Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...E INSTRUCTION MANUAL E INSTRUCTION MANUAL The Software Start Guide is included at the end of this manual COPY ...

Page 2: ...n better understand the camera To avoid botched pictures and accidents first read the Safety Warnings p 383 384 and Handling Precautions p 14 15 Testing the Camera Before Use and Liability After shooting play images back and check whether they have been properly recorded If the camera or memory card is faulty and the images cannot be recorded or downloaded to a computer Canon cannot be held liable...

Page 3: ...also be included Be careful not to lose any of the above items Item Check List Battery Pack LP E6 with protective cover Battery Charger LC E6 LC E6E Interface Cable IFC 200U Stereo AV Cable AVC DC400ST EOS DIGITAL Solution Disk Software Software Instruction Manuals 1 Camera Instruction Manual this booklet 2 Pocket Guide Camera with body cap 1 2 Wide Strap EW EOS5DMKIII Eyecup Eg Software Instructi...

Page 4: ...of a page it indicates that the function is available only when the Mode Dial is set to d s f a or F The respective function cannot be used in the A Scene Intelligent Auto mode p Reference page numbers for more information Warning to prevent shooting problems Supplemental information Tips or advice for better shooting Problem solving advice Basic Assumptions All operations explained in this manual...

Page 5: ...nd Drive Modes 69 Image Settings 115 Advanced Operations 159 Flash Photography 187 Shooting with the LCD Monitor Live View Shooting 197 Shooting Movies 217 Image Playback 243 Post Processing Images 281 Sensor Cleaning 289 Printing Images and Transferring Images to a Computer 295 Customizing the Camera 313 Reference 335 Software Start Guide 393 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 COPY ...

Page 6: ...rning on the Power 34 Setting the Date Time and Zone 36 Selecting the Interface Language 38 Attaching and Detaching a Lens 39 About the Lens Image Stabilizer 42 Basic Operation 43 Q Quick Control for Shooting Functions 49 3 Menu Operations 51 Before You Start 53 Formatting the Card 53 Setting the Power off Time Auto Power Off 55 Setting the Image Review Time 55 Reverting the Camera to the Default ...

Page 7: ...nt of AF s Point of Focus AF Microadjustment 104 When Autofocus Fails 110 MF Manual Focusing 111 i Selecting the Drive Mode 112 j Using the Self timer 113 Image Settings 115 Selecting the Card for Recording and Playback 116 Setting the Image Recording Quality 119 i Setting the ISO Speed 124 A Selecting a Picture Style 129 A Customizing a Picture Style 132 A Registering a Picture Style 135 B Settin...

Page 8: ...ons 159 d Program AE 160 s Shutter Priority AE 162 f Aperture Priority AE 164 Depth of Field Preview 165 a Manual Exposure 166 q Selecting the Metering Mode 167 Setting Exposure Compensation 169 h Auto Exposure Bracketing AEB 170 A AE Lock 171 F Bulb Exposures 172 w HDR High Dynamic Range Shooting 173 P Multiple Exposures 177 2 Mirror Lockup 184 Using the Eyepiece Cover 185 F Using a Remote Switch...

Page 9: ...ure priority AE 220 Manual Exposure Shooting 223 Shooting Still Photos 228 Shooting Function Settings 230 Setting the Movie Recording Size 231 Setting the Sound Recording 234 Silent Control 236 Setting the Time Code 237 Menu Function Settings 239 Image Playback 243 x Image Playback 244 B Shooting Information Display 246 H I Searching for Images Quickly 249 u Magnified View 251 X Comparing Images T...

Page 10: ...onitor Brightness 279 Auto Rotation of Vertical Images 280 Post Processing Images 281 R Processing RAW Images with the Camera 282 S Resize 287 Sensor Cleaning 289 f Automatic Sensor Cleaning 290 Appending Dust Delete Data 291 Manual Sensor Cleaning 293 Printing Images and Transferring Images to a Computer 295 Preparing to Print 296 wPrinting 298 Trimming the Image 303 W Digital Print Order Format ...

Page 11: ... Shooting Modes 332 Reference 335 B Button Functions 336 Checking the Battery Information 338 Using a Household Power Outlet 342 Replacing the Date Time Battery 343 Using Eye Fi Cards 344 Function Availability Table According to Shooting Mode 346 Menu Settings 348 System Map 356 Troubleshooting Guide 358 Error Codes 371 Specifications 372 Safety Warnings 383 Software Start Guide 393 Software Start...

Page 12: ... Electronic level Î p 60 Feature guide Î p 61 AF AF mode Î p 70 AF area selection mode Î p 72 AF point selection Î p 74 AI Servo AF characteristics Î p 85 AF Custom Functions Î p 94 AF Microadjustment Î p 104 Manual focusing Î p 111 Metering Metering mode Î p 167 Drive Drive mode Î p 112 Self timer Î p 113 Maximum burst Î p 123 Recording Images Record func Î p 116 Create select a folder Î p 150 Fi...

Page 13: ...Î p 231 Sound recording Î p 234 Time code Î p 237 Still photo shooting Î p 228 Playback Image review time Î p 55 Single image display Î p 244 Shooting information display Î p 246 Index display Î p 249 Image browsing Jump display Î p 250 Magnified view Î p 251 Two image display Î p 253 Image rotate Î p 254 Rating Î p 255 Movie playback Î p 261 Slide show Î p 265 Viewing images on TV Î p 268 Protect...

Page 14: ...era to the nearest Canon Service Center Do not touch the camera s electrical contacts with your fingers This is to prevent the contacts from corroding Corroded contacts can cause camera misoperation If the camera is suddenly brought in from the cold into a warm room condensation may form on the camera and internal parts To prevent condensation first put the camera in a sealed plastic bag and let i...

Page 15: ...ote the following Do not drop bend or wet the card Do not subject it to excessive force physical shock or vibration Do not touch the card s electronic contacts with your fingers or anything metallic Do not store or use the card near anything having a strong magnetic field such as a TV set speakers or magnet Also avoid places prone to having static electricity Do not leave the card in direct sunlig...

Page 16: ...battery see page 28 2 Insert a card p 31 The camera front side slot is for a CF card and the camera back side slot is for an SD card 3 Attach the lens p 39 Align it with the red dot 4 Set the lens focus mode switch to f p 39 5 Set the power switch to 1 p 34 COPY ...

Page 17: ...ress the shutter button halfway and the camera will focus the subject 8 Take the picture p 44 Press the shutter button completely to take the picture 9 Review the picture p 55 The captured image will be displayed for 2 sec on the LCD monitor To display the image again press the x button p 244 To shoot while looking at the LCD monitor see Live View Shooting p 197 To view the images captured so far ...

Page 18: ...ns mount Contacts p 15 Self timer lamp p 113 Strap mount p 27 Lens release button p 40 Mirror p 184 293 U LCD panel illumination button p 48 B AF area selection mode Multi function button p 73 188 n Metering mode selection White balance selection button p 167 137 o AF mode selection Drive mode selection button p 70 112 m ISO speed setting Flash exposure compensation button p 124 188 6 Main Dial p ...

Page 19: ...eo OUT Digital terminal p 271 296 309 Date time battery p 343 Terminal cover Power switch p 34 M Menu button p 51 B Info button p 60 61 200 225 244 336 Touch pad p 46 5 Quick Control Dial p 46 0 Setting button p 51 S AF point selection button p 72 A AE lock button p 171 LCD panel p 21 22 Viewfinder eyepiece Eyecup p 185 p AF start button p 44 70 199 226 Q Quick Control button p 49 COPY ...

Page 20: ...card ejection button p 33 LCD monitor p 279 b m Creative Photo Comparative playback Two image display Direct print button p 129 173 177 253 301 L Erase button p 277 x Playback button p 244 c Rating button p 255 273 u Index Magnify Reduce button p 249 251 V Focal plane mark Access lamp p 33 Multi function lock switch p 47 Speaker Light sensor p 279 A k Live View shooting Movie shooting switch p 197...

Page 21: ...GPS device connected icon N Auto Lighting Optimizer p 142 P Multiple exposure shooting p 177 w HDR shooting p 173 2 Mirror lockup p 184 White balance p 137 Q Auto W Daylight E Shade R Cloudy Y Tungsten light U White fluorescent light I Flash O Custom P Color temperature Shutter speed FE lock FEL Busy buSY Multi function lock warning L No card warning Card Error code Err Cleaning image sensor CLn A...

Page 22: ... exposure compensation p 188 A Highlight tone priority p 146 Exposure level indicator Exposure compensation amount p 169 AEB range p 170 Flash exposure compensation amount p 188 ISO speed p 124 Battery check p 35 f CF card indicator g SD card indicator J SD card selection icon J CF card selection icon 3 Large 4 Medium a Small 1 b Small 2 Fine c Small 3 Fine 1 RAW 41 Medium RAW 61 Small RAW COPY ...

Page 23: ...69 AEB range p 170 Flash exposure compensation amount p 188 e AF status indicator p 64 o Focus confirmation light p 64 Focusing screen Spot metering circle p 168 Grid p 59 Shutter speed p 162 FE lock FEL Busy buSY Multi function lock warning L Aperture p 164 y Flash exposure compensation p 188 Max burst p 123 Number of remaining multiple exposures p 179 A Highlight tone priority p 146 g ISO speed ...

Page 24: ... release button A Scene Intelligent Auto p 64 F Bulb p 172 a Manual exposure p 166 f Aperture priority AE p 164 s Shutter priority AE p 162 d Program AE p 160 Custom shooting modes You can register the shooting mode d s f a F AF mode menu settings etc to w x y Mode Dial settings and shoot p 332 COPY ...

Page 25: ...lens Focus mode switch p 39 Hood mount p 41 77 mm filter thread front of lens Zoom ring p 40 Image Stabilizer switch p 42 Lens mount index p 39 Contacts p 15 Distance scale Focusing ring p 111 214 Infrared index Zoom position index p 40 COPY ...

Page 26: ...e lamp Power plug IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS DANGER TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK CAREFULLY FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS For connection to a supply not in the U S A use an attachment plug adapter of the proper configuration for the power outlet if needed Power cord Power cord socket Battery pack slot Charge lamp COPY ...

Page 27: ...he Strap Pass the end of the strap through the camera s strap mount eyelet from the bottom Then pass it through the strap s buckle as shown in the illustration Pull the strap to take up any slack and make sure the strap will not loosen from the buckle The eyepiece cover is also attached to the strap p 185 Eyepiece cover COPY ...

Page 28: ...and insert the plug into the power outlet X Recharging starts automatically and the charge lamp blinks in orange It takes approx 2 5 hours to fully recharge a completely exhausted battery at 23 C 73 F The time required to recharge the battery depends on the ambient temperature and the battery s charge level For safety reasons recharging in low temperatures 5 C 10 C 41 F 50 F will take longer up to...

Page 29: ... in excess discharge and shorter battery life Store the battery with the protective cover attached Storing the battery after it is fully charged can lower the battery s performance The battery charger can also be used in foreign countries The battery charger is compatible with a 100 V AC to 240 V AC 50 60 Hz power source If necessary attach a commercially available plug adapter for the respective ...

Page 30: ...with the battery contacts Insert the battery until it locks in place 3 Close the cover Press the cover until it snaps shut Open the cover and remove the battery Press the battery release lever as shown by the arrow and remove the battery To prevent short circuiting of the battery contacts be sure to attach the protective cover provided p 29 to the battery Installing and Removing the Battery Instal...

Page 31: ...rasing 1 Open the cover Slide the cover as shown by the arrow to open it 2 Insert the card The camera front side slot is for a CF card and the camera back side slot is for an SD card Face the CF card s label side toward you and insert the end with the small holes into the camera If the card is inserted in the wrong way it may damage the camera X The CF card eject button will stick out With the SD ...

Page 32: ...icator Card selection icon Possible shots The camera cannot use Type II CF cards or hard disk cards Although the camera does not comply with the UHS Ultra High Speed speed class standard UHS SDHC SDXC cards can be used SDHC SDXC memory cards can be used with the camera Ultra DMA UDMA CF cards can also be used with the camera UDMA CF cards enable faster data writing The number of possible shots dep...

Page 33: ...erred Do not open the card slot cover during this time Also never do any of the following while the access lamp is lit or blinking Otherwise it can damage the image data card or camera Removing the card Removing the battery Shaking or banging the camera around If the card already contains recorded images the image number may not start from 0001 p 154 If a card related error message is displayed on...

Page 34: ...n halfway p 44 to stop the sensor cleaning and take a picture If you repeatedly turn the power switch 1 2 at a short interval the f icon may not be displayed This is normal and not a problem To save battery power the camera turns off automatically after 1 minute of non operation To turn on the camera again just press the shutter button halfway p 44 You can change the auto power off time with 52 Au...

Page 35: ...20 19 10 9 1 0 Temperature At 23 C 73 F At 0 C 32 F Possible shots 950 850 The number of possible shots will decrease with any of the following operations Pressing the shutter button halfway for a prolonged period Activating the AF frequently without taking a picture Using the lens Image Stabilizer Using the LCD monitor often The number of possible shots may decrease depending on the actual shooti...

Page 36: ... Then if you travel to another time zone you can simply set your destination s time zone so that the correct date time will be recorded 1 Display the menu screen Press the M button to display the menu screen 2 Under the 52 tab select Date Time Zone Press the Q button and select the 5 tab Turn the 6 dial to select the 52 tab Turn the 5 dial to select Date Time Zone then press 0 3 Set the time zone ...

Page 37: ...e set in step 3 will advance by 1 hour If Y is set the daylight saving time will be canceled and the time will go back by 1 hour 6 Exit the setting Turn the 5 dial to select OK then press 0 X The Date Time Zone will be set and the menu will reappear The menu setting procedure is explained on pages 51 52 The date time that was set will start from when you press 0 in step 6 In step 3 the time displa...

Page 38: ... Press the Q button and select the 5 tab Turn the 6 dial to select the 52 tab Turn the 5 dial to select LanguageK the fourth item from the top then press 0 3 Set the desired language Turn the 5 dial to select the language then press 0 X The interface language will change 3 Selecting the Interface Language COPY ...

Page 39: ...nd camera and turn the lens as shown by the arrow until it clicks in place 3 Set the lens focus mode switch to AF AF stands for Autofocus If it is set to MF manual focus autofocus will not operate 4 Remove the front lens cap Attaching and Detaching a Lens Do not look at the sun directly through any lens Doing so may cause loss of vision If the front part focusing ring of the lens rotates during au...

Page 40: ...pressing the lens release button turn the lens as shown by the arrow Turn the lens until it stops then detach it Attach the rear lens cap to the detached lens About Zooming Minimizing Dust When changing lenses do it quickly in a place with minimal dust When storing the camera without a lens attached be sure to attach the body cap to the camera Remove dust on the body cap before attaching it Detach...

Page 41: ...tach the hood in reverse 1 Align the red dots on the hood and lens edges 2 Turn the hood as shown in the illustration Turn the lens hood clockwise until it attaches securely Attaching a Lens Hood If the hood is not properly attached it may obstruct the image s periphery making it look dark When attaching or detaching the lens hood grasp the base of the hood when turning it Grasping the hood s edge...

Page 42: ...e Image Stabilizer cannot correct subject blur when the subject moves at the time of exposure For bulb exposures set the IS switch to 2 If 1 is set instead Image Stabilizer misoperation may occur The Image Stabilizer may not be effective for excessive shaking such as on a rocking boat The Image Stabilizer may not be effective when you use the EF24 105mm f 4L IS USM lens for panned shots The Image ...

Page 43: ... index finger lightly on the shutter button 4 Press your arms and elbows lightly against the front of your body 5 To maintain a stable stance place one foot slightly ahead of the other 6 Press the camera against your face and look through the viewfinder Basic Operation Adjusting the Viewfinder Clarity Holding the Camera If the camera s dioptric adjustment still cannot provide a sharp viewfinder im...

Page 44: ...amera shake It can cause blurred pictures To prevent camera shake note the following Hold and steady the camera as shown on the preceding page Press the shutter button halfway to autofocus then slowly press the shutter button completely Shutter Button In the d s f a F modes pressing the p button will execute the same operation as pressing the shutter button halfway If you press the shutter button ...

Page 45: ...sired setting When the function selection ends or if you press the shutter button halfway the camera will be ready to shoot Use this dial to select or set the metering mode AF mode ISO speed AF point etc 2 Turn the 6 dial only While looking at the viewfinder or LCD panel turn the 6 dial to set the desired setting Use this dial to set the shutter speed aperture etc Mode Dial 6 Main Dial The operati...

Page 46: ...nly While looking at the viewfinder or LCD panel turn the 5 dial to set the desired setting Use this dial to set the exposure compensation amount the aperture setting for manual exposures etc During movie shooting the touch pad provides a quiet way to adjust the shutter speed aperture ISO speed exposure compensation sound recording level and headphone volume p 236 This function works when z5 Silen...

Page 47: ...ulti controller works only in the vertical and horizontal directions It does not work in diagonal directions With 82 Multi function lock set p 319 and the R switch set to the right it prevents the Main Dial Quick Control Dial and Multi controller from moving and changing a setting inadvertently R switch set to the left Lock released R switch set to the right Lock engaged 9 Multi controller R Multi...

