EOS R5 - The SETTINGS YOU NEED to KNOW
New camera, with LOTS of settings and customization options, but what are the right settings!? Today I wanna show you the settings I found the most useful that have transformed my Canon EOS R5 into a real powerhouse for my bird photography. Normal Animal Eye Detection Autofocus didn't always work perfectly, so I set up a way that lets me switch between normal autofocus and animal eye detection autofocus within an instant. Besides that's there were a few changes that made the camera feel so much better for me.
What changes have you made to your settings? Have I missed any good ones? Please let me know in the comments!
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This is the equipment I use:
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
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Canon 600 L IS III (I have v. II)
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Some Thoughts
2:45 Q Button
2:57 - The Red Menu
4:41 Display & EVF
7:37 THE AF SET UP
15:49 AF Cases
18:05 Blue & Yellow menu
19:57 Custom Shooting Modes
21:06 Orange C.FN Menu
21:15 switch from photo to video fast
22:22 Some Video Settings
22:05 Find out yourself :D
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Absolutely Fantastic Jan, sharing your insight, knowledge and thought process is absolutely invaluable for so many. Truly appreciate what you do.
Thanks Peter, happy to share 😊
Your AF settings are perfect!!!
cheers
You can set 3 Auto Focus buttons on the back....1. Just to grab a whole bird(Zone), 2. Just for the eye, 3. Just for one specific spot. I use all 3 at certain times
after viewing this, I got my first R5. Thank you Jan
Just bought the R5 I found the menu like a minefield, after watching this vid all problems have been solved thankyou so much your a genius
Glad I could help
Once again, excellent presentation of vitally useful information. Your delivery style is spot on, as is the content, much better than many others I have viewed. This is the real deal. You are doing us all a great service, Jan, and saving us heaps of time, thank you.
Thanks Sean, much appreciated
It is so great to have this in a format that I can watch several times. I’ve had my R5 for about a week and it’s been great to go out and try the settings; then rewatch this and have a few a-ha moments and gain an even better understanding! Thank you for your thoughtful; easy to follow and beautiful videos! I’m so grateful to have found your channel!
Glad I could help!
Thank you for sharing your experience!
My pleasure!
Thank you so much, Jan. You've removed so much of the frustration of going from the old system to the new for me. This is excellent.
Glad it was helpful!
I can't express how much I have found your video helpful to me. I just bought a R6 Canon and it basically has the same menus and settings that you described for the R5. The menu for the AF pink dropdown was the one that I found most helpful. I was having problems locking on the birds eyes with the way I had setup. The fact that you have two buttons to first locate exactly where you wanted to initially focus in and then the second button setup for the bird tracking on the eye really is excellent. Thanks so much for such a great and professional video!
glad I could help!
This video is awesome and very helpful. There's nothing worse than trying to set your camera to 8K only to realize it's grayed out because Digital IS is on, and you can't use 8K with Digital IS on. So it's definitely better to set this type of thing up in advance so you can easily get to it with the custom modes.
Great to hear!
Jan, thank you so much for putting this video together and sharing this fabulous information!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Jan you've been of great help! Thanks mate! It made my transition from my 1DX2 to R5 seamless!
That's great to hear :)
Great video. I've ordered my R5, that switching between photos and video custom button is exactly what I wanted to know 👍
Glad I could help! It was driving me crazy not having that!
Used the settings you recommended.. and it works for me. Especially using the thumb to move the focus point while seeing through the VF. Thank you.
Great to hear! :)
Nice to hear from you. Thanks a lot.
Always welcome
Really nice! Thank you for thinking out this set-up for me. I am shooting portraits but this settings were really useful!!
Awesome! Most settings will be very similar irregardless of what you are shooting. I photographed my daughter with these settings and the AF was great on all lenses I tried, even better than the animal AF
I leave it completely on eye-detect auto focus servo if I know for sure I am photographing people or animals - and I leave AUTO for the initial point selected option. I then activate the upper right part of the screen so if I want the camera to focus on something else other than the eye or face or head, like somebody’s hands or something they’re holding, I put my finger on the screen in that particular area and move the focus point to where I want and let go and it will begin tracking it. It seems to work pretty darn good. I also have asterisk button to toggle from eye-detect to spot focus, which works well when I just want to take still life shots of objects. I also use back-button focusing all the time.
That's an interesting way to work it. I wondered if that worked. There's really endless ways to set up this camera, but what becomes obvious is that you need to find some sort of arrangement that allows you ti switch between the AF modes. I think it comes down to subject size as well. The eye AF was amazing when I photographed my little daughter. Like it would not jump off the eye and I could easily use auto, but for smaller birds it seemed a little bit more challenged, which makes sense of course. Appreciate the comment, I love hearing about different ways to set it up
Having some issues with my photos being sharp. Would you suggest I use image stabilization mode 2 on the 100-500 lens?
