Month: August 2023

Canon R5 — More Menu Settings

For those of you still using or new to the Canon R5, my friend Richard Day has amazing luck photographing birds with this camera. He’s using the same menu settings I’ve used but finds the following settings helpful.

Here’s a link to my R5 menu setting from a previous post.

Richard uses the back button when he wants to switch to Eye Detection AF
Used when you need to nudge the focus a bit on the lens. Very useful!
Allows the camera to keep focusing. Per the owner’s manual, “You can manually adjust the focus after the AF operation if you keep holding down the shutter button halfway.”
Good option. I agree.
What color do you want “peaking” when you’re in MF? I have mine set to red. Anything surrounded by red is in focus.
Turn this feature to Disable so your nose doesn’t select the focus point.
This AF method can also be changed with the AF Point Selection button on the back of the camera.

I’ve moved on to a Canon R6 Mark II and a Canon R3 camera. I hope these settings help for those using the R5.

Here’s a previous post of mine on the menu setting in the Canon R5 camera.