Page 48: ...ion After you press the B button a number of times the shooting settings will be displayed With the shooting settings displayed you can turn the Mode Dial to see the settings for each shooting mode p 337 Pressing the Q button enables Quick Control of the shooting settings p 49 Press the B button again to turn off the display U LCD Panel Illumination Displaying Shooting Settings COPY ...

Page 49: ... 9 to select a function X The setting of the selected function is displayed at the bottom Turn the 5 or 6 dial to change the setting 3 Take the picture Press the shutter button completely to take the picture X The captured image will be displayed Q Quick Control for Shooting Functions A mode d s f a F modes In the A mode you can only select or set the recording function card image recording qualit...

Page 50: ...y will reappear Settable Functions on Quick Control Screen Function Setting Screen Shutter speed p 162 AF mode p 70 White balance correction p 140 Shooting mode p 24 Highlight tone priority p 146 Auto Lighting Optimizer p 142 Metering mode p 167 Picture Style p 129 Exposure compensation AEB setting p 169 170 Flash exposure compensation p 188 ISO speed p 124 Image recording quality p 119 Aperture p...

Page 51: ...n the camera back and the 6 5 dials Some menu tabs and menu items are not displayed in the A mode 3 Menu Operations A Mode Menu Screen d s f a F Mode Menu Screen 5 Quick Control Dial M button 6 Main Dial LCD monitor 0 button Q button Menu items Menu settings z Shooting 5 Set up 9 My Menu 3 Playback 8 Custom Functions Main tabs Secondary tabs 2 AF COPY ...

Page 52: ...to select the item then press 0 4 Select the setting Turn the 5 dial to select the desired setting The current setting is indicated in blue 5 Set the desired setting Press 0 to set it 6 Exit the setting Press the M button to exit the menu and return to shooting ready Menu Setting Procedure The explanation of menu functions hereinafter assumes that you have pressed the M button to display the menu ...

Page 53: ...c before formatting the card 1 Select Format card Under the 51 tab select Format card then press 0 2 Select the card f is the CF card and g is the SD card Turn the 5 dial to select the card then press 0 3 Select OK Select OK then press 0 X The card will be formatted X When the formatting is completed the menu will reappear When g is selected low level formatting is possible p 54 For low level form...

Page 54: ...igher than 128 GB will be formatted in exFAT format If you format a card with a capacity over 128 GB with this camera and then insert it into another camera an error may be displayed and the card may become impossible to use Depending on the personal computer s OS or card reader it may not recognize a card formatted in exFAT format When the card is formatted or data is erased only the file managem...

Page 55: ...red setting then press 0 You can set how long the image is displayed on the LCD monitor immediately after capture To keep the image displayed set Hold To not have the image displayed set Off 1 Select Image review Under the z1 tab select Image review then press 0 2 Set the desired time Select the desired setting then press 0 3 Setting the Power off Time Auto Power Off 3 Setting the Image Review Tim...

Page 56: ... Shooting Settings AF mode One Shot AF Drive mode u Single shooting AF area selection mode Single point AF Manual selection Exposure compensation AEB Canceled AF point selection Center Registered AF point Canceled Flash exposure compensation 0 Zero Metering mode q Evaluative metering Multiple exposure Disable ISO speed Auto HDR Mode Disable HDR ISO speed range Minimum limit 100 Maximum limit 25600...

Page 57: ...e Canceled White balance correction Canceled Lens drive when AF impossible Continue focus search White balance bracketing Canceled Selectable AF point 61 points Select AF area selection mode All modes selected Color space sRGB Long exposure noise reduction Disable AF area selection method B button High ISO speed noise reduction Standard Orientation linked AF point Same for both vertical horizontal...

Page 58: ... count Unchanged Movie recording size 1920x1080 IPB LCD brightness Auto Sound recording Auto Date Time Zone Unchanged Silent LV shooting Mode 1 Language Unchanged Metering timer 16 sec Video system Unchanged Time code z button display options All items selected Count up Unchanged Start time setting Unchanged Movie recording count Unchanged VF grid display Disable m button function Rating Movie pla...

Page 59: ... dial to select Enable then press 0 The grid will be displayed in the viewfinder The viewfinder can display an electronic level using the AF points For details see Custom Controls p 321 Displaying the Grid and Electronic Level Displaying the Grid in the Viewfinder Displaying the Electronic Level in the Viewfinder A grid can also be displayed on the LCD monitor during Live View shooting and movie s...

Page 60: ...hen the red line turns green it indicates that the tilt is corrected Displaying the Electronic Level on the LCD Monitor Vertical level Horizontal level Even when the tilt is corrected there may be a margin of error of 1 If the camera is very tilted the electronic level s margin of error will be bigger With this same procedure you can display the electronic level during Live View shooting and befor...

Page 61: ...splayed while you hold down the B button If the Feature guide fills two or more screens a scroll bar will appear on the right edge To scroll hold down the B button and turn the 5 dial Example 21 tab Case 2 Example 23 tab AF assist beam firing Example 82 tab Multi function lock Feature Guide B Î Scroll bar B Î B Î COPY ...

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Page 63: ... sets everything automatically p 346 Also to prevent botched pictures due to mistaken operations major shooting settings cannot be changed Scene Intelligent Auto About the Auto Lighting Optimizer In the A mode the Auto Lighting Optimizer p 142 will adjust the image automatically to obtain the optimum brightness and contrast It is also enabled by default in the d s f F modes COPY ...

Page 64: ...ally the closest object will be focused Aiming the center of the Area AF frame over the subject will make focusing easier 3 Focus the subject Press the shutter button halfway and the lens focusing ring will rotate to focus X During the autofocus operation e will be displayed X The AF point s that achieve s focus will be displayed At the same time the beeper will sound and the focus confirmation li...

Page 65: ...AF point covering the desired subject lights up you can take the picture The beeper continues to beep softly The focus confirmation light o does not light up It indicates that the camera is focusing continuously on a moving subject The AF status indicator e is displayed but the focus confirmation light o does not light up You can take sharp pictures of a moving subject Note that focus lock p 67 wi...

Page 66: ... blurred subject due to camera shake Using a tripod or a Canon EX series Speedlite p 188 sold separately is recommended When flash was used the bottom part of the picture came out unnaturally dark If a hood is attached to the lens it can obstruct the flash coverage If the subject is close detach the hood before taking the picture with flash COPY ...

Page 67: ...ompletely to take the picture This is called focus lock In the A mode if the subject moves distance to camera changes while or after you focus AI Servo AF will take effect to focus the subject continuously As long as the Area AF frame covers the subject while you press the shutter button halfway the focusing will be continuous When you want to take the picture press the shutter button completely A...

Page 68: ...will appear on the LCD monitor 3 Focus the subject Aim the center AF point on the subject Press the shutter button halfway to focus X When focus is achieved the AF point will turn green and the beeper will sound 4 Take the picture Press the shutter button completely X The picture will be taken and the captured image is displayed on the LCD monitor X After the image review ends the camera will retu...

Page 69: ...select the AF mode and drive mode that best match the shooting conditions and subject A M icon at the upper right of a page title indicates that the function can be used when the Mode Dial is set to d s f a F In the A mode the AF mode and AF point AF area selection mode will be set automatically AF stands for autofocus MF stands for manual focus COPY ...

Page 70: ...shutter button halfway the camera will focus only once When focus is achieved the AF point that achieved focus will be displayed and the focus confirmation light o in the viewfinder will also light up With evaluative metering the exposure setting will be set at the same time focus is achieved While you hold down the shutter button halfway the focus will be locked You can then recompose the shot if...

Page 71: ...vo AF AI Servo AF for Moving Subjects AI Focus AF for Automatic Switching of AF Mode If focus cannot be achieved the focus confirmation light o and AF status indicator e in the viewfinder will blink If this occurs the picture cannot be taken even if the shutter button is pressed completely Recompose the picture and try to focus again Or see When Autofocus Fails p 110 If z1 Beep is set to Disable t...

Page 72: ...nts on page 79 You can select one of six AF area selection modes See the next page for the selection procedure Single point Spot AF Manual selection For pinpoint focusing Single point AF Manual selection Select one AF point to focus AF point expansion Manual selection The manually selected AF point S and four surrounding AF points w above below on the left and on the right are used to focus S Sele...

Page 73: ...s are used to focus This mode is set automatically in the A mode Select the AF area selection mode Press the S button Look through the viewfinder and press the B button X Press the B button to switch the AF area selection mode Select the AF Area Selection Mode With 24 Select AF area selec mode you can limit the selectable AF area selection modes p 99 If you set 24 AF area selection method to Main ...

Page 74: ...selects an AF point in the horizontal direction and the 5 dial selects an AF point in the vertical direction In the Zone AF mode turning the 6 or 5 dial will change the Zone in a looping sequence Pressing the S button lights up the AF points that are cross type AF points for high precision autofocusing The blinking AF points are horizontal line sensitive For details see page 78 Selecting the AF Po...

Page 75: ...AF points w above below on the left and on the right are used to focus Effective when it is difficult to track a moving subject with just one AF point With AI Servo AF the manually selected AF point S must focus track the subject first However it is easier to focus the target subject than with Zone AF With One Shot AF when focus is achieved with an expanded AF point the expanded AF point S will al...

Page 76: ...Manual selection mode p 75 The 61 AF points are divided into nine zones for focusing All the AF points in the selected zone are used for the automatic selection of the point of focus It makes achieving focus easier than with single point AF or AF point expansion and it is effective for moving subjects However since it is inclined to focus the nearest subject focusing a specific target is harder th...

Page 77: ...rack the subject Also in low temperatures the tracking response is slower With Single point Spot AF focusing with the Speedlite s AF assist beam may be difficult If the camera cannot focus with the EOS dedicated Speedlite s AF assist beam set the AF area selection mode to Single point AF Manual selection and select the center AF point to focus When the AF point s light up part or all of the viewfi...

Page 78: ...ve vertical AF points at the center The focusing sensor is geared to obtain high precision focusing with f 4 or larger maximum aperture lenses Since it has a horizontal pattern it can detect vertical lines The focusing sensor is geared for f 5 6 or larger maximum aperture lenses Since it has a horizontal pattern it can detect vertical lines It covers three columns of AF points at the viewfinder s ...

Page 79: ... S button the AF points indicated by the mark will blink The AF points will stay lit Both Extender EF1 4x and Extender EF2x apply to all the I II III models Regarding new lenses marketed after the EOS 5D Mark III check Canon s Web site to see which group they belong to Some lenses may not be available in certain countries or regions EF24mm f 1 4L USM EF50mm f 1 8 II EF200mm f 1 8L USM Extender EF1...

Page 80: ...rea selection modes are selectable Cross type AF point Subject tracking is superior and high precision focusing is achieved AF points sensitive to horizontal lines EF400mm f 2 8L II USM EF16 35mm f 2 8L USM EF28 70mm f 2 8L USM EF400mm f 2 8L IS USM EF16 35mm f 2 8L II USM EF70 200mm f 2 8L USM EF400mm f 2 8L IS II USM EF17 35mm f 2 8L USM EF70 200mm f 2 8L IS USM TS E45mm f 2 8 EF20 35mm f 2 8L E...

Page 81: ...x EF8 15mm f 4L Fisheye USM EF300mm f 4L USM EF200mm f 2 8L II USM Extender EF1 4x EF17 40mm f 4L USM EF300mm f 4L IS USM EF300mm f 2 8L USM Extender EF1 4x EF24 105mm f 4L IS USM EF400mm f 4 DO IS USM EF300mm f 2 8L IS USM Extender EF1 4x EF28 80mm f 2 8 4L USM EF500mm f 4L IS USM EF300mm f 2 8L IS II USM Extender EF1 4x EF70 210mm f 4 EF500mm f 4L IS II USM EF400mm f 2 8L USM Extender EF1 4x EF7...

Page 82: ...r EF1 4x EF400mm f 2 8L IS II USM Extender EF2x EF28 200mm f 3 5 5 6 USM EF300mm f 4L IS USM Extender EF1 4x EF500mm f 4L IS II USM Extender EF1 4x EF28 300mm f 3 5 5 6L IS USM EF400mm f 4 DO IS USM Extender EF1 4x EF600mm f 4L IS II USM Extender EF1 4x EF35 105mm f 3 5 4 5 EF500mm f 4L IS USM Extender EF1 4x EF20 35mm f 3 5 4 5 USM EF35 135mm f 3 5 4 5 EF600mm f 4L USM Extender EF1 4x EF24 85mm f...

Page 83: ...F70 200mm f 4L USM Extender EF1 4x EF75 300mm f 4 5 6 II EF100 200mm f 4 5A EF70 200mm f 4L IS USM Extender EF1 4x EF75 300mm f 4 5 6 II USM EF100 300mm f 4 5 5 6 USM EF70 210mm f 3 5 4 5 USM EF75 300mm f 4 5 6 III EF100 300mm f 5 6 EF70 300mm f 4 5 6 IS USM EF75 300mm f 4 5 6 III USM EF100 300mm f 5 6L EF70 300mm f 4 5 6L IS USM EF75 300mm f 4 5 6 IS USM EF100 400mm f 4 5 5 6L IS USM Group F EF80...

Page 84: ...e only with the AF point at the viewfinder center Autofocusing with multiple AF points is not possible Only the following AF area selection modes are selectable Single point AF Manual selection and Single point Spot AF Manual selection Cross type AF point Subject tracking is superior and high precision focusing is achieved Disabled AF points not displayed Group G EF180mm f 3 5L Macro USM EF180mm f...

Page 85: ...se applicable to the subject or scene 3 Selecting AI Servo AF Characteristics For a Subject N About Case 1 to 6 Case Icon Description Applicable Subjects Page Case 1 Versatile multi purpose setting For any moving subject 86 Case 2 Continue to track the subject ignoring possible obstacles Tennis players butterfly swimmers freestyle skiers etc 86 Case 3 Instantly focus on subjects suddenly entering ...

Page 86: ... or if the subject strays from the AF points Effective when there may be an obstacle blocking the subject or when you do not want to focus the background Case 1 Versatile multi purpose setting Default settings Tracking sensitivity 0 Accel decel tracking 0 AF pt auto switching 0 Case 2 Continue to track subject ignoring possible obstacles Default settings Tracking sensitivity Locked on 1 Accel dece...

Page 87: ... Effective for subjects having sudden movements sudden acceleration deceleration or sudden stops Case 3 Instantly focus on subjects suddenly entering AF points Default settings Tracking sensitivity Responsive 1 Accel decel tracking 1 AF pt auto switching 0 Case 4 For subjects that accelerate or decelerate quickly If you want to quickly focus a subject appearing suddenly setting Tracking sensitivit...

Page 88: ...e set AF point expansion Manual selection AF point expansion Manual selection surrounding points Zone AF Manual selection 61 point automatic selection AF This setting is not available with the Single point Spot AF Manual selection and Single point AF Manual selection modes Case 5 For erratic subjects moving quickly in any direction Default settings Tracking sensitivity 0 Accel decel tracking 0 AF ...

Page 89: ...point expansion Manual selection surrounding points Zone AF Manual selection 61 point automatic selection AF This setting is not available with the Single point Spot AF Manual selection and Single point AF Manual selection modes Case 6 For subjects that change speed and move erratically Default settings Tracking sensitivity 0 Accel decel tracking 1 AF pt auto switching 1 If the moving subject sudd...

Page 90: ... track the target subject longer than with the 1 setting However if the camera focuses the wrong subject it may take slightly longer to switch and focus the target subject Responsive 2 Responsive 1 Once an AF point tracks a subject the camera can focus consecutive subjects at different distances Also effective when you want to always focus on the closest subject The 2 setting makes it quicker to f...

Page 91: ...sudden stops Even if the moving subject s speed suddenly changes dramatically the camera continues to focus the target subject For example for an approaching subject the camera becomes less prone to focus behind it which would result in a blurred subject For a subject stopping suddenly the camera becomes less prone to focus in front of it Setting 2 can track dramatic changes in the moving subject ...

Page 92: ...atic selection AF 0 Standard setting for gradual AF point switching 2 1 Even if the target subject moves dramatically up down left or right and moves away from the AF point the AF point switches to another one to continue focusing the subject The camera switches to the AF point deemed most likely to focus the subject based on the subject s continual movement contrast etc Setting 2 makes the camera...

Page 93: ...elected the setting screen will appear 4 Make the adjustment Turn the 5 dial to adjust as desired then press 0 X The adjustment is saved The default setting is indicated by the light gray C mark 5 Exit the setting To return to the screen in step 1 press the c button Changing Cases Parameter Settings In step 2 pressing the L button will reset the respective case s three parameters to their default ...

Page 94: ...is given to focusing and shutter release Release priority Pressing the shutter button takes the picture immediately even if focus has not been achieved This gives priority to getting the shot rather than achieving correct focus Focus priority Pressing the shutter button does not take the picture until focus has been achieved Effective when you want to achieve focus before capturing the shot 3 Cust...

Page 95: ...ts shooting speed may slow down Shooting speed priority Priority is given to the continuous shooting speed instead of achieving focus The continuous shooting speed does not slow down Convenient when you want to maintain the continuous shooting speed Focus priority Priority is given to achieving focus instead of the continuous shooting speed The picture is not taken until focus is achieved Effectiv...