Sir, you are a Godsent!!!!! This video is just absolutely fabulously brilliant, it will save me hours of time and frustration setting my camera up ( when it arrives, that is...) . I really can not thank you enough, again you are a Godsent, and kind enough to share your extensive knowledge and the fruits of your labours as with us...thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
You are most welcome :)
Great video. Thanks for sharing especially re customization for video modes.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, mate, your videos are spot on. Always informative and straight to the point! Cheers.
Thanks Robert!
Thank you, Jan. I have used my R6 enough to have been totally confused. And, I have watched cajillions of settings videos. I just bookmarked yours with this comment, "Use all of these settings!" Perfect mix. Amazing. Thank you. Thank you.
Glad I could help you. I prefer a no nonsense approach :)
Just a HUGE thanks for the “2 Back Button” Tip... I had been using a multi-step method to switch back and forth with people/animal detection. Your tip I’m sure is gonna be great as I continue to become acquainted with my new R5.
Glad it helped! What I have done also, I assigned my full settings for people photography to C1. So now I can switch really fast between people and animals
Glad to have found you. You helped me find some answers I really needed! Thank you
Happy to help!
Excellent video, this will be extremely helpful to me when I finally receive my R5 that I impatiently waiting for. Very thorough and clear and I really appreciate the logic for your choices in the various settings. Your experience is invaluable. Many thanks. 👍👍👍👍👍
Great to hear! Appreciate the comment :)
Excellent advice from somebody that knows what he's talking about
Thanks Peter :)
Well done Jan on the video, I have now order my camera and will have to wait until the shop can get hold of one for me, I will definitely set it to the two back button focusing technique you showed that will help me a-lot. One quick question did you have to calibrate this camera to your lens? Have not had a mirror less camera before.
That’s great! No, mirrorless don’t have to be calibrated! How good is that!?
Great Video Jan, only just received my R5 so you've saved me a tonne of time for setting it up. Thank you, I'm sure others like myself really appreciate the time and effort you've put into making this video.
Glad it helped!
Thank you. I just received my R5 and am so happy to be able to use your settings as a starting point.
Glad to help!
For the Canon EOS R6, these settings have been really helpful, thanks a million! A few things that I struggled with that may help others with the R6 (and perhaps the R5): first, to switch to a custom mode (say C1) you turn the mode dial at the top of the camera to C1; that should have been obvious, but it took me a long time to figure out. (I made a custom mode, C1, for birds, and use C2 for people). Second, I found that the animal eye autofocus really only works when the eye of the bird is possible to see in the viewfinder; if the bird is too far away, the camera may recognize the bird, but won't be able to find its eye; this is probably not a problem with a 600mm lens as you use, but I don't have such a lens. (Still, it's great when it works!) Third, to put the autofocus point back in the center, you need to press the joystick straight in. (Is there a way to put that in the "My Menu"? I don't think so, or at least I couldn't find it.) Finally, it seems that the "My Menu" customization is quite helpful for storing commonly changed settings, but selecting "My Menu" doesn't actually change anything, you still need to select the item and change it, but it is helpful for finding hard-to-find settings that you change frequently.
At the larger distances, the depth of field will be large enough to cover most of the bird, so it's not as critical to find the eye. If it's somewhere near the head it should be good enough
Thank you! Great information
Glad it was helpful!
Great video Jan. Thank you. I will try most of these settings when I get my camera.
Have fun!
Certainly appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge and experience. Hoping to get the R5 this week.
You're welcome. I hope you will enjoy it!
Adobe Camera RAW has just been updated to include the R5 & R6.... Happy now!
Yes, I updated mine, still not very good profiles available, but better than before!
@@jan_wegener Could this be why the RAW-picture is underexposed with about 1 stop for me? It's insane.. I first thought it was error from my part.. that I've seen so wrong in the camera that I've underexposed, but the JPEG is looking good.
@@FredrikLarssonPhoto Yes, they're definitely coming out too dark in Camera RAW. it's a very poor job by Adobe
question: if you set up 3 custom modes for video, how do you quickly switch in between them? can you assign a button to switch through modes? ... and do you see which mode you select without taking the eye away from the viewfinder?
I haven't found that yet. I have to press mode and then move the dial. But it is displayed in the viewfinder, so it's pretty easy. Although usually for video I use the screen, so I take my head off anyways, cause I don;t wanna touch the camera, which will introduce vibrations.
@@jan_wegener If I understand correctly you can program the m-fn button to this, page 817 in the manual :) Guessing it would be a quicker way to just press a button.
