advice on moving from APC to full frame for me. Thank you.
Well you're obviously going to lose resolution, but other than that, IMHO everything else about the R5II is definitely better than the R7. Especially the AF and high iso performance.
My only advice would be to just stay aware that you'll lose the effective reach you're used to, so don't let it bum you out and enjoy the full frame goodness and all that the best canon camera out there has to offer.
@@BrentHall Would it be safe to use a calculation: 45MB / 1.6 = 28MB vs R7 = 33MB? Meaning that it is effectively losing 5MB of resolution? Or is that not how it works? I have also ordered a 200-800 that will arrive with the R5 II, just because I was afraid of the reach that I am losing. I intend to sell some of the equipment after trying them out. I know glass (L) is king. What is your opinion on the 100-500 vs 200-800 in terms of bird photography?
I love the idea of using the DOF button for crop mode! It'll be so much faster than how I was doing it before. Thx!
Thanks Brent. When I'm back in Durango I'll try to make time to come to New Mexico.
I for one am interested in video settings as I use my camera for B-roll. Thanks for this set-up video. The menus are a bit different from previous Canons and this is very helpful.
I personally use the M-Fn button for crop mode as I can easily reach it with my index finger. Also, I use the AF-On button for eye AF and the * button for single-point. Otherwise, I'm copying your settings to start. Thanks!
Looks like they improved some menus. I’ll be curious to hear your thoughts after using the R5ii a while.
Great idea for the dof button. I’ll try that out.
Yay.. Interested in all things R5ii .. and how it works with the big EF prime
Just got mine yesterday and took it out in the backyard for some tests using a similar setup, just single back button focus. Then took it into the field and it did well with a belted kingfisher in flight. It nailed all but two frames, when the bird flew in front of trees, as it was kind of far and I was only zoomed to about 300mm. I don't even remember it losing focus in the EVF at 30fps. I just changed the stickiness settings to your suggestions, so we'll see how they work in the coming days!
Overall I was very happy with the auto-focus and high ISO noise levels. I got the Kingfisher perched fairly close at ISO 10,000, and with minimal cropping and a lot of denoise, it came out great! I think the IBIS is a bit better with this camera and the 200-800 for video. Much less jumpy.
One annoying thing that also happened with the Mark I is a slight delay coming out of sleep. It only seems to happen with my new OWC 1TB CFExpress 4.0. On the older camera it could take up to 5 seconds to wake up. The Mark 2 maybe two seconds max. Doesn't seem to happen with my 256GB Sony Tough CFExpress.
Have you tried eye control? I tried it last night with the 35mm 1.8 indoors and then recalibrated today outdoors with the 200-800. It didn't track my eye accurately at all in either scenario.
Great timing! Just got my R5II and now it's set up and ready - just need some birds! I knew of pre-capture, didn't want to always have 15 frames, but also didn't know that I could change the H+ setting. Just heard that the pre-capture frame number is half, so your pointing out that I can lower the H+ frame number makes that pre-capture number a little less onerous.
Your setup video is wonderful, all useful material, to the point, nothing that's not needed. Thanks for being so timely!
Oh that's awesome! Hopefully you find some good birds soon.
Aww man, so exciting! Mine is currently in transit, but apparently Canon shipped via wagon train so it's not due until next Tuesday. Killing me! Definitely looking forward to your thoughts once you've had some time with the new beast.
Oh man, curse those wagon trains! 🤬😭😂 I'm headed out right now, for a couple days out to film the first wildlife vlog with it.
Very helpful thanks and I’m using a Sony a7rv but, I might switch over to Canon .
Looking forward to video setup!
I’ve had R5M2 for little over a week. I saw that Jan Wagoneer set up his AF sensitivity in the way that you now did. I had tried that for birds and It did not work for me. Setting it to zero on both works better for me.
It would be nice to see your profile for doing video. Your photo menu is very helpful. Thanks
The 1.6x crop factor does not actually extend the reach; it merely simulates it, akin to cropping the image in post-production and then enlarging it. It's important to note that this option crops a significant portion of the sensor's 45 megapixels, and enlarging the image can amplify noise, especially at high ISO settings.
Why do you have to hold down the * button to track the bird in flight? Doesn’t it lock on it once you press that button and the camera finds the bird?
No, it doesn't stay locked on for stills. That's why you have to set it to AI servo, so that as long as you hold it down it will track and stay locked on.
If using BB autofocus, and holding 1/2 way on the shutter, will the pre-capture still work?
Yes it does work for me.
I just got mine today too!
Yas!!! 🙌
You said you would get into the m-fn button but never said what you set it as. I just wanted to ask what you ended up using it for.
Oh, I ended up not doing anything with it for stills yet. I just have it set to cycle through custom modes in video right now.
What is CRaw?
compressed raw. Still a raw file, but half the file size.
I am not sure why you switch the shutter button to meter only. If you keep the shutter button on AF/meter and set it to spot focus you can use the spot focus to initially acquire focus if you need to. Set your AF-ON button to eye tracking. Canon has it set up so that a customized back button overrides the shutter button and when you push the shutter button it will not attempt to refocus. Try it and set your image review to show active focus points only either in camera or through DPP. You will see that eye tracking overrides the spot focus. If you do it this way you have one less button to push with your thumb. Makes it easier to adust focus point using the joy stick or in my case, use my thumb to change EC.
Not only did I test this myself on the R5, R6 and R7, but I talked to a Canon tech and he verified it.
Love to have a video fo
I despise the joystick, causes way to many problems. Hard to get it to do what it is supposed to do. If it were just a tad bit taller that would be different.
they screwed the on/off - mode switch thing so bad I literally cannot even fathom it. I switch from photo to video all the time in my work, being run and gun, doing multiple things at once, and If I had to keep bringing my thumb to the back of the camera to switch modes since apparently you cannot do it anymore with the m-fn button like on the ol R5mk1 - I'd actually shoot myself. It was so simple. Keep the on/off on the left side, and just put the mode switch either like on the R3 or where on/off/lock is now. Goddamnit canon
I feel your pain. I've been complaining about that since the day the R6II came out. I know it's trivial to some, but it drives me nuts, lol.
It's strange that cannon released its new flagships and they are only comparable to the Z8 and Z9 that are considered outdated in technological terms. I would have thought they would have been way more advanced than the older Nikon cameras. It's so disappointing that I waited so long for cannon to release something that is only on par... really a bummer.
What features is the R5 MII missing that you want/need that is available on other current interchangeable-lens cameras?