Page 96: ... focus manually Disable after One Shot AF After AF operates manual focusing is disabled OFF Disable in AF mode When the lens focus mode switch is set to AF manual focusing is disabled 23 One Shot USM lens electronic MF EF50mm f 1 0L USM EF300mm f 2 8L USM EF600mm f 4L USM EF85mm f 1 2L USM EF400mm f 2 8L USM EF1200mm f 5 6L USM EF85mm f 1 2L II USM EF400mm f 2 8L II USM EF28 80mm f 2 8 4L USM EF20...

Page 97: ... flashes You can set the AF operation characteristics and shutter release timing for One Shot AF Focus priority The picture is not taken until focus is achieved Effective when you want to achieve focus before capturing the shot Release priority Priority is given to taking the picture instead of achieving focus This gives priority to getting the shot rather than achieving correct focus Note that th...

Page 98: ...focus searching You can change the number of manually selectable AF points In the case of automatic AF point selection all 61 AF points will remain active regardless of this setting 61 points All 61 AF points will be manually selectable Only cross type AF points Only cross type AF points will be manually selectable The number of selectable cross type AF points will differ depending on the lens 24 ...

Page 99: ...y Selectable AF point setting can be selected Expand AF area The camera will focus with the manually selected AF point and the adjacent AF points above below left and right Expand AF area Surround The camera will focus with the manually selected AF point and the surrounding AF points Select AF area selection mode With a lens from groups F to H p 83 84 the number of manually selectable AF points wi...

Page 100: ...ter you press the S button each time you press the B button the AF area selection mode changes Main Dial After you press the S button turning the 6 dial changes the AF area selection mode AF area selection method The X mark cannot be deleted from Manual selection 1 pt AF If the attached lens belongs to group H p 84 you can only select Manual select Spot AF and Manual selection 1 pt AF When Main Di...

Page 101: ... the bottom Convenient when for instance you want to keep using the right AF point during all camera orientations When you manually select the AF area selection mode and AF point or Zone with Zone AF for each of the three camera orientations they will be set for the respective orientation Whenever you change the camera orientation the camera will switch to the AF area selection mode and manually s...

Page 102: ... AF point continues to the opposite side You can set whether or not to display the AF point s in the following cases 1 When selecting the AF point s 2 When the camera is ready to shoot before AF operation 3 During AF operation and 4 When focus is achieved Selected constant The selected AF point s is always displayed All constant All 61 AF points are always displayed Selected pre AF focused The sel...

Page 103: ...d grid are not illuminated in red You can make fine adjustments for the AF s point of focus For details see Fine Adjustment of AF s Point of Focus on page 104 VF display illumination If Selected pre AF focused or Selected focused is set the AF point will not be displayed even when focus is achieved with AI Servo AF AF Microadjustment The setting here is not applied to the electronic level display ...

Page 104: ...orrect focusing from being achieved Set the adjustment manually by adjusting shooting and checking the result Repeat this until the desired adjustment is made During AF regardless of the lens used the point of focus will always be shifted by the adjustment amount 1 Select AF Microadjustment Under the 25 tab select AF Microadjustment then press 0 2 Select All by same amount Turn the 5 dial to selec...

Page 105: ...t press 0 Turn the 5 dial to select All by same amount then press 0 The menu will reappear 5 Check the result of the adjustment Take a picture and play back the image p 244 to check the adjustment result When the resulting picture is focused in front of the targeted point adjust toward the side When the resulting picture is focused behind the targeted point adjust toward the side If necessary do t...

Page 106: ...e If you use a zoom lens make the adjustment for the wide angle W and telephoto T ends 1 Select Adjust by lens Turn the 5 dial to select Adjust by lens 2 Press the B button X The Adjust by lens screen will appear 3 Check and change the lens information Check the lens information Press the B button X The screen will show the lens name and a 10 digit serial number When the serial number is displayed...

Page 107: ...umber on the lens may differ from the serial number displayed on the screen in step 3 This is not a defect If the lens serial number includes letters enter only the numbers in step 3 The location of the serial number differs depending on the lens Some lenses may not have a serial number inscribed To register a lens that has no serial number inscribed enter any serial number in step 3 If Adjust by ...

Page 108: ...ress the M button to return to the screen in step 1 Turn the 5 dial to select Adjust by lens then press 0 The menu will reappear 5 Check the result of the adjustment Take a picture and play back the image p 244 to check the adjustment result When the resulting picture is focused in front of the targeted point adjust toward the side When the resulting picture is focused behind the targeted point ad...

Page 109: ...t the suitable position The adjustments will be retained even if you clear all the camera settings p 56 However the setting itself will be Disable It is best to make the adjustment at the actual location where you will shoot This will make the adjustment more precise Using a tripod when making the adjustment is recommended For checking the adjustment result shooting at the 73 image recording quali...

Page 110: ...lective body etc Near and far subjects covered by an AF point Example Animal in a cage etc Repetitive patterns Example Skyscraper windows computer keyboards etc In such cases do either of the following 1 With One Shot AF focus on an object at the same distance as the subject and lock the focus before recomposing p 67 2 Set the lens focus mode switch to MF and focus manually p 111 When Autofocus Fa...

Page 111: ...focusing ring until the subject looks sharp in the viewfinder MF Manual Focusing Focusing ring When you press the shutter button halfway while focusing manually the focus confirmation light o will light up when focus is achieved With 61 point automatic selection when the center AF point achieves focus the focus confirmation light o will light up COPY ...

Page 112: ... continuous shooting Max approx 3 shots sec While you hold down the shutter button completely shots will be taken continuously B Silent single shooting The shooting sound for single shooting is quieter than u M Silent continuous shooting Max approx 3 shots sec The shooting sound for continuous shooting is quieter than i Q 10 sec self timer Remote control k 2 sec self timer Remote control For self ...

Page 113: ...button completely until the picture is taken will be longer than normal When the battery level is low the continuous shooting speed may become slightly slower o The maximum continuous shooting speed of approx 6 shots sec is attained under the following conditions At 1 500 sec or faster shutter speed and at the maximum aperture varies depending on the lens The continuous shooting speed may be slowe...

Page 114: ...bles you to shoot while not touching the camera mounted on a tripod This prevents camera shake while you shoot still lifes or bulb exposures After taking self timer shots playing back the image p 244 to check focus and exposure is recommended When using the self timer to shoot only yourself use focus lock p 67 on an object at about the same distance as where you will stand To cancel the self timer...

Page 115: ...cture Style white balance Auto Lighting Optimizer lens peripheral illumination correction chromatic aberration correction and other functions A M icon at the upper right of a page title indicates that the function can be used when the Mode Dial is set to d s f a F The function cannot be used in the A mode COPY ...

Page 116: ...rding method and select which card to use for recording and playing back images 1 Select Record func card folder sel Under the 51 tab select Record func card folder sel then press 0 2 Select Record func Turn the 5 dial to select Record func then press 0 3 Select the recording method Turn the 5 dial to select the recording method then press 0 3 Selecting the Card for Recording and Playback Recordin...

Page 117: ... set the image recording quality to 73 and 1 c and 41 etc Rec to multiple Each image is recorded to both the CF and SD cards simultaneously at the same image size You can also select RAW JPEG When Rec separately is set the maximum burst will decrease greatly p 121 When Rec separately or Rec to multiple is set the image will be recorded under the same file number to both the CF and SD cards Also th...

Page 118: ...d play Turn the 5 dial to select Record play then press 0 f Record images to and play images back from the CF card g Record images to and play images back from the SD card Turn the 5 dial to select the card then press 0 If Rec separately or Rec to multiple is set Select Playback Turn the 5 dial to select Playback then press 0 f Play back the CF card s images g Play back the SD card s images Turn t...

Page 119: ... dial To select a JPEG setting turn the 5 dial On the upper right the M megapixels x number indicates the recorded pixel count and is the number of possible shots displayed up to 9999 Press 0 to set it Under 51 Record func card folder sel if Record func is set to Rec separately turn the 5 dial to select f or g then press 0 On the screen that appears turn the 5 dial to select the image recording qu...

Page 120: ... Image Recording Quality Image recording Quality Setting Examples 73 only 61 74 1 73 1 only If is set for both RAW and JPEG 73 will be set The number of possible shots will be displayed up to 1999 on the LCD panel COPY ...

Page 121: ... to o high speed continuous shooting Figures in parentheses apply to an Ultra DMA UDMA mode 7 128 GB card based on Canon s testing standards Image Quality Pixels Recorded megapixels Printing Size File Size MB Possible Shots Maximum Burst JPEG 73 22M A2 or larger 7 0 1010 65 16270 83 3 7 1930 1930 30990 74 9 8M A3 or larger 3 8 1860 1860 29800 84 2 0 3430 3430 55000 7a 5 5M A4 or larger 2 5 2810 28...

Page 122: ...ith all RAW images you can use Digital Photo Professional provided software p 394 to make various adjustments and then generate a JPEG TIFF etc image incorporating those adjustments About RAW If you select both RAW and JPEG the same image will be recorded simultaneously to the card in both RAW and JPEG at the image recording quality that was set The two images will be recorded with the same file n...

Page 123: ...r sel is set to Rec separately you cannot switch to the One touch image quality setting The maximum burst is displayed even when a card is not inserted in the camera Make sure that a card is inserted before taking a picture If the viewfinder displays 99 for the maximum burst it means the maximum burst is 99 or higher If the maximum burst decreases to 98 or lower and the internal buffer memory beco...

Page 124: ...N ISO Speed Shooting Situation No flash Flash Range L 100 400 Sunny outdoors The higher the ISO speed the farther the flash range will extend 400 1600 Overcast skies or evening time 1600 25600 H1 H2 Dark indoors or night If z3 Highlight tone priority has been set to Enable you cannot select L ISO 50 ISO 100 125 160 H1 ISO 51200 and H2 ISO 102400 p 146 Shooting in high temperatures may result in im...

Page 125: ...e subject overexposure may result If you shoot a movie when Maximum 25600 is set with ISO speed range and ISO speed is set to ISO 16000 20000 25600 the ISO speed will switch to ISO12800 during movie shooting with manual exposure Even if you switch back to still photo shooting the ISO speed will not revert to the original setting If you shoot a movie when 1 L 50 or 2 H1 51200 H2 102400 is set the I...

Page 126: ...ISO speed settings then press 0 2 Select ISO speed range Select ISO speed range then press 0 3 Set the minimum limit Select the minimum limit box then press 0 Turn the 5 dial to select the minimum limit ISO speed then press 0 4 Set the maximum limit Select the maximum limit box then press 0 Turn the 5 dial to select the maximum limit ISO speed then press 0 5 Exit the setting Turn the 5 dial to sel...

Page 127: ...mum limit Select the minimum limit box then press 0 Turn the 5 dial to select the minimum limit ISO speed then press 0 3 Set the maximum limit Select the maximum limit box then press 0 Turn the 5 dial to select the maximum limit ISO speed then press 0 4 Exit the setting Turn the 5 dial to select OK then press 0 X The menu reappears 3 Setting the ISO Speed Range for Auto ISO The Minimum and Maximum...

Page 128: ...e and subject blur 1 Select Min shutter spd Select Min shutter spd then press 0 2 Set the desired minimum shutter speed Turn the 5 dial to select the shutter speed then press 0 X The menu reappears 3 Setting the Minimum Shutter Speed for Auto ISO If a correct exposure cannot be obtained with the maximum ISO speed limit set with Auto ISO range a shutter speed slower than the Min shutter spd will be...

Page 129: ... mode 1 Press the b button 2 Select A Turn the 5 dial to select A then press 0 X The Picture Style selection screen will appear 3 Select a Picture Style Turn the 5 dial to select the desired Picture Style then press 0 X The Picture Style will be set and the camera will be ready to shoot A Selecting a Picture StyleN You can also select the Picture Style with z3 Picture Style COPY ...

Page 130: ...you can adjust the skin tone R Landscape For vivid blues and greens and very sharp and crisp images Effective for impressive landscapes S Neutral This Picture Style is for users who prefer to process images with their computer For natural colors and subdued images U Faithful This Picture Style is for users who prefer to process images with their computer When the subject is captured under a daylig...

Page 131: ...fer to parameters such as Sharpness and Contrast The numerals indicate the parameter settings such as for Sharpness and Contrast for each Picture Style Symbols About the Symbols Black and white images shot in JPEG cannot be reverted to color If you want to later shoot pictures in color make sure the Monochrome setting has been canceled When Monochrome is selected 0 will appear on the LCD panel h c...

Page 132: ... Monochrome see page 134 1 Press the b button 2 Select A Turn the 5 dial to select A then press 0 X The Picture Style selection screen will appear 3 Select a Picture Style Turn the 5 dial to select the desired Picture Style then press B 4 Select a parameter Turn the 5 dial to select a parameter such as Sharpness then press 0 A Customizing a Picture StyleN COPY ...

Page 133: ...lt will be displayed in blue Parameter Settings and Effects g Sharpness 0 Less sharp outline 7 Sharp outline h Contrast 4 Low contrast 4 High contrast i Saturation 4 Low saturation 4 High saturation j Color tone 4 Reddish skin tone 4 Yellowish skin tone By selecting Default set in step 4 you can revert the respective Picture Style to its default parameter settings To use the adjusted Picture Style...

Page 134: ...k more impressive The following can be selected N None S Sepia B Blue P Purple or G Green V Monochrome Adjustment Filter Sample Effects N None Normal black and white image with no filter effects Ye Yellow The blue sky will look more natural and the white clouds will look crisper Or Orange The blue sky will look slightly darker The sunset will look more brilliant R Red The blue sky will look quite ...

Page 135: ...a with EOS Utility provided software p 394 1 Press the b button 2 Select A Turn the 5 dial to select A then press 0 X The Picture Style selection screen will appear 3 Select User Def Turn the 5 dial to select User Def then press B 4 Press 0 With Picture Style selected press 0 5 Select the base Picture Style Turn the 5 dial to select the base Picture Style then press 0 To adjust the parameters of a...

Page 136: ...n the right of User Def If a Picture Style has already been registered under User Def changing the base Picture Style in step 5 will nullify the parameter settings of the registered Picture Style If you execute Clear all camera settings p 56 all the User Def settings will revert to their defaults Any Picture Style registered via EOS Utility provided software will have only its modified parameters ...

Page 137: ...ise it will be fixed to approx 6000K To the human eye a white object looks white regardless of the type of lighting With a digital camera the color temperature is adjusted with software to make the white areas look white This adjustment serves as the basis for the color correction The result is natural looking colors in the pictures B Setting the White BalanceN Display Mode Color Temperature Appro...

Page 138: ... can set any white balance 2 Select Custom White Balance Under the z2 tab select Custom White Balance then press 0 X The custom white balance selection screen will appear 3 Import the white balance data Turn the 5 dial to select the image captured in step 1 then press 0 X On the dialog screen that appears select OK and the data will be imported When the menu reappears press the M button to exit th...

Page 139: ...selected images captured while the Picture Style was set to Monochrome multiple exposure images and images taken with another camera Instead of a white object an 18 gray card commercially available can produce a more accurate white balance The personal white balance registered with the provided software will be registered under O If you execute step 3 the data for the registered personal white bal...

Page 140: ... B is for blue A is amber M is magenta and G is green The color in the respective direction will be corrected On the upper right Shift indicates the direction and correction amount Pressing the L button will cancel all the WB Shift Bkt settings Press 0 to exit the setting and return to the menu u White Balance CorrectionN White Balance Correction Sample setting A2 G1 During the white balance corre...

Page 141: ...el all the WB Shift Bkt settings Press 0 to exit the setting and return to the menu Bracketing Sequence The images will be bracketed in the following sequence 1 Standard white balance 2 Blue B bias and 3 Amber A bias or 1 Standard white balance 2 Magenta M bias and 3 Green G bias White Balance Auto Bracketing B A bias 3 levels During WB bracketing the maximum burst for continuous shooting will be ...

Page 142: ...AutomaticallyN If z3 Highlight tone priority is set to Enable the Auto Lighting Optimizer will be set automatically to Disable and the setting cannot be changed Depending on the shooting conditions noise may increase If a setting other than Disable is set and you use exposure compensation or flash exposure compensation to darken the exposure the image may still come out bright If you want a darker...

Page 143: ...n press 0 2 Set the desired setting Turn the 5 dial to select the desired noise reduction setting then press 0 X The setting screen closes and the menu will reappear 3 Take the picture The image will be recorded with noise reduction applied 3 Noise Reduction SettingsN High ISO Speed Noise Reduction If you play back a 1 image with the camera the effect of the high ISO speed noise reduction may look...

Page 144: ...screen closes and the menu will reappear Auto For 1 sec or longer exposures noise reduction is performed automatically if noise typical of long exposures is detected This Auto setting is effective in most cases Enable Noise reduction is performed for all exposures of 1 sec or longer The Enable setting may be able to reduce noise that otherwise cannot be detected with the Auto setting 3 Take the pi...

Page 145: ... maximum burst indicator in the viewfinder shows 1 or higher Images taken at ISO 1600 or higher may look grainier with the Enable setting than with the Disable and Auto settings With Enable if a long exposure is shot with the Live View image displayed BUSY will be displayed during the noise reduction process The Live View display will not appear until the noise reduction is completed You cannot ta...

