Month: September 2021

Several readers have recently bought a Canon R5. Here are my menu settings:

Camera 1

• Image quality RAW
• Dual Pixel RAW disable
• Cropping/aspect ratio FULL

Camera 2

• Expo.Comp in the middle
• ISO speed settings100-102400
• HDR PQ settings OFF
• Auto Lighting Optimizer Standard
• Highlight tone priority OFF
• Anti-flicker shoot Disabled
• External Speedlight control – I don’t mess with this one

Camera 3

• White balance AWB
• Custom White Balance – I don’t mess with this one
• WB Shift – I don’t mess with this one
• Color Space – Adobe RGB
• Picture Style – Standard with a bit of saturation added
• Clarity – 0
• Lens aberration correction
  • Peripheral illum corr ON
  • Distortion correction OFF
  • Digital Lens Optimizer – Standard

Camera 4

• Long exp. Noise reduction OFF
• High ISO speed NR – Standard
• Dust Delete Data – haven’t used

Camera 5

• Multiple exposure – Disabled until I need it
• HDR Mode OFF – until I need it
• Focus Bracketing – Disabled until I need it

Camera 6

• Interval timer – disable
• Blub timer – Disabled
• Shutter mode – Elec 1^st curtain
• Release shutter without card – OFF

Camera 7

• Touch Shutter – Enable
• Image Review – 2 sec
• High Speed Display — OFF
• Metering timer – 8 sec
• Expo simulation – Enable
• Shotting info dis – set what I like

Camera 8

• Viewfinder Display – Display 1
• Disp Performance – Smooth

Auto Focus 1

• AF operation – Serve AF
• AF method – this changes with how you have the focus method set
• Subject to detect – Animals
• Eye detection – Enabled
  • Only shows if AF method is set to Eye Detect
• Continuous AF – Disable
• Movie Servo AF – Enable
• Touch & drag AF settings

Auto Focus 2

• MF peaking settings
  • Peaking ON (When you’re in MF there’s a little guide to help)
  • Level HIGH
  • Color RED
• Focus guide – off
• AF-assist beam firing — off

Auto Focus 3

• Case 1 – Versatile multi purpose
• Case 2 – Continue to track subjects, ignoring possible obstacles.
• Case 3 – Instantly focus on subjects suddenly entering AF points
  • Canon Professional Services suggests Case 3 or 4 for moving objects or birds in flight
• Case 4 – For subjects that accelerate or decelerate quickly

Auto Focus 4

• Lens electronic MF – Off
• One-shot AF release prior. – set at Focus
• Switching Tracked Subjects – 0 or initial priority
• Lens drive when AF impossible – On
• Limit AF methods – all mine are active
• AF method selection control – main dial
• Orientation linked AF point – Same for both vert/horiz

Auto Focus 5

• Initial Servo AF pt for – AF pt set for AF point
• Focus ring rotation – no change
• RF lens MF focus ring sensitivity – no change
• Sensitivity AF pt select – 0
• Electronic full-time MF — Off