Canon 5d CONTENTS, 4 AUTOFOCUSING, 5. DRIVE MODES, 7. METERING MODES, 6. EXPOSURE Part 1, Canon 5D Mark III Experience, 2. MENUS and CUSTOM FUNCTIONS

Canon 5D Mark III Experience

CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................		5
1.1	Take Control of Your Camera .................................................................................	6
1.2	Using This Guide .....................................................................................................	7
1.3	Quick Start for 5D and 5D Mark II Users.................................................................	9
1.4	Getting Started.......................................................................................................	11
2. MENUS and CUSTOM FUNCTIONS .............................................................		13
2.1	Shooting Menu.......................................................................................................	14
2.2	Autofocus (AF) Menu.............................................................................................	27
2.3	Playback Menu ......................................................................................................	44
2.4	Set-up Menu ..........................................................................................................	51
2.5	Custom Functions Menu........................................................................................	60
2.6 My Menu ................................................................................................................		69
2.7	Movie Shooting Mode Menu..................................................................................	70
3. CAMERA CONTROLS and IMAGE FILE FORMATS ...................................		73
3.1	Camera Controls ...................................................................................................	73
3.2	Image Playback .....................................................................................................	82
3.3	Image File Formats - JPEG vs. RAW....................................................................	84
4 AUTOFOCUSING ............................................................................................		88
4.1	Using Autofocus ....................................................................................................	88
4.2	Autofocus - AF Modes ...........................................................................................	89
4.3	Autofocus - AF Area Selection Modes ..................................................................	93
4.3a Single-Point AF (Manual Selection).................................................................		96
4.3b Spot AF (Manual Selection).............................................................................		97
4.3c AF Point Expansion (Manual Selection) - 4 Adjacent......................................		97
4.3d AF Point Expansion Surround (Manual Selection) - 8 Adjacent......................		98
4.3e Zone AF (Manual Selection) ............................................................................		99
4.3f Auto Selection - 61-Point AF ..........................................................................		100
4.4	Autofocus - AF Configuration Tool and Autofocus Cases...................................	105
4.5	Back Button Focusing..........................................................................................	108
4.6	Live View and Movie Focusing............................................................................	110
5. DRIVE MODES .............................................................................................		113
6. EXPOSURE Part 1 .......................................................................................		114
6.1	Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO .......................................................................	114
6.2	Aperture-Priority AE Mode (Av) and Shutter-Priority AE Mode (Tv) ...................	119
6.3	Full Stops.............................................................................................................	122
6.4	Manual Exposure Mode (M) ................................................................................	123
7. METERING MODES .....................................................................................		126
7.1	Evaluative Metering .............................................................................................	126
7.2	Partial Metering....................................................................................................	126
7.3	Spot Metering ......................................................................................................	128
7.4	Center-Weighted Average Metering....................................................................	129
7.5	Manual Metering..................................................................................................	131
7.6	Metering Modes and Exposure ...........................................................................	132

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