Page 146: ...cture The image will be recorded with highlight tone priority applied 3 Highlight Tone PriorityN With Enable the Auto Lighting Optimizer p 142 is automatically set to Disable and the setting cannot be changed When Highlight tone priority is set to Disable the Auto Lighting Optimizer will revert to its original setting With Enable image noise may increase slightly more than with Disable With Enable...

Page 147: ...ed lens Turn the 5 dial to select Peripheral illumin then press 0 Select Enable then press 0 If Correction data not available is displayed see About the Lens Correction Data on page 149 3 Take the picture The image will be recorded with the peripheral illumination corrected 3 Lens Peripheral Illumination Chromatic Aberration Correction Peripheral Illumination Correction Depending on shooting condi...

Page 148: ... not available is displayed see About the Lens Correction Data on the next page 2 Take the picture The image will be recorded with the chromatic aberration corrected Chromatic Aberration Correction If you play back a 1 image shot with the chromatic aberration corrected the image will be displayed on the camera without the chromatic aberration correction applied Check the chromatic aberration corre...

Page 149: ...96 Notes for peripheral illumination correction and chromatic aberration correction About the Lens Correction Data Corrections cannot be applied to JPEG images captured when Disable was set When using a non Canon lens setting the corrections to Disable is recommended even if Correction data available is displayed If you use the magnified view during Live View shooting the peripheral illumination c...

Page 150: ...rd folder sel Under the 51 tab select Record func card folder sel then press 0 2 Select Folder Turn the 5 dial to select Folder then press 0 3 Select Create folder Turn the 5 dial to select Create folder then press 0 4 Create a new folder Turn the 5 dial to select OK then press 0 X A new folder with the folder number increased by one is created 3 Creating and Selecting a Folder Creating a Folder C...

Page 151: ... folder number increased by one is created automatically Also if manual reset p 155 is executed a new folder will be created automatically Folders numbered from 100 to 999 can be created Creating Folders with a Personal Computer With the card open on the screen create a new folder named DCIM Open the DCIM folder and create as many folders as necessary to save and organize your images The folder na...

Page 152: ...o indicate the image size 1 Select File name Under the 51 tab select File name then press 0 2 Select Change User setting Turn the 5 dial to select Change User setting then press 0 3 Enter any alphanumeric characters For User setting1 enter four characters For User setting2 enter three characters Press the L button to delete any unnecessary characters Press the Q button and the text palette will be...

Page 153: ...ting2 and take pictures the image recording quality character will be automatically appended as the file name s fourth character from the left The meaning of the image recording quality characters is as follows L 73 83 1 M 74 84 41 S 7a 8a 61 T b U c When the image is transferred to a personal computer the automatically appended fourth character will be included You can then see the image size wit...

Page 154: ...rd such as f g the file numbering continues in sequence up to 9999 for the images saved This is convenient when you want to save images numbered anywhere between 0001 to 9999 in multiple cards or folders into one folder in your personal computer If the replacement card or existing folder already contains images recorded previously the file numbering of the new images may continue from the file num...

Page 155: ...he file numbering to 0001 or to start from file number 0001 in a new folder When you reset the file numbering manually a new folder is created automatically and the file numbering of images saved to that folder starts from 0001 This is convenient if you want to use different folders for the images taken yesterday and the ones taken today for example After the manual reset the file numbering return...

Page 156: ...pyright details then press 0 3 Enter text Press the Q button and the text palette will be highlighted in a color frame Text can be entered Operate the 5 6 dial or 9 to move the and select the desired character Then press 0 to enter it You can enter up to 63 characters To delete a character press the L button 4 Exit the setting After entering the text press the M button X The information will be sa...

Page 157: ...d Copyright information that you entered When you select Delete copyright information in step 2 on the preceding page you can delete the Author and Copyright information Checking the Copyright Information Deleting the Copyright Information You can also set or check the copyright information with EOS Utility provided software p 394 COPY ...

Page 158: ...g is not recommended if you do not know about image processing Adobe RGB and Design rule for Camera File System 2 0 Exif 2 21 or higher The image will look very subdued in a sRGB personal computer environment and with printers not compatible with Design rule for Camera File System 2 0 Exif 2 21 or higher Post processing of the image with software will therefore be required 3 Setting the Color Spac...

Page 159: ... upper right of a page title indicates that the function can be used when the Mode Dial is set to d s f a F The function cannot be used in the A mode After you press the shutter button halfway and let go the exposure values will remain displayed in the viewfinder and on the LCD panel for 4 sec 0 For the functions settable in each shooting mode see page 346 Set the R switch to the left COPY ...

Page 160: ...hen press the shutter button halfway X When focus is achieved the focus confirmation light o on the viewfinder s bottom right will light up In One Shot AF mode X The shutter speed and aperture will be set automatically and displayed in the viewfinder and on the LCD panel 3 Check the display A standard exposure will be obtained as long as the shutter speed and aperture display do not blink 4 Take t...

Page 161: ...spoiled shots The functions you can set are limited With d mode only the shutter speed and aperture are set automatically You can freely set the AF mode metering mode and other functions p 346 About Program Shift In the Program AE mode you can freely change the shutter speed and aperture combination Program set automatically by the camera while maintaining the same exposure This is called Program ...

Page 162: ... blurred effect giving the impression of motion s stands for Time value 1 Set the Mode Dial to s 2 Set the desired shutter speed While looking at the LCD panel turn the 6 dial 3 Focus the subject Press the shutter button halfway X The aperture is set automatically 4 Check the viewfinder display and shoot As long as the aperture is not blinking a standard exposure will be obtained s Shutter Priorit...

Page 163: ...igher ISO speed If the minimum aperture blinks it indicates overexposure Turn the 6 dial to set a faster shutter speed until the aperture stops blinking or set a lower ISO speed Shutter Speed Display The shutter speeds from 8000 to 4 indicate the denominator of the fractional shutter speed For example 125 indicates 1 125 sec Also 0 5 indicates 0 5 sec and 15 is 15 sec COPY ...

Page 164: ...ke less of the foreground and background fall within acceptable focus f stands for Aperture value aperture opening 1 Set the Mode Dial to f 2 Set the desired aperture While looking at the LCD panel turn the 6 dial 3 Focus the subject Press the shutter button halfway X The shutter speed is set automatically 4 Check the viewfinder display and shoot As long as the shutter speed is not blinking a stan...

Page 165: ... set a higher ISO speed If the 8000 shutter speed blinks it indicates overexposure Turn the 6 dial to set a smaller aperture higher aperture f number until the shutter speed blinking stops or set a lower ISO speed Aperture Display The higher the f number the smaller the aperture opening will be The apertures displayed will differ depending on the lens If no lens is attached to the camera 00 will b...

Page 166: ...ct Press the shutter button halfway X The exposure setting will be displayed in the viewfinder and on the LCD panel The exposure level mark h indicates how far the current exposure level is from the standard exposure level 4 Set the exposure and take the picture Check the exposure level and set the desired shutter speed and aperture If the exposure compensation amount exceeds 3 stops the end of th...

Page 167: ...ter than the subject due to backlighting etc Partial metering covers approx 6 2 of the viewfinder area at the center In z2 Auto Lighting Optimizer if the checkmark X for Disable during man expo is removed it can be set in the a mode p 142 When ISO Auto is set you can press the A button to lock the ISO speed After recomposing the picture you can see the exposure level difference on the exposure lev...

Page 168: ...spot of the subject or scene The metering is weighted at the center covering approx 1 5 of the viewfinder area e Center weighted average metering The metering is weighted at the center and then averaged for the entire scene When r is set h can be displayed in the viewfinder p 318 COPY ...

Page 169: ...posure compensation amount While looking at the viewfinder or LCD panel turn the 5 dial If it cannot be set set the R switch to the left then turn the 5 dial 3 Take the picture To cancel the exposure compensation set the exposure compensation amount back to E Setting Exposure CompensationN Increased exposure for a brighter image Decreased exposure for a darker image If z2 Auto Lighting Optimizer p...

Page 170: ...atically canceled To cancel AEB follow step 2 to turn off the AEB range display h Auto Exposure Bracketing AEB N AEB range During AEB shooting A and h will blink respectively in the viewfinder and on the LCD panel If the drive mode is set to u or B press the shutter button three times for each shot When o i or M is set and you hold down the shutter button completely the three bracketed shots will ...

Page 171: ...exposure setting is locked AE lock Each time you press the A button it locks the current autoexposure setting 3 Recompose and take the picture If you want to maintain the AE lock while taking more shots hold down the A button and press the shutter button to take another shot When the lens focus mode switch is set to MF AE lock is applied at the center AF point A AE LockN AE Lock Effects Metering M...

Page 172: ...ontinue X The elapsed exposure time will be displayed on the LCD panel F Bulb Exposures Elapsed exposure time Long exposures produce more noise than usual When z3 Long exp noise reduction is set to Auto or Enable noise generated by the long exposure can be reduced p 144 For bulb exposures using a tripod and Remote Switch RS 80N3 sold separately or Timer Remote Controller TC 80N3 sold separately is...

Page 173: ...ect the HDR mode Turn the 5 dial to select w then press 0 X The HDR mode screen will appear 3 Set Adjust dyn range Select the desired dynamic range setting then press 0 Selecting Auto will have the dynamic range set automatically the image s overall tonal range The higher the number the wider the dynamic range will be To disable HDR shooting select Disable HDR 4 Set Effect Select the desired effec...

Page 174: ...d the low contrast and flat gradation create a graphic art effect Art bold The colors are the most saturated making the subject pop out and the picture look like an oil painting Art embossed The color saturation brightness contrast and gradation are decreased to make the picture look flat The picture looks faded and old The subject outlines will have bright or dark edges Art standard Art vivid Art...

Page 175: ...and the merged HDR image select All images then press 0 To save only the HDR image select HDR img only then press 0 8 Take the picture HDR shooting is possible with viewfinder shooting and Live View shooting X w will be displayed on the LCD panel When you press the shutter button completely three consecutive images will be captured and the HDR image will be recorded to the card HDR shooting is not...

Page 176: ...lign is set to Disable the 3 images may not be properly aligned and the HDR effect may be minimal Auto image alignment may not work properly with repetitive patterns lattice stripes etc or flat single tone images The color gradation of the sky or white walls may not be reproduced correctly Irregular colors or noise may appear HDR shooting under fluorescent or LED lighting may result in unnatural c...

Page 177: ...ntinuous shooting speed will decrease greatly On ContShtng Continuous shooting priority Geared for continuous multiple exposure shooting of a moving subject Continuous shooting is possible but the following operations are disabled during shooting menu viewing Live View display image review after image capture image playback and undo last image p 182 Also only the multiple exposure image will be sa...

Page 178: ...ubject s background will be automatically controlled to obtain a standard exposure If you want to change the exposure of each single exposure select Additive Bright Dark The brightness or darkness of the base image and the images to be added are compared at the same position and then the bright or dark part will be left in the picture Depending on the overlapping colors the colors may be mixed dep...

Page 179: ...s set to Disable 8 Take the first exposure X When On Func Ctrl is set the captured image will be displayed X The P icon will blink The number of remaining exposures is displayed in brackets in the viewfinder or on the screen Pressing the x button enables you to view the captured image p 182 Remaining number of exposures During multiple exposure shooting Auto Lighting Optimizer highlight tone prior...

Page 180: ... Live View shooting while On Func Ctrl and Additive are both set the Live View function will stop automatically when the multiple exposure shooting ends In step 9 the brightness and noise of the multiple exposure image displayed during Live View shooting will be different from the final multiple exposure image recorded If On ContShtng is set let go of the shutter button after shooting the set numb...

Page 181: ...exposures will decrease by 1 For example if No of exposures is 3 you can shoot two exposures Merging multiple exposures with an image recorded in the card Images shot with highlight tone priority set to Enable images of which the aspect ratio is other than 3 2 p 204 or those with cropping information appended p 320 cannot be selected as the first single exposure Auto Lighting Optimizer peripheral ...

Page 182: ... Deselect img the selected image will be canceled Operation Description 2Return to previous screen The operations will disappear and the screen before you pressed the L button will reappear qUndo last image Deletes the last image you shot shoot another image The number of remaining exposures will increase by 1 WSave and exit If Save source imgs All images is set all of the single exposures and the...

Page 183: ...erged multiple exposures If all images are set to be saved the merged multiple exposure image file number will be the serial number coming after the file number of the final single exposure used to create the merged multiple exposure image Will auto power off take effect during multiple exposure shooting As long as 52 Auto power off is not set to Disable the power will turn off automatically after...

Page 184: ...e the shutter curtains If you use the self timer and mirror lockup in combination with a bulb exposure keep pressing the shutter button completely self timer delay time bulb exposure time If you let go of the shutter button during the self timer countdown there will be a shutter release sound but no picture will be taken During mirror lockup shooting function settings and menu operations etc are d...

Page 185: ...slide it upward to remove 2 Attach the eyepiece cover Slide the eyepiece cover down into the eyepiece groove to attach it Using the Eyepiece Cover F Using a Remote Switch You can connect the Remote Switch RS 80N3 or Timer Remote Controller TC 80N3 both sold separately or any EOS accessory equipped with an N3 type terminal to the camera for shooting p 356 To operate the accessory refer to its instr...

Page 186: ... Press the o button 9 4 Select the self timer Look at the LCD panel and turn the 5 dial to select Q or k 5 Press the remote controller s transmit button Point the remote controller toward the camera s remote control sensor and press the transmit button X The self timer lamp lights and the picture is taken R Remote Control Shooting Remote control sensor Fluorescent or LED lighting may cause camera ...

Page 187: ...187 Flash Photography This chapter explains how to shoot with an EOS dedicated EX series Speedlite sold separately or non Canon flash unit and how to set flash functions on the camera s menu screen COPY ...

Page 188: ...mera s B button and take the picture Flash exposure compensation In the same way as normal exposure compensation flash exposure compensation can be set You can set flash exposure compensation up to 3 stops in 1 3 stop increments Press the camera s m button then turn the 5 dial while looking in the viewfinder or at the LCD panel D Flash Photography EOS dedicated EX series Speedlites Shoe mount Spee...

Page 189: ... units since the flash duration is longer than compact flash units set the sync speed within 1 60 sec to 1 30 sec Be sure to test the flash synchronization before shooting PC Terminal The camera s PC terminal can be used with flash units having a sync cord The PC terminal is threaded to prevent inadvertent disconnection The camera s PC terminal has no polarity You can connect any sync cord regardl...

Page 190: ...operate properly and malfunction may result Do not connect to the camera s PC terminal any flash unit requiring 250 V or more Do not attach a high voltage flash unit on the camera s hot shoe It may not fire A flash unit attached to the camera s hot shoe and a flash unit connected to the PC terminal can both be used at the same time COPY ...

Page 191: ...nder the z1 tab select External Speedlite control then press 0 X The external Speedlite control screen will appear 2 Select the desired item Select the menu option to be set then press 0 To enable flash photography set Enable To enable only the AF assist beam to be emitted set Disable For normal flash exposures set it to Evaluative If Average is set the flash exposure will be averaged for the enti...

Page 192: ...itions It is effective for preventing subject blur and camera shake However while the subject will be properly exposed with the flash the background may come out dark 1 200 sec fixed The flash sync speed is fixed at 1 200 sec This more effectively prevents subject blur and camera shake than with 1 200 1 60 sec auto However in low light the subject s background will come out darker than with 1 200 ...

Page 193: ...ash mode You can select the flash mode to suit your desired flash shooting E TTL II flash metering is the standard mode of EX series Speedlites for automatic flash shooting The Manual flash mode is for setting the Speedlite s Flash output level yourself For other flash modes refer to the Speedlite s instruction manual Flash function settings Flash mode Flash zoom Flash coverage Flash exposure comp...

Page 194: ...o First curtain synchronization so that the flash fires immediately after the exposure starts If Second curtain synchronization is set the flash will fire right before the shutter closes When this is combined with a slow shutter speed you can create a trail of light such as from car headlights at night With Second curtain synchronization two flashes will be fired Once when you press the shutter bu...

Page 195: ...curtain synchronization will be applied even if Second curtain synchronization is set By selecting Clear flash settings you can revert the flash settings to their defaults With an EX series Speedlite not compatible with flash function settings you can only set the following Flash firing E TTL II meter and Flash exposure compensation under Flash function settings Shutter synchronization can also be...

Page 196: ... press 0 Selecting Clear all Speedlite C Fn s will clear all the Speedlite s Custom Function settings except C Fn 00 Distance indicator display Flash Custom Function Settings Clearing Flash Custom Function Settings With an EX series Speedlite if the Flash metering mode Custom Function is set to TTL autoflash the Speedlite will always fire at full output The Speedlite s Personal Functions P Fn cann...

Page 197: ...hooting is effective for photos of still subjects If you handhold the camera and shoot while viewing the LCD monitor camera shake can cause blurred images Using a tripod is recommended About Remote Live View Shooting With EOS Utility provided software p 394 installed in your computer you can connect the camera to the computer and shoot remotely while viewing the computer screen For details refer t...

Page 198: ...ge is displayed on the LCD monitor X After the image review ends the camera will return to Live View shooting automatically Press the 0 button to end the Live View shooting A Shooting with the LCD Monitor The image s field of view is approx 100 when the image recording quality is set to JPEG 73 The metering mode will be fixed to evaluative metering for Live View shooting In the d s f a F shooting ...

