Image QualityControls
PlaybackControls and
Displays
button,and the Direct print button changed to the Live Vie w shooting/Print/Share button.
In addition,during video recording you can use the SET button to star t or pause videos.
Finally,activating the Live View Function is now done using the Print/Share button located
next to the viewfinder instead of the SET button.This change allows the SET button to be
used as normal to select menu items when the Live View mode is activated, or to start and
stop video recording.
The increased resolution and anti-reflective coatings on the 3.0-inch,920,000-dot Clear View
LCD make it much easier to read the numerous image quality control screens,while the speed
of the DIGIC 4 Image Processor provides much faster access to the individual screens.Added
screen colors also give the menus,animations and settings a more refined look and feel, with
easier to read fonts.While the image qualit y screens contain similar choices to those found in
previous models (including the same white balance,color space, Picture Style, and WB
SHIFT/BKT controls), 25 languages are now supported,and the date and time c an now be
set to the exact second.
Both cameras have dramatically improved playback image quality as a result of the new LCD.
In addition to higher resolution,improved viewing angle, and anti-reflective coatings, the color
saturation and reproduction accuracy are superior to previous LCDs,and approach the full
sRGB color space.The sharpness improves the 9-image thumbnail display, and details really
pop in the new 4-image thumbnail screen.
As for playback controls,the EOS 5D Mark II gets the majorit y of improvements and
changes to its playback controls and display screens,thanks in part to its HD video recording
function and the older LCD features on the EOS 5D.In addition to the Single-image display
screen,there is now a Single image+ Image-recording quality screen, and a separate shooting
information display.A new histogram with brightness and RGB graphs is also provided. With
the Jump function now moved to the main dial,it ’s easier to move from image to image or
through videos.You can set the jump function to 1, 10, or 100 images or,more specifically, to
Screen,Date, Folder, Movies,or Stills options via a setting in the P layback menu.Chec kmarked
images or all images in a specific folder can be deleted,while another choice lets you delete all
images on a card without reformatting it.
Creative controls in the Slideshow mode (formerly the Auto Play mode) on both cameras have
been expanded to take advantage of the high resolution HDMI out connection (and optional
HTC-100 cable).Once photographers realize its multimedia power and capability, fewer will be
trucking their laptops to presentations and instead will be loading their images and edited
videos (with the EOS 5D Mark II) onto memory cards.You can now set the playback time for
displaying images to between 1–5 secs.,and additional playbac k filters include displaying all
images,by folder and by date. On the EOS 5D Mark II, video or still options are added.
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