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Nikon 500mm f5.6 pf warbler9/16/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Even within 30 ft, I do find that it occasionally grabs the background, but then I use the single point AF to get it back on target and once back on target the eye AF is very good once again. ![]() But, based on my experience, I wonder if size of the target in the frame is part of the issue that people are having. Larger animals are likely a different story. It really is not useful and I switch to a different AF mode. With COVID, I am mostly shooting small birds and I am finding with the R5 and 500 f/4 II that within 30 ft (~10 m) it is very consistent and accurate, out to about 50 ft (~15 m) it is very hit and miss and even when it "hits" in terms of the blue box on eye, but the actual accuracy is inconsistent. First, it needs the subject (eye) to be large enough for it to truly distinguish. In my experience, the Animal Eye AF is very very good, but not magical. Set the initial servo point to something other than auto and have a second button program to something other than animal eye AF. ![]()
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