Page 199: ... shots 200 180 During Live View shooting do not point the lens toward the sun The sun s heat can damage the camera s internal components Cautions for using Live View shooting are on pages 215 216 You can also focus by pressing the p button When flash is used there will be two shutter sounds but only one shot will be taken If the camera is not operated for a prolonged period the power will turn off...

Page 200: ...mode AEB GPS connection indicator The histogram can be displayed when Expo simulation Enable is set p 205 You can display the electronic level by pressing the B button p 60 Note that if the AF mode is set to u Live mode or the camera is connected to a TV set with an HDMI cable the electronic level cannot be displayed When g is displayed in white it indicates that the Live View image brightness is ...

Page 201: ... the function settings listed below Final image simulation during Live View shooting Picture Style All parameters such as sharpness contrast color saturation and color tone are reflected White balance White balance correction Exposure with Expo simulation Enable Depth of field with depth of field preview button ON Auto Lighting Optimizer Peripheral illumination correction Highlight tone priority A...

Page 202: ...the q metering mode cannot be set While the Live View image is displayed you can press the Q button to set the Auto Lighting Optimizer card selection recording function and image recording quality 1 Press the Q button X The settable functions will be displayed 2 Select a function and set it Use 9 to select a function X The setting of the selected function is displayed at the bottom Turn the 5 or 6...

Page 203: ... do not take effect during viewfinder shooting Live View shooting You can set Live View shooting to Enable or Disable AF mode You can select Live mode p 207 u Live mode p 208 or Quick mode p 212 Grid display By displaying a 3x3 l or 6x4 m grid you can check for any picture tilting Also with 3x3 diag n the grid is displayed together with diagonal lines to help you align the intersections over the s...

Page 204: ...cannot be changed Image Quality Aspect Ratio and Pixel Count approx 3 2 4 3 16 9 1 1 3 1 5760x3840 22 1 megapixels 5120x3840 19 7 megapixels 5760x3240 18 7 megapixels 3840x3840 14 7 megapixels 4 3840x2560 9 8 megapixels 3408x2560 8 7 megapixels 3840x2160 8 3 megapixels 2560x2560 6 6 megapixels 41 3960x2640 10 5 megapixels 3520x2640 9 3 megapixels 3960x2228 8 8 megapixels 2640x2640 7 0 megapixels a...

Page 205: ...tion image is displayed at the standard brightness For asterisked image recording quality the pixel count does not exactly match the set aspect ratio The image area displayed for the asterisked aspect ratio is slightly larger than the recorded area Check the captured images on the LCD monitor when shooting If you use a different camera to directly print images shot with this camera in the 1 1 aspe...

Page 206: ...t to Disable if you use a TS E lens other than those listed in below for shifting the lens vertically or if you use an Extension tube Setting it to Mode 1 or Mode 2 will result in incorrect or irregular exposures Metering timerN You can change how long the exposure setting is displayed AE lock time If you use flash silent shooting will not be possible regardless of the Silent LV shoot setting When...

Page 207: ...splayed The image sensor is used to focus Although AF is possible with the Live View image displayed the AF operation will take longer than with the Quick mode Also achieving focus may be more difficult than with the Quick mode 1 Display the Live View image Press the 0 button X The Live View image will appear on the LCD monitor X The AF point will appear 2 Move the AF point You can use 9 to move t...

Page 208: ...re then press the shutter button completely to take the picture p 198 With the same AF method as the Live mode human faces are detected and focused Have the target person face the camera 1 Display the Live View image Press the 0 button X The Live View image will appear on the LCD monitor When a face is detected the p frame will appear over the face to be focused If multiple faces are detected q wi...

Page 209: ... focus mode switch is set to AF turn the focusing ring to attain rough focus The face will then be detected and p will be displayed An object other than a human face may be detected as a face Face detection will not work if the face is very small or large in the picture too bright or too dark titled horizontally or diagonally or partially hidden The p focusing frame may cover only part of the face...

Page 210: ... the normal view and autofocus Note that the AF speed may differ between the normal and magnified views If you autofocus in the Live mode s normal view and then magnify the image the focus may no longer be correct In the u Live mode pressing the u button will not magnify the image Live Mode and u Face Detection Live Mode Notes In the Live mode or u face detection Live mode if you shoot a periphera...

Page 211: ... faraway subject such as an animal in a cage Subjects that keep moving within the AF point and cannot keep still due to camera shake or subject blur A subject approaching or moving away from the camera Autofocusing while the subject is way out of focus Soft focus effect is applied with a soft focus lens A special effects filter is used If you use AF with any of the following lenses using Quick mod...

Page 212: ...or zone In the A mode 61 point automatic selection AF is set automatically 1 Display the Live View image Press the 0 button X The Live View image will appear on the LCD monitor If the AF area selection mode is set to 61 point automatic selection AF the Area AF frame will be displayed In other modes the AF point will be displayed as a small frame The larger rectangular frame is the magnifying frame...

Page 213: ... AF point over the subject and press the shutter button halfway X The Live View image will turn off the reflex mirror will go back down and AF will be executed No picture is taken X When focus is achieved the beeper will sound and the Live View image will reappear X The AF point used to focus will light up in green X If focus is not achieved the AF point will blink in orange 5 Take the picture Che...

Page 214: ...the image Press the u button X The area within the magnifying frame will be magnified Each time you press the u button the view will change as follows 4 Focus manually While looking at the magnified image turn the lens focusing ring to focus After achieving focus press the u button to return to the normal view 5 Take the picture Check the focus and exposure then press the shutter button completely...

Page 215: ...art blinking This blinking icon is a warning that the Live View shooting will soon end automatically If this happens you will not be able to shoot again until the camera s internal temperature decreases Turn off the power and let the camera rest for a while Using Live View shooting at a high temperature for a prolonged period will cause the s and E icons to appear earlier When you are not shooting...

Page 216: ...a may appear black on the LCD monitor However the actual captured image will correctly show the bright area In low light if you set the 52 LCD brightness to a bright setting noise or irregular colors may appear in the Live View image However the noise or irregular colors will not be recorded in the captured image When you magnify the image the image sharpness may look more pronounced than it reall...

Page 217: ...ow writing card when shooting movies the movie may not be recorded properly Also if you play back a movie on a card with a slow reading speed the movie may not play back properly If you want to shoot still photos while shooting a movie you will need an even faster card To check the card s reading writing speed refer to the card manufacturer s Web site Compression Method p 231 CF Card SD Card IPB 1...

Page 218: ...ill appear on the LCD monitor 3 Focus the subject Before shooting focus with AF or manual focus p 207 214 When you press the shutter button halfway the camera will focus with the current AF mode 4 Shoot the movie Press the 0 button to start shooting a movie X While the movie is being shot the o mark will be displayed on the upper right of the screen To stop shooting the movie press the 0 button ag...

Page 219: ... the frame rate 9 6 5 4 1 4000 sec 1 30 sec 8 7 1 4000 sec 1 60 sec 4 Focus and shoot the movie The procedure is the same as steps 3 and 4 for Autoexposure Shooting p 218 Shutter priority AE Shutter speed Changing the shutter speed during movie shooting is not recommended since the changes in the exposure will be recorded When shooting a movie of a moving subject a shutter speed of 1 30 sec to 1 1...

Page 220: ... Dial to f 2 Set the Live View shooting Movie shooting switch to k 3 Set the desired aperture While looking at the LCD monitor turn the 6 dial 4 Focus and shoot the movie The procedure is the same as steps 3 and 4 for Autoexposure Shooting p 218 Aperture priority AE Aperture Changing the aperture during movie shooting is not recommended since variations in the exposure due to the drive of the lens...

Page 221: ... the maximum ISO speed will not be expanded and remains ISO 12800 If z3 Highlight tone priority is set to Enable p 146 the ISO speed will be ISO 200 12800 Under z2 ISO speed settings Auto ISO range and Min shutter spd cannot be set p 127 128 for movie shooting Also ISO speed range cannot be set in the s mode If Minimum is set to L 50 and Maximum to H1 51200 or H2 102400 in ISO speed range and you ...

Page 222: ...pressing the A button except in the A mode p 171 After applying AE lock during movie shooting you can cancel it by pressing the S button AE lock setting is retained until you press S You can set exposure compensation by setting the R switch to the left and turning the 5 dial except in the A mode Pressing the shutter button halfway displays the ISO speed and shutter speed at the screen bottom This ...

Page 223: ...O speed For details on the ISO speed see the next page 4 Set the shutter speed and aperture Press the shutter button halfway and check the exposure level indicator To set the shutter speed turn the 6 dial The settable shutter speeds depend on the frame rate 9 6 5 4 1 4000 sec 1 30 sec 8 7 1 4000 sec 1 60 sec To set the aperture turn the 5 dial If it cannot be set set the R switch to the left then ...

Page 224: ...ISO speed displayed as H If Minimum is set to L 50 and Maximum to H1 51200 or H2 102400 in ISO speed range and you switch from still photo shooting to movie shooting the minimum setting for manual ISO range will be ISO 100 and the maximum will be H ISO 25600 The ISO speed cannot be expanded to ISO 50 or ISO 51200 102400 Changing the shutter speed or aperture during movie shooting is not recommende...

Page 225: ...iority Shooting mode L Autoexposure Shutter priority AE Aperture priority AE K Manual exposure Eye Fi card transmission status Recording level Manual GPS connection indicator Compression method Level meter Drive mode Auto Lighting Optimizer Time code Magnification Magnifying position Digital compass You can display the electronic level by pressing the B button p 60 Note that if the AF mode is set ...

Page 226: ...exposure regardless of whether the lens maximum aperture changes or not Exposure changes may be recorded as a result Cautions for movie shooting are on pages 241 and 242 If necessary also read the Live View shooting cautions on pages 215 and 216 Movie related settings are under the z4 and z5 tabs p 239 In the A mode they are under the z2 and z3 tabs A movie file is recorded each time you shoot a m...

Page 227: ...ation By connecting stereo headphones commercially available equipped with a 3 5 mm mini plug to the camera s headphone terminal p 19 you can listen to the sound during movie shooting You can use Remote Controller RC 6 sold separately p 186 to start and stop the movie shooting if the drive mode is Q or k Set the shooting timing switch to 2 2 sec delay then press the transmit button If the switch i...

Page 228: ...ed to the card set for Playback The still photos will be recorded at the image recording quality set for the respective card Functions particular to still photo shooting are shown below Other functions will be the same as for movie shooting If highlight tone priority is set the ISO speed range will start from ISO 200 Shooting Still Photos Function Settings Image Recording Quality As set in z1 Imag...

Page 229: ...rmance etc movie shooting may stop automatically If z5 Movie shoot btn is set to V you cannot take still photos If you want to shoot still photos continuously during movie shooting using a high speed card is recommended Setting a smaller image recording quality for still photos and shooting fewer continuous still photos are also recommended You can shoot still photos in all drive modes The self ti...

Page 230: ... press the Q button and set the following Auto Lighting Optimizer card selection recording function image recording quality still photos movie recording size and sound recording level with Sound recording Manual set 1Press the Q button X The settable functions will be displayed 2Select a function and set it Use 9 to select a function X The setting of the selected function is displayed at the botto...

Page 231: ...ndard definition recording quality The aspect ratio will be 4 3 Frame rate fps frames per second 6 8 For areas where the TV format is NTSC North America Japan Korea Mexico etc 5 7 For areas where the TV format is PAL Europe Russia China Australia etc 4 Mainly for motion pictures Compression method X IPB Compresses multiple frames at a time efficiently for recording Since the file size will be smal...

Page 232: ...vie files cannot play back consecutively automatically After the movie playback ends select the next movie to play Movie Shooting Time Limit The maximum recording time of one movie clip is 29 min 59 sec If the movie shooting time reaches 29 min 59 sec the movie shooting will stop automatically You can start shooting a movie again by pressing the 0 button A new movie file starts being recorded Tota...

Page 233: ...to stop before the maximum recording time shown in the preceding page p 241 Even if Record func is set to Auto switch card the card cannot be switched automatically during movie shooting About Full HD 1080 Full HD 1080 indicates compatibility with High Definition featuring 1080 vertical pixels scanning lines COPY ...

Page 234: ...f 64 levels Select Rec level and look at the level meter while turning the 5 dial to adjust the sound recording level While looking at the peak hold indicator 3 sec adjust so that the level meter sometimes lights up the 12 12 dB mark on the right for the loudest sounds If it exceeds 0 the sound will be distorted Disable Sound will not be recorded When set to Enable it reduces wind noise when there...

Page 235: ...headphones during movie playback The audio output to the headphones will not have noise reduction applied It will therefore be different from the sound recorded with the movie In the A shooting mode Sound recording settings will be On Off If On is set the sound recording level will be adjusted automatically same as with Auto and the wind filter function will take effect To adjust the headphones vo...

Page 236: ...ntrol Settable Functions Shooting Mode d F s f a 1 Shutter speed k k 2 Aperture k k 3 ISO speed k 4 Exposure compensation k k k 5 Sound recording level k k k k If z5 Silent Control is set to Enable h you cannot adjust the sound recording level with the 5 Quick Control dial during movie shooting Even if you change the aperture silently with h the movie will still record the lens aperture driving so...

Page 237: ...eely set the hour minute second and frames Reset The time set with Manual input setting and Set to camera time is reset to 00 00 00 00 Set to camera time Sets hours minutes and seconds to match the camera s internal clock Frames will be set to 00 You can select what to display on the movie shooting screen Rec time Indicates the elapsed time from the start of the movie shooting Time code Indicates ...

Page 238: ...alled drop frame Enable The discrepancy is corrected automatically by skipping time code numbers Disable The discrepancy is not corrected Movie Playback Count Drop Frame Regardless of the Movie rec count setting the time code will always be recorded to the movie file During movie shooting During movie playback With Time code set If you change the setting for either Movie play count in z5 movie Tim...

Page 239: ...AF mode is set to Quick mode it will switch to Live mode during movie shooting Grid display With 3x3 l or 6x4 m you can display grid lines It can help you level the camera vertically or horizontally Also with 3x3 diag n the grid is displayed together with diagonal lines to help you align the intersections over the subject for better balance in the composition Movie recording size You can set the m...

Page 240: ...8 Silent Control When Enable h is set you can use the touch pad h and Quick Control screen to change settings silently during movie shooting For details see page 236 Movie shooting button When V is set besides pressing the 0 button you can also press the shutter button completely or use Remote Switch RS 80N3 sold separately or Timer Remote Controller TC 80N3 sold separately to start stop the movie...

Page 241: ...and E icons to appear earlier When you are not shooting turn off the camera Recording and Image Quality If the attached lens has an Image Stabilizer the Image Stabilizer will operate at all times even if you do not press the shutter button halfway The Image Stabilizer consumes battery power and may shorten the total movie shooting time or decrease the number of possible shots If you use a tripod o...

Page 242: ...dicator will either not appear or the level if displayed will hardly go upward First shoot a few test movies to see if the card can write fast enough Still Photo Shooting During Movie Shooting Regarding the image quality of still photos see Image Quality on page 215 Playback and TV connection In autoexposure shooting shutter priority AE or aperture priority AE modes if the brightness changes durin...

Page 243: ...os and movies how to display them on a TV screen and other playback related functions About images taken with another camera The camera may not be able to properly display images captured with a different camera or edited with a computer or whose file name was changed COPY ...

Page 244: ... images starting with the last image turn the 5 dial counterclockwise To play back images starting with the first captured image turn the dial clockwise Each time you press the B button the display format will change x Image Playback Single Image Display No information Histogram With basic information Shooting information display COPY ...

Page 245: ...dy state In single image display and two image display p 253 display you can overlay the grid on the image playback With 33 Playback grid you can select 3x3 l 6x4 m or 3x3 diag n This function is convenient for checking the image s tilt and composition 3 Grid Display The grid is not displayed during movie playback COPY ...

Page 246: ...mage has been processed or resized u will be displayed B Shooting Information Display Sample Information for Still Photos Flash exposure compensation amount Metering mode Shooting mode Highlight tone priority Shooting date and time White balance correction Histogram Brightness RGB Color space White balance Picture Style Settings File size Image recording quality Playback number Total images record...

Page 247: ... a negative amount and shoot again About the AF Point Display When 33 AF point disp is set to Enable the AF point that achieved focus will be displayed in red If automatic AF point selection was used multiple AF points may be displayed in red Sample Information for Movies Shooting mode Movie file size Movie recording size Shutter speed Compression method Frame rate Shooting time Playback time Time...

Page 248: ...adation in between will be reproduced By checking the image and its brightness histogram you can see the exposure level inclination and the overall gradation RGB Display This histogram is a graph showing the distribution of each primary color s brightness level in the image RGB or red green and blue The horizontal axis indicates the color s brightness level darker on the left and brighter on the r...

Page 249: ...hlighted in a blue frame If you turn the 6 dial further counterclockwise the 9 image index display will appear Turning the 6 dial clockwise will switch the display from 9 images 4 images and to one image 3 Select an image Turn the 5 dial to move the blue frame and select the image Press the u button to turn off the 6u icon then turn the 6 dial to go to the next or preceding screen Press 0 in the i...