@@Smauges I am already using that to get to the video mode. It's the only button I found that let's me switch to standby video and back
Thank you for both awesome R5 videos. Really precise and useful 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent information. Saved me quite a few hours of hassle and experimentation. Thank you, Jan!
Glad it helped!
I feel like you just upgraded my R5 from "nice" to "holy sh*t!! wow!!"
Thanks! That's why i did this video. Out of the box the R5 is set up pretty ordinary, but it can become a real beast!
Would I be right in thinking that you’ve been sleeping with your new camera since you bought it 😅
haha no, it lives on my desk atm :D
That was a valuable video. I already had made some of your suggested changes and now did some you suggested. Setting up for a fast switch to video will help me a lot. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the useful tips Jan!
You're welcome!
Really on point, clear and succinct explanation of your AF set up. I'm going to configure mine exactly the same when my r5 arrives this week.
Glad it was helpful!
VERY HELPFUL with the back button focus!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this info, made it a lot easier to set my R5 to some of the things plus more that I was used to on the 80D. Thanks again for sharing.
Glad it helped!
I just received my R5 today and with the assistance of your video I made the suggested changes to the settings. Can’t wait to try them out. Great video. Thank you Jan!
Hope you enjoy it! Glad this could help
Thanks, Jan - another excellent video!
Jan, EXCELLENT info..........alot to digest........ THANK YOU SO MUCH
Glad it was helpful!
Perfect video to help set up my new R5. Thank you!
Great to hear!
So incredibly helpful! Thank you!!
You're so welcome!
Very informative and easy to follow. I was able to set the menu up on the recommended settings. Cheers
Great to hear!
Absolutely great video, thank you so much! my R5 arrived today and I'm good to go already thanks to your help.
Glad it helped!
This video helped me complete the process of setting up my R5 the way I want it to function. I had already made alot of changes to the settings, but your suggestions were great and I used them all. Thanks -
Great to hear!
Fantastic video! I will be using all your tips to optimize my workflow when my R5 arrives. I can't wait!!
Thanks, happy to help :)
Awesome advice, thanks Jan!
Glad it was helpful!
Jan, the video presentation was well thought out and very informative. I’m certain this will be very beneficial setting up my R5 when it arrives. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful! Hope yours arrives soon
Absolutely excellent video. Thanks for the clear presentation of very good tips. Keep the good work!!!
Thanks for watching!
This was great! So helpful and clear. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much for this fantastic video. I can’t wait to try these settings when my camera arrives. What a wonderful head start the information you presented will provide!
Thank you. You are so welcome!
My camera arrived yesterday and it is now all set up using all of your recommendations. You taught settings I never would have figured out without your video. It is so great to have them all done so I can now use my R5 and have fun. Love it. Thanks again.
@@kathrynmilner5448 Awesome! Enjoy the camera!
Thanks, the information in the video helped me a lot with the double back focus.
Glad it helped!
Great video. I own an EOS R and especially the AF settings you advise helped me a lot!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for another excellent review!
My pleasure!
amazingly helpful. Saved me many hours of frustrating trial and error. You rock.
Great to hear :)
Just set-up my R5. Loved the double back button focus. 💡💯
Great to hear!
I just got my R5 and I LOVE IT. As you have said at the beginning of your video I was having trouble as to how to set up my camera. This video helped greatly. Thanks for the great information. I subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to watching your other videos.
Glad it helped :)
Your video was incredibly informative. I’ve had my R5 since the 31st July and you’ve enabled me to shortcut some uses for me
great to hear :)
This was a tremendous help!!! I can’t wait to see your other videos and books.
Glad it was helpful!
fabulous information. Thanks!!! I'm waiting on my R5 so enjoying learning in advance of "the big day" when it arrives.
Fantastic!
Fantastic video and very educational. Just got my R6 and set up my AF as recommended. Agree totally that prefocusing before using eye AF makes sense.
Awesome 😊
Excellent video. Thanks for that, very helpful. I’m waiting delivery of my R5, but will certainly be using some, if not all of the settings you highlight. 👍
Great 😊
Splendid. Many thanks - much appreciated.
Thanks for the great info! My R5 is due to arrive today and I feel much better prepared to work through the initial setup!
Glad I could help!
