Tag: Menu Settings

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.

Canon R5 Menu Settings

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 1st 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