Page 250: ...isplay by folder i Display movies only j Display stills only k Display by image rating p 255 Turn the 6 dial to select the rating 3 Browse by jumping Press the x button to play back images On the single image display turn the 6 dial I Jump through Images Jump Display Playback position Jump method To search images according to the shooting date select Date To search images according to folder selec...

Page 251: ...urn the 6 dial clockwise You can magnify the image up to 10x The image magnification decreases as you turn the 6 dial counterclockwise Turning the dial further will display the index display p 249 2 Scroll around the image Use 9 to scroll around the magnified image To exit the magnified view press the u button or x button and the single image display will return u Magnified View Magnified area pos...

Page 252: ...ion Actual size from selected point The recorded image s pixels will be displayed at approx 100 The magnified view will start at the AF point that achieved focus If the photo was taken with manual focus the magnified view will start at the image center Same as last magnification from center The magnification will be the same as the last time you exited the magnified view with the x or u button The...

Page 253: ...be compared By pressing the Q button you can set the same magnification and magnified area for both images The magnification settings will match those of the image not highlighted in blue By holding the x button you can display the image highlighted in blue as a single image To return to the single image display press the m button X Comparing Images Two Image Display Magnified view jump display se...

Page 254: ...Rotate the image Each time you press 0 the image will rotate clockwise as follows 90 270 0 To rotate another image repeat steps 2 and 3 Press the M button to return to the menu b Rotating the Image If you have set 51 Auto rotate to OnzD p 280 before taking vertical shots you need not rotate the image as described above If the rotated image is not displayed in the rotated orientation during image p...

Page 255: ...image or movie Each time you press the c button the rating mark will change l m n o p None To rate another image or movie repeat steps 1 and 2 1 Select Rating Under the 32 tab select Rating then press 0 Setting Ratings Set ratings with the c Button 3 Set ratings with the menu If 53 m btn function is set to Protect change it to Rating If you press the Q button when Rating is selected in 53 m btn fu...

Page 256: ...ting To rate another image or movie repeat steps 2 and 3 Press the M button to return to the menu The total number of images with a given rating can be displayed up to 999 If there are more than 999 images with a given rating will be displayed for that rating Taking advantage of ratings With 32 Image jump w 6 you can display only rated images and movies With 32 Slide show you can play back only ra...

Page 257: ...ack press the Q button X The Quick Control screen will appear 2 Select a function and set it Tilt 9 up or down to select a function X The setting of the selected function is displayed at the bottom Turn the 5 dial to set the function For RAW image processing and Resize press 0 and set the function For details see page 282 for RAW image processing and page 287 for Resize To cancel press the M butto...

Page 258: ...will be recorded to the image but the camera will not rotate the image for display Pressing the Q button during the index display will switch to the single image display and the Quick Control screen will appear Pressing the Q button again will return to the index display For images taken with another camera selectable functions may be limited COPY ...

Page 259: ...or You can also edit out the movie s first and last scenes and play back the still photos and movies on the card in an automatic slide show k Enjoying Movies Playback on a TV set p 268 271 Playback on the Camera s LCD Monitor p 261 267 Movies on a card can be played only by devices compatible with MOV files Since hard disk recorders do not have an HDMI IN terminal the camera cannot be connected to...

Page 260: ...ie play back smoothly on a personal computer use a high performance personal computer Regarding the computer hardware requirements for ImageBrowser EX refer to the PDF file ImageBrowser EX User Guide If you want to use commercially available software to play back or edit the movies be sure it is compatible with MOV files For details on commercially available software contact the software maker COP...

Page 261: ...ay press 0 to switch to the single image display 3 On the single image display press 0 X The movie playback panel will appear on the bottom 4 Play back the movie Turn the 5 dial to select 7 Play then press 0 X The movie will start playing You can pause the movie playback by pressing 0 During movie playback you can adjust the sound volume by turning the 6 dial For more details on the playback proce...

Page 262: ... 263 Playback position mm ss Playback time minutes seconds with Movie play count Rec time set hh mm ss ff Time code hours minutes seconds frames with Movie play count Time code set Volume You can adjust the built in speaker s p 261 volume by turning the 6 dial With a fully charged Battery Pack LP E6 the continuous playback time at 23 C 73 F will be as follows approx 3 hr 30 min By connecting comme...

Page 263: ...to the left or right to see the previous or next frames Holding it down will fast forward the frames Turn the 5 dial for frame by frame playback After deciding which part to edit out press 0 The portion highlighted in blue on the top of the screen is what will remain 3 Check the edited movie Select 7 and press 0 to play back the portion highlighted in blue To change the editing go back to step 2 T...

Page 264: ...e file select Overwrite Then press 0 On the confirmation screen select OK then press 0 to save the edited movie and return to the movie playback screen Since the editing is performed in 1 sec increments position indicated by X the exact position where the movie is edited may differ slightly from the position you specified If the card does not have enough free space New file will not be available C...

Page 265: ...ired option then press 0 All images Movies Stills Turn the 5 dial to select one of the following jAll images kMovies zStills Then press 0 Date Folder Rating Turn the 5 dial to select one of the following iDate nFolder 9Rating When zH is highlighted press the B button Turn the 5 dial to select the desired setting then press 0 3 Slide Show Auto Playback Number of images to be played Date Folder Rati...

Page 266: ...till photos and movies on the card will be played back iDate Still photos and movies taken on the selected shooting date will be played back nFolder Still photos and movies in the selected folder will be played back kMovies Only the movies on the card will be played back zStills Only the still photos on the card will be played back 9Rating Only the still photos and movies with the selected rating ...

Page 267: ...se G will be displayed on the upper left of the image Press 0 again to resume the slide show During auto playback you can press the B button to change the still photo display format p 244 During movie playback you can adjust the sound volume by turning the 6 dial During auto playback or pause you can turn the 5 dial to view another image During auto playback auto power off will not work The displa...

Page 268: ...I cable to the TV s HDMI IN port 3 Turn on the TV and switch the TV s video input to select the connected port 4 Set the camera s power switch to 1 Viewing the Images on TV Viewing on High Definition HD TV Sets Adjust the movie s sound volume with the TV set The sound volume cannot be adjusted with the camera Before connecting or disconnecting the cable between the camera and television turn off t...

Page 269: ...TV set s remote control for playback operations An HDMI standard function enabling HDMI devices to control each other so that you can control them with one remote control unit 1 Set Ctrl over HDMI to Enable Under the 33 tab select Ctrl over HDMI then press 0 Select Enable then press 0 Using HDMI CEC TV Sets The movie cannot be output at the same time from both the D and q terminals Do not connect ...

Page 270: ...on For a slide show press the remote control s button to select an option then press the Enter button If you select Return and press the Enter button the menu will disappear and you can use the button to select an image Still photo playback menu Movie playback menu Return 9 image index Play movie Slide show Disp shooting info Rotate During the two image display p 253 playback with the TV s remote ...

Page 271: ...ct the connected port 4 Set the camera s power switch to 1 5 Press the x button X The image will appear on the TV screen Nothing will be displayed on the camera s LCD monitor To play back movies see page 261 Viewing on Non High Definition HD TV Sets Red White Yellow Do not use any AV cable other than the one provided Images may not be displayed if you use a different cable If the video system form...

Page 272: ...ges will be displayed 3 Protect the image Turn the 5 dial to select the image to be protected then press 0 X The image will be protected and the K icon will appear at the top of the screen To cancel the image protection press 0 again The K icon will disappear To protect another image repeat step 3 Press the M button to return to the menu K Protecting Images 3 Protecting a Single Image Image protec...

Page 273: ...he image to be protected When you press the c button the image will be protected and the K icon will appear at the top of the screen To cancel the image protection press the c button again The K icon will disappear 3 Protecting All Images in a Folder or Card Set with the c Button If you format the card p 53 the protected images will also be erased Movies can also be protected Once an image is prot...

Page 274: ...t the folder Turn the 5 dial to select the folder containing the image to be copied then press 0 Refer to the images displayed on the right to select the desired folder X The images in the selected folder will be displayed a Copying Images 3 Copying Individual Images Number of images in folder Folder name Lowest file number Highest file number The copy source is the card selected in the 51 Record ...

Page 275: ... an image from a three image display To return to the single image display turn the 6 dial clockwise To select other images to be copied repeat step 4 5 Press the c button After selecting all the images to be copied press the c button 6 Select OK Check the target card and press 0 7 Select the target folder Turn the 5 dial to select the folder to copy the images to then press 0 To create a new fold...

Page 276: ...images in each folder to copy them folder by folder If an image is being copied to a target folder card which has an image with the same file number the following will be displayed Skip image and continue Replace existing image Cancel copy Select the copying method then press 0 Skip image and continue Any images in the source folder having the same file number as images in the target folder will b...

Page 277: ...es 1 Play back the image to be erased 2 Press the L button X The Erase menu will appear at the bottom of the screen 3 Erase the image Turn the 5 dial to select Erase then press 0 The image displayed will be erased By appending X checkmarks to the images to be erased you can erase multiple images at one time 1 Select Erase images Under the 31 tab select Erase images then press 0 L Erasing Images Er...

Page 278: ...will be displayed on the upper left To select other images to be erased repeat step 3 4 Erase the images Press the L button Select OK then press 0 X The selected images will be erased You can erase all the images in a folder or on a card at one time When 31 Erase images is set to All images in folder or All images on card all the images in the folder or card will be erased 3 Erasing All Images in ...

Page 279: ...make the selection 3 Adjust the brightness While referring to the gray chart turn the 5 dial then press 0 You can adjust Auto to one of three levels and Manual to one of seven levels Changing Image Playback Settings 3 Adjusting the LCD Monitor Brightness Automatic adjustment Manual adjustment While Auto is set be careful not to obstruct the round external light sensor p 20 on the right of the LCD ...

Page 280: ... automatically rotated only on the computer Off The vertical image is not automatically rotated 3 Auto Rotation of Vertical Images Auto rotation will not work with vertical images captured while auto rotation was Off They will not rotate even if you later switch it to On for playback Immediately after image capture the vertical image will not be automatically rotated for the image review If the ve...

Page 281: ...tion can be used when the Mode Dial is set to d s f a F The function cannot be used in the A mode The camera may not be able to process images taken with another camera Post processing images as described in this chapter is not possible if the camera is set for HDR shooting or multiple exposures or while it is connected to a personal computer via the C terminal COPY ...

Page 282: ...elect RAW image processing then press 0 X 1 images will be displayed 2 Select an image Turn the 5 dial to select the image you want to process If you press the u button and turn the 6 dial counterclockwise you can select an image from the index display 3 Process the image Press 0 and the RAW processing options will appear p 284 286 Use 9 to select an option then turn the 5 dial to set it X The dis...

Page 283: ...ge repeat steps 2 to 4 Press the M button to return to the menu You can magnify the image by pressing the u button in step 3 The magnification will differ depending on the pixel count of Image quality set in RAW image processing With 9 you can scroll around the magnified image To cancel the magnified view press the u button again Images shot in a Live View shooting aspect ratio 4 3 16 9 1 1 will b...

Page 284: ...o be adjusted then turn the 6 dial to set it To return to the screen in step 3 press 0 The displayed image will reflect the setting s effect Auto Lighting Optimizer p 142 You can set the Auto Lighting Optimizer The displayed image will reflect the setting s effect High ISO speed noise reduction p 143 You can set the noise reduction for high ISO speeds The displayed image will reflect the setting s...

Page 285: ...ed with the camera will be less pronounced than with Digital Photo Professional provided software and may be less apparent In such a case use Digital Photo Professional to apply the peripheral illumination correction Distortion correction When Enable is set image distortion due to the lens characteristics is corrected If Enable is set the corrected image will be displayed The image periphery will ...

Page 286: ... normal view About peripheral illumination correction distortion correction and chromatic aberration correction To execute peripheral illumination correction distortion correction and chromatic aberration correction with the camera the data of the lens used for the shot must be registered in the camera If the lens data has not been registered in the camera use EOS Utility provided software p 394 t...

Page 287: ...l to select the image you want to resize If you press the u button and turn the 6 dial counterclockwise you can select an image from the index display 3 Select the desired image size Press 0 to display the image sizes Turn the 5 dial to select the desired image size then press 0 4 Save the image Select OK to save the resized image Check the destination folder and image file number then select OK T...

Page 288: ...mage Size Available Resize Settings 4 a b c 3 k k k k 4 k k k a k k b k About Image Sizes Image Quality Aspect Ratio and Pixel Count 3 2 4 3 16 9 1 1 4 3840x2560 9 8 megapixels 3408x2560 8 7 megapixels 3840x2160 8 3 megapixels 2560x2560 6 6 megapixels a 2880x1920 5 5 megapixels 2560x1920 4 9 megapixels 2880x1624 4 7 megapixels 1920x1920 3 7 megapixels b 1920x1280 2 5 megapixels 1696x1280 2 2 megap...

Page 289: ...rovided software p 394 About smudges adhering to the front of the sensor Besides dust entering the camera from outside in rare cases lubricant from the camera s internal parts may adhere to the front of the sensor If visible spots still remain after the automatic sensor cleaning having the sensor cleaned by a Canon Service Center is recommended Even while the Self Cleaning Sensor Unit is operating...

Page 290: ...screen will indicate that the sensor is being cleaned Although there will be a shutter sound during the cleaning a picture is not taken In step 2 select Auto cleaningf and set it to Disable X The sensor cleaning will no longer be executed when you set the power switch to 1 or 2 f Automatic Sensor Cleaning Cleaning the Sensor Now Disabling Automatic Sensor Cleaning For best results perform the sens...

Page 291: ...as a sheet of paper Set the lens focal length to 50 mm or longer Set the lens focus mode switch to MF and set the focus to infinity If the lens has no distance scale look at the front of the lens and turn the focusing ring clockwise all the way 1 Select Dust Delete Data Under the z3 tab select Dust Delete Data then press 0 2 Select OK Select OK and press 0 After the automatic self cleaning of the ...

Page 292: ... will appear Follow the Preparation procedure on the preceding page then select OK Take the picture again After the Dust Delete Data is obtained it is appended to all the JPEG and RAW images captured thereafter Before an important shoot you should update the Dust Delete Data by obtaining it again For details about using Digital Photo Professional provided software p 394 to erase dust spots refer t...

Page 293: ...ab select Sensor cleaning then press 0 2 Select Clean manually Select Clean manually then press 0 3 Select OK Select OK then press 0 X In a moment the reflex mirror will lockup and the shutter will open CLn will blink on the LCD panel 4 Clean the sensor 5 End the cleaning Set the power switch to 2 3 Manual Sensor CleaningN If you use a battery make sure it is fully charged If the battery grip with...

Page 294: ...ush attached A brush can scratch the sensor Do not insert the blower tip inside the camera beyond the lens mount If the power is cut off the shutter will close and the shutter curtains or reflex mirror may get damaged Never use canned air or gas to clean the sensor The blowing force can damage the sensor or the spray gas can freeze on the sensor If the battery level becomes low while you clean the...

Page 295: ...ormat DPOF p 305 DPOF Digital Print Order Format enables you to print images recorded on the card according to your printing instructions such as the image selection quantity to print etc You can print multiple images in one batch or give the print order to a photofinisher Transferring Images to a Personal Computer p 309 You can connect the camera to a personal computer and operate the camera to t...

Page 296: ...l 3 Connecting the camera to the printer Use the interface cable provided with the camera Connect the cable to the camera s C terminal with the cable plug s D icon facing the front of the camera To connect to the printer refer to the printer s instruction manual 4 Turn on the printer 5 Set the camera s power switch to 1 X Some printers may make a beeping sound Preparing to Print Connecting the Cam...

Page 297: ... long beeping sound in step 5 it indicates a problem with the printer Resolve the problem displayed by the error message p 304 Printing is not possible in the HDR mode You can also print RAW images taken with this camera If you use a battery pack to power the camera make sure it is fully charged With a fully charged battery printing up to approx 4 hours is possible Before disconnecting the cable f...

Page 298: ... 3 Select Paper settings Select Paper settings then press 0 X The paper settings screen will appear wPrinting Printer connected icon Print setting screen Depending on the printer certain settings such as the date and file number imprinting and trimming may not be selectable Sets the printing effects p 300 Sets the date or file number imprinting to on or off Sets the quantity to be printed Sets the...

Page 299: ...etting the Page Layout Bordered The print will have white borders along the edges Borderless The print will have no borders If your printer cannot print borderless prints the print will have borders Borderedc The shooting information 1 will be imprinted on the border on 9x13 cm and larger prints xx up Option to print 2 4 8 9 16 or 20 images on one sheet 20 upc 35 upp Twenty or 35 images will be pr...

Page 300: ...ors The image s Exif data is used to make automatic corrections EOff No automatic correction will be applied EVIVID The image will be printed with higher saturation to produce more vivid blues and greens ENR Image noise is reduced before printing 0 B W Prints in black and white with true blacks 0 Cool tone Prints in black and white with cool bluish blacks 0 Warm tone Prints in black and white with...

Page 301: ... number of copies Also any trimming p 303 will not be applied The Default setting for printing effects and other options are the printer s own default settings as set by the printer s manufacturer Refer to the printer s instruction manual to find out what the Default settings are Depending on the image s file size and image recording quality it may take some time for the printing to start after yo...