Jan - Thanks for showing how to setup both the AF and the Animal tracking buttons, it really helps. certain features we miss out but the intrinsic details is worth listening and using on the hardware
Really great video. Recommended by a friend who has the R5. I just got mine, and this was so helpful! Thank you!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Many thanks Jan for this great video on setting up the R5. My new R5 came today, can't wait to try it out, you saved me so much time. I have been using a 1DX Mk2 with dual back button focus for a while now and wondered how I could set it up to quickly change from spot to animal eye for my wildlife shooting. The single button press to change from photo to video also helps a lot. Stay safe
thanks PhiL! Glad I could help
Jan, this was extremely helpful when I set up my R6. Thanks! Just one thing different on my R6 - had to enable the setting to attempt autofocus when impossible for the double back button AF to work on anything more than 300mm - have tried primes and a 100-400 ISII.
Fabulously helpful. Thanks for doing that
Glad it was helpful!
I have watch your R5 wildlife settings 5 times already. It is so helpful. Thanks
Glad to help!
The button customization is the main reason why I love Canon...that's seriously awesome! God bless you Jan and your works!
This video has helped me so much! Thank you for taking the time to make it.
You are so welcome!
Wow, I’m at the “it’s all rather daunting” stage and this video will definitely help me to get to where I want to be at least to begin with. Thanks Jan 👍🏻
That's why I made this video. Happy to help :)
Thanks for this great tutorial, a very nice job putting it together. I found it extremely useful!
Great to hear!
This helped me so much! Thank you for your clear directions. It’s exactly what I needed for shooting birds. I too, have struggled with the animal eye detection jumping around. Also, I love being able to use my thumb to move the focus point! So much better!
Awesome!
Your video and channel are so information. Many thanks for taking the time to do it. I really appreciate it.
My pleasure!
Great Job 😊 thanks vor this Video - the Double back Button Focus makes it so much better 🙏
Happy to help!
I really appreciate your videos and insight. These settings are making me a better photographer.
Glad to help!
Awesome video. Very helpful. You are saving us tremendous amount of time when we get the camera.
Great to hear! :)
Always at the end of the video you leave me with no doubts in my mind! When R5 got released some issues like heating and all prevented me to get it, but after your video now I’m getting it soon! Thanks a lot for Sharing your wisdom and it’s invaluable Jan. #Inspiration 🙏🏻😊
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thanks for the valuable tips. I too am just going through the R5 settings and trying to get accustomed to the mirrorless features. Your 2-button back focus will be a setting I am adopting.
Glad it was helpful!
This is a very informative and helpful video. Thank you. My R5 is on the way and I think you've already saved me a lot of time on its setup options.
Glad it was helpful!
Just got my R5. Thank goodness I found this video! Auto focus was giving me FITS! Now I’ve set my camera with all your setting and can’t wait to try them out. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Yes, right out of the box it's a bit funny! Glad I could help
Hey, thank you for the great video, I just bought the Canon R5 and you were quite helpful in getting it set up. Especially in the different focusing modes using the back buttons!
Glad it was helpful!
Well done, Jan! I'm so glad I found your videos! My Canon EOS R5 is schedule to arrive today. Using your video, I created a 6 page document, explaining each setting to select. Assuming that it's easy to switch between custom modes, like it is on my 7D Mark II, I think that I'll likely use Photo C1 for birding photography and Photo C2 for people. Now I guess I need to read though your 430 other comments! Thanks!
Thanks! yes the custom modes work well.
Thank you for helping me expedite my set up
Any time!
Just waiting on my R5 being delivered and i`ll be returning to this when I start to set mine up! Thanks
Enjoy it
Really good video -looking forward to camera arrival
Thank you. I hope yours arrives, soon!
Incredibly helpful - picked up my R5 today and followed your video from start to finish. Many thanks
Great to hear! And happy I could help
Thank you so much! Whenever my R5 arrives I'll have a head start!
Glad to help!
Jo, just got mine today and can't believe how darn sharp the images are. Been shooting with a 5DSR since it came out and only got tack-sharp images when using a tripod. All of todays handheld images have been tack-sharp! Get ready to be doing a lot of smiling buddy!
Jan, you probably know this but it wasn't in the video. When assigning custom functions for back button focusing you can assign additional functions to the AF-ON button by pressing INFO when you're in the list of choices for "Metering and AF start". If you press INFO before pressing SET-OK you get 3 additional settings to add - "AF Operations", "AF Method", and "Servo AF Characteristics". This allows you to have One Shot for AF-ON and Servo for "*", or visa versa. I just got my R5 so this video was very helpful.
Jan… FANTASTIC! Just got my R5 and this is the best guide I’ve seen. Incredible job. Thank you very much.
Happy to help!
Thank you very much for this video and your explanation about the settings and customization options, I used to have a shooting with a Canon 5D IV, but I found a big difference between autofocus and the tracking mode with my new camera Canon r5 , you were awesome and very helpful
Happy to help!
Very useful setting for birding. Especially the one point AF work together with auto eye AF. Thank you for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!