Page 302: ...ust the shadow level 0 127 or highlight level 128 255 kBrightener Effective in backlit conditions that can make the subject s face look dark When On is set the face will be brightened for printing Red eye corr Effective in flash images where the subject has red eye When On is set the red eye will be corrected for printing e Adjustment of Printing Effects The kBrightener and Red eye corr effects wi...

Page 303: ...he larger the image magnification will be for printing Moving the trimming frame Use 9 to move the frame over the image vertically or horizontally Move the trimming frame until it covers the desired image area Rotating the frame Pressing the B button will toggle the trimming frame between the vertical and horizontal orientations This enables you to create a vertically oriented print from a horizon...

Page 304: ...ting For details on resuming the printing refer to the printer s instruction manual Error Messages If a problem occurs during printing an error message will appear on the camera s LCD monitor Press 0 to stop printing After fixing the problem resume printing For details on how to fix a printing problem refer to the printer s instruction manual Paper Error Check whether the paper is properly loaded ...

Page 305: ...ly for each image 1 Select Print order Under the 31 tab select Print order then press 0 2 Select Set up Select Set up then press 0 3 Set the option as desired Set the Print type Date and File No Select the option to be set then press 0 Select the desired setting then press 0 W Digital Print Order Format DPOF Setting the Printing Options Print type Date File No COPY ...

Page 306: ... the Date and File No cannot be set to On at the same time When printing with DPOF you must use the card whose print order specifications have been set It will not work if you just extract images from the card and try to print them Certain DPOF compatible printers and photofinishers may not be able to print the images as you specified If this happens with your printer refer to the printer s instru...

Page 307: ...Mark all in folder and select the folder A print order for one copy of all the images in the folder will be placed If you select Clear all in folder and select the folder the print order for that folder will all be canceled All image If you select Mark all on card one copy of all the images on the card will be set for printing If you select Clear all on card the print order will be cleared for all...

Page 308: ... file number If Bordered is set certain printers may imprint the date on the border Depending on the printer the date may appear faint if it is imprinted on a bright background or on the border Under Adjust levels Manual cannot be selected If you stopped the printing and want to resume printing the remaining images select Resume Note that printing will not resume if you stop the printing and any o...

Page 309: ...ate Before connecting the camera to the personal computer be sure to install the provided software EOS DIGITAL Solution Disk on CD ROM on the personal computer For the procedure to install the provided software see page 395 1 Set the camera s power switch to 2 2 Connect the camera to a personal computer Use the interface cable provided with the camera Connect the cable to the camera s C terminal w...

Page 310: ...sfer and select the image to be transferred JPEG only RAW only or RAW JPEG 3 Transferring RAW JPEG Images After the EOS Utility screen appears do not operate EOS Utility If any screen other than EOS Utility s top screen is displayed Direct transfer in step 5 on page 312 will not be displayed The image transfer function will not be available If the EOS Utility screen does not appear refer to the So...

Page 311: ...he u button and turn the 6 dial counterclockwise you can select an image from a three image display To return to the single image display turn the 6 dial clockwise To select other images to be transferred repeat step 4 To return to the screen in step 3 press the M button 3 Select the Images to be Transferred When Sel Image is selected you can check the image s transfer status on the upper left of ...

Page 312: ...o transfer Selecting Clear folder transf history will clear the transfer history of the images in the selected folder After clearing the transfer history you can select Folder images not transfer d and again transfer all the images in the folder All image If All image is selected and you select Card images not transferred all the images on the card not yet transferred to a personal computer will b...

Page 313: ...eatures to suit your picture taking preferences with Custom Functions Also the current camera settings can be saved under the Mode Dial s w x and y positions The features explained in this chapter can be set and used in the following shooting modes d s f a F COPY ...

Page 314: ...racketed shots k Safety shift p 317 k 82 Display Operation Warnings z in viewfinder p 318 LV shooting area display k Dial direction during Tv Av p 319 k k Multi function lock k k Custom Controls Depends on setting 83 Others Add cropping information p 320 k Default Erase option During playback 84 Clear The shaded Custom Functions do not function during Live View LV shooting nor movie shooting Setti...

Page 315: ... 3 stop increments ISO speed setting increments 1 3 1 3 stop 1 1 1 stop Bracketing auto cancel ON Enable When you set the power switch to 2 the AEB and white balance bracketing settings will be canceled AEB will also be canceled when the flash is ready to fire or if you switch to movie shooting OFF Disable The AEB and white balance bracketing settings will not be canceled even if you set the power...

Page 316: ... taken as shown in the table below 3 3 shots 2 2 shots 5 5 shots 7 7 shots AEB White Balance Bracketing B A Direction M G Direction 0 Standard exposure 0 Standard white balance 0 Standard white balance Decreased exposure Blue bias Magenta bias Increased exposure Amber bias Green bias 1 stop increments 1st Shot 2nd Shot 3rd Shot 4th Shot 5th Shot 6th Shot 7th Shot 3 3 shots Standard 0 1 1 2 2 shots...

Page 317: ...andard exposure cannot be obtained within the autoexposure range the camera will automatically change the manually set ISO speed to obtain a standard exposure Under z2 ISO speed settings even if ISO speed range or Min shutter spd is changed from the default setting safety shift will override it if a standard exposure cannot be obtained The minimum and maximum ISO speeds of the safety shift using t...

Page 318: ... balance correction p 140 is set the warning icon will appear When one touch image quality is set If you change the image recording quality with the one touch image quality function p 328 the warning icon will appear When ISO expansion is used If the ISO speed is set manually to L 50 H1 51200 or H2 102400 p 125 the warning icon will appear When spot metering is set If the metering mode is set to S...

Page 319: ...t will prevent the 6 5 and 9 from accidentally changing a setting Select the camera control you want to lock then press 0 to append a checkmark X and select OK 6Main Dial 5Quick Control Dial 9Multi controller Custom Controls You can assign often used functions to camera buttons or dials according to your preferences For details see page 321 If the R switch is set and you try to use one of the lock...

Page 320: ...oftware p 394 to easily crop the image to the aspect ratio that was set OFF Off 6 7 Aspect ratio 6 7 6 6 Aspect ratio 6 6 5 6 Aspect ratio 10 12 3 4 Aspect ratio 3 4 5 7 Aspect ratio 5 7 4 5 Aspect ratio 4 5 Default Erase option During image playback and image review after image capture when you press the L button the erase menu appears p 277 You can set which option Cancel or Erase is to be prese...

Page 321: ...ign a function Turn the 5 dial to select the desired function then press 0 If the z icon appears on the bottom left you can press the B button and set other related options p 324 330 Select the desired option on the screen displayed then press 0 4 Exit the setting When you press 0 to exit the setting the screen in step 2 will reappear Press the M button to exit 82 Custom Controls With the screen i...

Page 322: ...AE lock k k AE lock while button pressed k AE lock hold k k FE lock 327 k k Set ISO speed hold button turn Set ISO speed during metering Shutter speed setting in M mode Aperture setting in M mode One touch image quality setting 328 One touch image quality hold Image quality Picture Style Depth of field preview 329 IS start VF electronic level Menu display 330 Image playback Magnify Reduce press SE...

Page 323: ...323 82 Custom Controls The AF stop button is provided only on super telephoto IS lenses k k k k 2 k 2 k k k 3 k 3 k k 4 k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k 5 k 5 k 5 k 5 k k k k k k k k k k k k k COPY ...

Page 324: ...l sound and the AF point will be registered If the AF area selection mode is not set to 61 point automatic selection AF the registered AF point will blink If 24 Orientation linked AF point is set to Select separate AF points you can register the AF point separately for the vertical camera grip at top or bottom and horizontal orientations 4 When you press the p button assigned to this function or p...

Page 325: ...n page 321 if you press the B button the Switch to registered AF func setting screen will appear Turn the 5 or 6 dial to select the parameter to be registered then press 0 to append a checkmark X When you select a parameter and press 0 you can set the parameter By pressing the L button you can revert the settings to their defaults You can switch the AF mode In One Shot AF mode when you hold down t...

Page 326: ...tering is performed When you press the button assigned to this function you can lock the exposure AE lock during the metering Convenient when you want to focus and meter the shot at different areas or when you want to take multiple shots at the same exposure setting The exposure will be locked AE lock while you press the shutter button When you press the button assigned to this function you can lo...

Page 327: ...taining the current shutter speed and aperture During metering you can set the ISO speed by turning the 5 dial If Auto ISO is set manual ISO speed setting will take effect Auto ISO cannot be set If you use this function in the a mode you can adjust the exposure with the ISO speed while maintaining the current shutter speed and aperture In manual exposure a you can set the shutter speed with the 6 ...

Page 328: ... quality set here While the camera switches the image recording quality the image recording quality will blink on the LCD panel Even after shooting the One touch image quality setting will not be canceled To revert to the previous image recording quality setting press the button assigned to this function again 5 In step 3 on page 321 if you press the B button you can select the image recording qua...

Page 329: ...eld p 165 With the lens IS switch set to 1 the lens Image Stabilizer operates when you press the button assigned to this function When you press the button assigned to this function the viewfinder will display a grid and an electronic level using the AF points Depth of field preview IS start VF electronic level 1 1 Over 4 Over 6 COPY ...

Page 330: ... card See p 251 for the operation procedure You can also magnify the Live View image during Live View shooting and movie shooting when focusing with Live Mode Quick Mode and manual focus p 210 214 Use this setting when you do not want to assign any function to the button Menu display Image playback Magnify Reduce press SET turn No function disabled COPY ...

Page 331: ... register up to six items To return to the screen in step 2 press the M button Sort You can change the order of the registered items in My Menu Select Sort and select the item whose order you want to change Then press 0 With z displayed turn the 5 dial to change the order then press 0 Delete item items and Delete all items You can delete any of the registered items Delete item items deletes one it...

Page 332: ... select OK and press 0 X The current camera settings p 333 334 will be registered under the Mode Dial s C position If you change a setting while you shoot in the w x or y mode the Custom shooting mode can be automatically updated to reflect the changed setting s To enable this automatic update in step 2 set Auto update set to Enable The settings that can be automatically updated are listed on page...

Page 333: ...n High ISO speed NR Highlight tone priority Multiple exposure settings HDR Mode settings z4 Live View shooting Live View shooting AF mode Grid display Aspect ratio Exposure simulation Silent LV shooting Metering timer z4 Movie AF mode Grid display Movie recording size Sound recording Silent LV shooting Metering timer z5 Movie Movie recording count Movie play count Silent Control Movie shooting but...

Page 334: ...nts Bracketing auto cancel Bracketing sequence Number of bracketed shots Safety shift 82 LV shooting area display Dial direction during Tv Av Multi function lock Custom Controls 83 Add cropping information Default Erase option My Menu settings will not be registered When the Mode Dial is set to w x or y you cannot select 54 Clear all camera settings and 84 Clear all Custom Func C Fn Even when the ...

Page 335: ...335 Reference This chapter provides reference information for camera features system accessories etc COPY ...

Page 336: ...elect OK then press 0 This icon is displayed when the transfer of some images failed B Button Functions Camera Settings Note that you cannot remove the X for all three display options The Displays camera settings sample screen is displayed in English for all languages Even if you uncheck the Electronic level so it does not appear it will still appear for Live View shooting and movie shooting when ...

Page 337: ...ndicator Possible shots Eye Fi card transmission status Remaining number of exposures multiple exposures AF mode White balance correction Exposure level indicator Aperture Highlight tone priority Quick Control icon Custom Controls AE lock White balance Card selection icon Drive mode Metering mode Flash exposure compensation Multiple exposures HDR Flash ready FE lock High speed sync If you turn off...

Page 338: ... one of three levels Green Battery s recharge performance is fine Green Battery s recharge performance is slightly degraded Red Purchasing a new battery is recommended Battery position The use of a genuine Canon Battery Pack LP E6 is recommended If you use any battery other than the Battery Pack LP E6 the camera s full performance may not be attained or malfunction may result The shutter count is ...

Page 339: ...ter then press 0 X The confirmation dialog will appear 3 Select OK Select OK then press 0 X The battery pack will be registered and the battery history screen will reappear X The grayed out battery number will now be displayed in white letters Press the M button The battery info screen will reappear Registering the Battery to the Camera Battery registration is not possible if size AA LR6 batteries...

Page 340: ...partment cover and remove the battery Affix the label as shown side with no electrical contacts in the illustration Repeat this procedure for all of your battery packs so you can easily see the serial number Labeling the Serial No on the Battery Serial No 7c400300 Do not affix the label on any part other than as shown in the illustration in step 2 Otherwise the misplaced label may make it difficul...

Page 341: ...te info Follow step 2 on page 339 to select Delete info then press 0 2 Select the battery pack information to be deleted Select the battery pack information to be deleted then press 0 X X will appear To delete information for another battery pack repeat this procedure 3 Press the L button X The confirmation dialog will appear 4 Select OK Select OK then press 0 X The battery pack information will b...

Page 342: ...on After using the camera unplug the power plug from the power outlet 3 Place the cord in the groove Insert the DC Coupler s cord carefully without damaging the cord 4 Insert the DC Coupler Open the battery compartment cover and open the DC Coupler cord hole cover Insert the DC Coupler securely until it locks and put the cord through the hole Close the cover Using a Household Power Outlet DC Coupl...

Page 343: ...et so be sure to set the correct date time zone p 36 1 Set the power switch to 2 2 Unscrew the battery holder screw Use a small Phillips screwdriver Be careful not to lose the screw 3 Take off the battery holder Push out the battery as shown by arrow 2 4 Replace the battery in the battery holder Make sure the new battery is in the proper orientation 5 Tighten the battery holder s screw Replacing t...

Page 344: ...se check with the card manufacturer Also note that approval is required to use Eye Fi cards in many countries or regions Without approval use of the card is not permitted If it is unclear whether the card has been approved for use in your area please check with the card manufacturer 1 Insert an Eye Fi card p 31 2 Select Eye Fi settings Under the 51 tab select Eye Fi settings then press 0 This menu...

Page 345: ...ess point in progress Transmission status icon Cautions for Using Eye Fi Cards If is displayed an error occurred while retrieving the card information Turn the camera s power switch off and on again Even if Eye Fi trans is set to Disable it may still transmit a signal In hospitals airports and other places where wireless transmissions are prohibited remove the Eye Fi card from the camera If the im...

Page 346: ...ction k k k k k k White balance Auto o k k k k k k Preset k k k k k k Custom k k k k k k Color temperature setting k k k k k k Correction Bracketing k k k k k k Auto Lighting Optimizer o k k k k k k Lens aberration correction Peripheral illumination correction k k k k k k k Chromatic aberration correction k k k k k k k Long exposure noise reduction k k k k k High ISO speed noise reduction o k k k ...

Page 347: ...k k k With f except A Metering mode Evaluative metering o k k k k k Metering mode selection k k k k k Exposure Program shift k AE lock 3 k k k In d s f F Exposure compensation k k k AEB k k k k Depth of field preview k k k k k Drive Single shooting k k k k k k k High speed continuous shooting k k k k k k k Low speed continuous shooting k k k k k k k Silent single shooting k k k k k k k Silent cont...

Page 348: ...le Disable Chromatic aberration Enable Disable 147 External Speedlite control Flash firing E TTL II metering Flash sync speed in Av mode Flash function settings Clear flash settings Flash C Fn settings Clear all Speedlite C Fn s 191 Mirror lockup Disable Enable 184 Shaded menu options are not displayed in the A mode What is displayed under z1 Image quality depends on the Record func p 116 setting ...

Page 349: ...alance shift bracketing White balance correction B A M G bias 9 levels each White balance bracketing B A and M G bias single level increments 3 levels 140 141 Color space sRGB Adobe RGB 158 Picture Style DAuto PStandard QPortrait RLandscape SNeutral UFaithful VMonochrome WUser Def 1 2 3 129 to 136 Long exposure noise reduction Disable Auto Enable 144 High ISO speed noise reduction Standard Low Hig...

Page 350: ...min 10 min 30 min 206 Case 1 Versatile multi purpose setting 86 Case 2 Continue to track subjects ignoring possible obstacles 86 Case 3 Instantly focus on subjects suddenly entering AF points 87 Case 4 For subjects that accelerate or decelerate quickly 87 Case 5 For erratic subjects moving quickly in any direction disabled in Single point AF mode 88 Case 6 For subjects that change speed and move e...

Page 351: ... Select AF area selection mode Manual selection Spot AF Manual selection 1 point AF Expand AF area Expand AF area Surround Manual selection Zone AF Auto selection 61 point AF 99 AF area selection method S M Fn button S Main Dial 100 Orientation linked AF point Same for both vertical horizontal Select separate AF points 101 Manual AF point selection pattern Stops at AF area edges Continuous 102 AF ...

Page 352: ...ide show Playback description Display time and Repeat for auto playback 265 Image transfer Select images to be transferred to a personal computer 309 Image jump w 6 1 image 10 images 100 images Date Folder Movies Stills Rating 250 Highlight alert Disable Enable 247 AF point display Disable Enable 247 Playback grid Off 3x3 l 6x4 m 3x3 diag n 245 Histogram display Brightness RGB 248 Movie play count...

Page 353: ...ettings Displayed when a commercially available Eye Fi card is inserted 344 Auto power off 1 min 2 min 4 min 8 min 15 min 30 min Disable 55 LCD brightness Auto Adjustable to one of three brightness levels Manual Adjustable to one of seven brightness levels 279 Date Time Zone Date year month day Time hour min sec Daylight saving time Time zone 36 LanguageK Select the interface language 38 VF grid d...

Page 354: ... 255 273 Communication settings Displayed when WFT E7 sold separately is attached Custom shooting mode C1 C3 Register current camera settings to the Mode Dial s w x and y positions 332 Clear all camera settings Resets the camera to the default settings 56 Copyright information Display copyright information Enter author s name Enter copyright details Delete copyright information 156 Firmware Ver Fo...

Page 355: ...ode Live mode u Live mode Quick mode 239 Grid display Off 3x3 l 6x4 m 3x3 diag n 239 Movie recording size 1920x1080 6 5 4 W X 1280x720 8 7 W X 640x480 6 5 X 231 Sound recording 2 Sound recording Auto Manual Disable 234 Recording level Wind filter Disable Enable Silent LV shooting Mode 1 Mode 2 Disable 240 Metering timer 4 sec 16 sec 30 sec 1 min 10 min 30 min 240 Time code Count up Start time sett...

Page 356: ...RT 600EX 430EX II ST E3 RT Eyecup Eg Anti Fog Eyepiece Eg Dioptric Adjustment Lenses Eg Angle Finder C Car Battery Charger CBC E6 Car Battery Cable CB 570 AC Adapter AC E6 DC Coupler DR E6 AC Adapter Kit ACK E6 Macro Ring Lite MR 14EX Macro Twin Lite MT 24EX Battery Magazine BGM E11A for size AA LR6 batteries attached to BG E11 Battery Magazine BGM E11L for two LP E6 battery packs attached to BG E...

Page 357: ...reless LAN access point External microphone Stereo AV Cable AVC DC400ST 1 3 m 4 3 ft HDMI Cable HTC 100 2 9 m 9 5 ft Leather Case EH20 L The length of all cables is approx m ft EOS DIGITAL Solution Disk Software Instruction Manual Interface Cable IFC 200U 1 9 m 6 2 ft Interface Cable IFC 500U 4 7 m 15 4 ft Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Mac OS X Computer Wireless File Transmitter WFT E7 Remote...

Page 358: ... reattach the battery pack to the charger Wait 2 to 3 minutes then reconnect the power plug to the power outlet If the problem persists contact your dealer or nearest Canon Service Center If the internal temperature of the battery pack attached to the charger is high the charger will not charge the battery for safety reasons lamp off During the charging if the battery s temperature becomes high fo...

Page 359: ...l decrease with any of the following operations Pressing the shutter button halfway for a prolonged period Often activating only the AF without taking a picture Using the lens Image Stabilizer Using the LCD monitor often Continuing Live View shooting or movie shooting for a prolonged period Auto power off is in effect If you do not want auto power off to take effect set 52 Auto power off to Disabl...

Page 360: ...r blinks a picture cannot be taken Press the shutter button halfway again to refocus automatically or focus manually p 44 111 If a card error message is displayed see page 33 or 371 Cards with capacities greater than 128 GB are formatted in exFAT This means that if you format a card with a capacity over 128 GB with this camera and then insert it into another camera an error may be displayed and it...

Page 361: ...ongs to Using a lens in Groups F to H will have fewer usable AF points p 79 When you press the S button the blinking AF points are those that are not cross type AF points and are only horizontal line sensitive The AF points that light up are cross type AF points p 74 The AF point at the registered area is blinking p 324 Set the AF mode to One Shot AF Focus lock is not possible in the AI Servo AF a...

Page 362: ...then the Auto Lighting Optimizer can be set p 146 Set z2 Auto Lighting Optimizer to Disable When Standard Low High is set even if you set a decreased exposure compensation or flash exposure compensation the image may come out bright p 169 If On ContShtng is set Live View display image review after image capture and image playback are not possible during shooting p 177 When the image recording qual...

Page 363: ... 189 When the Flash metering mode flash Custom Function is set to TTL autoflash the flash will always be fired at full output p 196 If flash exposure compensation has already been set with the Speedlite flash exposure compensation cannot be set with the camera When the Speedlite s flash exposure compensation is canceled set to 0 flash exposure compensation can be set with the camera Under z1 Exter...

Page 364: ...iting speed of at least 20 MB per sec To find out the card s reading writing speed refer to the card manufacturer s Web site p 217 If the movie shooting time reaches 29 min 59 sec the movie shooting will stop automatically If the shooting mode is A d s f F the ISO speed will be set automatically In the a mode you can freely set the ISO speed p 224 Under z2 ISO speed range if you set the ISO speed ...

Page 365: ...he changes in the exposure may be recorded Zooming the lens during movie shooting can cause changes in the exposure regardless of whether the lens maximum aperture changes or not Changes in the exposure may be recorded as a result If you move the camera to the left or right quickly high speed panning or shoot a moving subject the image may look distorted Flickering horizontal stripes noise or irre...

Page 366: ...ovie shooting Set the R switch to the left lock release p 47 Check the 82 Multi function lock setting p 319 Check the 82 Custom Controls setting p 321 In the A mode only certain menu tabs and options are displayed Set the shooting mode to d s f a F p 51 Set the color space to sRGB If Adobe RGB is set the first character will be an underscore p 158 When I shoot still photos during movie shooting th...

Page 367: ...301 305 If the card has recorded a number of images greater than the camera can display will be displayed p 256 In low temperatures the display speed of the AF points may become slower due to the AF point display device s liquid crystal characteristics The display speed will return to normal at room temperature If the LCD monitor is dirty use a soft cloth to clean it In low or high temperatures th...

Page 368: ...not be played with the camera If you operate the camera s dials or lens during movie shooting the operation noise will also be recorded Use an external microphone commercially available p 235 During autoexposure movie shooting if there is a drastic change in the exposure level the recording will stop momentarily until the brightness stabilizes If this happens shoot with a shooting mode p 223 Eye F...

Page 369: ...card readers and computer operating systems might not recognize the card properly In such a case connect your camera to the computer with the provided interface cable then transfer the images to your computer using EOS Utility provided software p 394 41 and 61 images cannot be processed with the camera Use the provided software Digital Photo Professional to process the image p 394 c JPEG images an...

Page 370: ...truction manual lists all the printing effects available p 300 Install the provided software EOS DIGITAL Solution Disk CD ROM on the personal computer p 395 Check that EOS Utility s top screen is displayed Sensor Cleaning Problems The shutter makes a noise during sensor cleaning Automatic sensor cleaning does not work Printing Related Problems There are fewer printing effects than listed in the in...

Page 371: ...be accessed Reinsert change card or format card with camera ÎRemove and insert the card again replace the card or format the card p 31 53 04 Cannot save images because card is full Replace card ÎReplace the card erase unnecessary images or format the card p 31 53 277 06 Sensor cleaning is not possible Turn the camera off and on again ÎOperate the power switch p 34 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 99 Shooti...

Page 372: ...m Approx 9 80 megapixels 3840 x 2560 S1 Small 1 Approx 5 50 megapixels 2880 x 1920 S2 Small 2 Approx 2 50 megapixels 1920 x 1280 S3 Small 3 Approx 350 000 pixels 720 x 480 RAW Approx 22 10 megapixels 5760 x 3840 M RAW Approx 10 50 megapixels 3960 x 2640 S RAW Approx 5 50 megapixels 2880 x 1920 Recording function Standard Auto switch card Rec separately Rec to multiple Create select a folder Possib...

Page 373: ... 1 increments 6 Vertical 1 increments 4 During horizontal shooting Mirror Quick return type Depth of field preview Provided Autofocus Type TTL secondary image registration phase detection AF points 61 points Up to 41 cross type points Number of available AF points and cross type points vary depending on the lens Focusing brightness range EV 2 18 with center f 2 8 AF point 23 C 73 F ISO 100 Focus m...

Page 374: ...Recommended P Tv Av M B Auto ISO ISO 100 25600 in 1 3 or exposure index whole stop increments or ISO expansion to L 50 H1 equivalent to ISO 51200 H2 equivalent to ISO 102400 ISO speed settings ISO speed range Auto ISO range and Auto ISO minimum shutter speed settable Exposure compensation Manual 5 stops in 1 3 or 1 2 stop increments AEB 3 stops in 1 3 or 1 2 stop increments Can be combined with ma...

Page 375: ...inuous shooting Max approx 3 shots sec Silent continuous shooting Max approx 3 shots sec Max burst JPEG Large Fine Approx 65 shots approx 16270 shots RAW Approx 13 shots approx 18 shots RAW JPEG Large Fine Approx 7 shots approx 7 shots Figures are based on Canon s testing standards ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style and a 8 GB card Figures in parentheses apply to an UDMA mode 7 128 GB card based o...

Page 376: ...near PCM Recording format MOV Recording size and frame rate 1920x1080 Full HD 30p 25p 24p 1280x720 HD 60p 50p 640x480 SD 30p 25p 30p 29 97 fps 25p 25 00 fps 24p 23 976 fps 60p 59 94 fps 50p 50 00 fps Compression method ALL I I only IPB File size 1920x1080 30p 25p 24p IPB Approx 235 MB min 1920x1080 30p 25p 24p ALL I Approx 685 MB min 1280x720 60p 50p IPB Approx 205 MB min 1280x720 60p 50p ALL I Ap...

Page 377: ... with 60p 30p Sound recording Built in monaural microphone external stereo microphone terminal provided Sound recording level adjustable wind filter provided Headphones Headphone terminal provided Grid display Three types Still photos Possible LCD Monitor Type TFT color liquid crystal monitor Monitor size and dots Wide 8 1 cm 3 2 in 3 2 with approx 1 04 million dots Brightness adjustment Auto Dark...

Page 378: ...nters Printable images JPEG and RAW images Print ordering DPOF Version 1 1 compatible Image Transfer Transferrable images Still photos JPEG RAW RAW JPEG images Movies Custom Functions Custom Functions 13 My Menu registration Possible Custom shooting modes Register under Mode Dial s C1 C2 C3 Copyright information Entry and inclusion enabled Interface Audio video OUT Digital terminal Analog video Co...

Page 379: ...ooting Approx 200 shots at 23 C 73 F approx 180 shots at 0 C 32 F Movie shooting time Approx 1 hr 30 min at 23 C 73 F Approx 1 hr 20 min at 0 C 32 F With fully charged Battery Pack LP E6 Date Time battery CR1616 lithium battery Quantity 1 Dimensions and Weight Dimensions W x H x D Approx 152 0 x 116 4 x 76 4 mm 6 0 x 4 6 x 3 0 in Weight Approx 950 g 33 5 oz CIPA Guidelines Approx 860 g 30 3 oz Bod...

Page 380: ...ut 8 4 V DC 1 2A Working temperature range 5 C 40 C 41 F 104 F Working humidity 85 or less Dimensions W x H x D Approx 69 0 x 33 0 x 93 0 mm 2 7 x 1 3 x 3 7 in Weight Approx 125 g 4 4 oz excluding power cord EF24 105mm f 4L IS USM Angle of view Diagonal extent 84 23 20 Horizontal extent 74 19 20 Vertical extent 53 13 Lens construction 18 elements in 13 groups Minimum aperture f 22 Closest focusing...

Page 381: ...s or registered trademarks of Apple Inc in the United States and other countries CompactFlash is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation SDXC logo is a trademark of SD 3C LLC HDMI HDMI logo and High Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC All other corporate and product names and trademarks mentioned in this manual are the property of their respecti...

Page 382: ...nction of non genuine Canon accessories e g a leakage and or explosion of a battery pack Please note that this warranty does not apply to repairs arising out of the malfunction of non genuine Canon accessories although you may request such repairs on a chargeable basis Battery Pack LP E6 is dedicated to Canon products only Using it with an incompatible battery charger or product may result in malf...

Page 383: ...the electrical contacts with tape to prevent contact with other metallic objects or batteries This is to prevent fire or an explosion If excessive heat smoke or fumes are emitted during battery pack recharging immediately unplug the battery charger from the power outlet to stop the recharging and prevent a fire If the battery pack or back up battery leaks changes color deforms or emits smoke or fu...

Page 384: ...d use a dry cloth to clean off the dust around the power outlet If the surrounding is dusty humid or oily the dust on the power outlet may become moist and short circuit the outlet to cause a fire Preventing Injury or Equipment Damage Do not leave equipment inside a car under the hot sun or near a heat source The equipment may become hot and cause skin burns Do not carry the camera around while it...

Page 385: ...ined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technic...

Page 386: ...ith damaged cord or plug replace them immediately 9 Do not operate the charger if it has received a sharp blow been dropped or otherwise damaged in any way take it to a qualified serviceman 10 Do not disassemble the charger take it to a qualified serviceman when service or repair is required Incorrect reassembly may result in a risk of electric shock or fire 11 To reduce risk of electric shock unp...

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Page 393: ...he EOS DIGITAL Solution Disk CD ROM provided with the camera and explains how to install the software on a personal computer It also explains how to view the PDF files in the Software Instruction Manual CD ROM EOS DIGITAL Solution Disk Software Software Instruction Manual COPY ...

Page 394: ...taining the original images This software is recommended for users who mainly shoot JPEG images You can easily view or play back images and MOV movies You can also print JPEG images With an internet connection it is also possible to download additional functions You can edit Picture Styles and create and save original Picture Style files This software is aimed at advanced users who are experienced...

Page 395: ...rlight is displayed during installation install Microsoft Silverlight 3 Click Restart and remove the CD ROM after the computer restarts When the computer has restarted the installation is complete Installing the Software Do not connect the camera to your computer before you install the software The software will not be installed correctly Even if a previous version of the software is installed ins...

Page 396: ... Copy the English folder to your computer Instruction Manual PDFs with the names below are copied 4 Double click the copied PDF file Adobe Reader latest version recommended must be installed in your computer Adobe Reader can be downloaded free from the Internet Copying and Viewing the Instruction Manual PDFs Windows Macintosh EOS Utility EUx xW_E_xx EUx xM_E_xx Digital Photo Professional DPPx xW_E...

Page 397: ...I Focus AF 71 AI SERVO AI Servo AF 71 Accel decel tracking 91 AF pt auto switching 92 Tracking sensitivity 90 AI Servo AF 67 71 ALL I I only 231 Ambient light sensor 20 Aperture priority AE 164 220 Area AF frame 23 72 77 Aspect ratio 204 Audio video OUT 259 268 Auto Lighting Optimizer 63 142 Auto playback 265 Auto power off 34 55 Auto reset 155 Auto rotate of vertical images 280 Auto switch card 1...

Page 398: ...6 Date time battery replacement 343 Daylight saving time 37 DC coupler 342 Depth of field preview 165 198 201 Dial Main Dial 45 Quick Control Dial 46 Digital terminal 296 309 Dioptric adjustment 43 Direct printing 308 Direct selection AF point 326 DPOF 305 Drive mode 112 Dust Delete Data 291 E Electronic level 60 329 Erase image 277 Error codes 371 Evaluative metering 167 exFAT 54 Exposure compens...

Page 399: ...High Definition Full HD 231 259 268 G Grid display 59 203 239 245 H HD 231 268 HDMI 259 268 HDMI CEC 269 HDR 173 Headphones 235 High ISO speed noise reduction 143 High Definition HD 231 259 268 Highlight alert 247 Highlight detail loss 247 Highlight tone priority 146 Histogram Brightness RGB 248 Hot shoe 188 Household power 342 I ICC profile 158 Illumination LCD panel 48 Image AF point display 247...

Page 400: ...e 40 Peripheral illumination correction 147 Lens hood 41 Live View shooting 68 197 Exposure simulation 205 Face detection Live mode AF 208 Grid display 203 Information display 200 Live mode AF 207 Manual focusing 214 Metering timer 206 Possible shots 199 Quick Control 202 Quick mode AF 212 Silent shooting 206 LOCK 47 Long exposure noise reduction 144 Long exposures 172 M M Manual exposure 166 223 ...

Page 401: ...ck Control 230 Recording time 232 Shutter priority AE 219 Silent control 236 Silent shooting 240 Sound recording 234 Still photo shooting 228 Time code 237 View on TV 259 268 Wind filter 234 M RAW Medium RAW 119 122 Multi function 73 188 323 Multi controller 47 Multi function lock 47 Multiple exposures 177 My Menu 331 N Noise reduction High ISO speed 143 Long exposures 144 Nomenclature 18 Non Cano...

Page 402: ...ord func 116 Recording level 234 Reduced display 249 251 Registering and using an AF point 324 Release shutter without card 32 Remote control shooting 186 Remote switch shooting 185 Resize 287 Rotate image 254 280 303 S Safety shift 317 Safety warnings 383 Saturation 133 SD SDHC SDXC card 9 Card Second curtain synchronization 194 Self timer 113 186 Sensor cleaning 289 Sepia Monochrome 134 Sharpnes...

Page 403: ...map 356 T Temperature warning 215 241 Time code 237 Tone priority 146 Toning effect Monochrome 134 Touch pad 46 236 Trimming printing 303 Tripod socket 20 Tv Shutter priority AE 162 219 Two image display 253 U Ultra DMA UDMA 32 USB Digital terminal 296 309 V Video system 231 271 354 View on TV 259 268 Viewfinder 23 Dioptric adjustment 43 Electronic level 59 329 Grid display 59 Volume Movie playbac...

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