Drowning in new R5 Mark II config

[ahsanford]

The other thing to watch out for are mutually exclusive settings. For example, anti-flicker and pre-capture cannot be active simultaneously.

Yeah, my approach here seems to be:

1) Kick out the basic 'never going to use' things (e.g. high ISO NR)
2) Wonder where my usual 5D3 creature comforts are (e.g. grid in the VF)
3) Imagine my personal base use case (one shot, small cluster, IBIS, Auto ISO parameters, etc.)
4) Assign all my controls, figure out my personal best use of the control ring, etc.
5) Imagine my 'ooh there's a ________, I saved a custom mode for that' (e.g. wildlife, sports, etc.)
6) Go on a trip and live through using it
7) Iterate, grow into new features, etc.

I'm guessing -- could be wrong -- that somewhere in the setup of 3-5 I will trigger/learn/adapt for the mutually exclusives.

- A

 

[ahsanford]

Of course, they are custom buttons for a reason. But I typically start with TDP's set up guide. Then, there has been in depth looks at set ups by bird photographer Jan Wegener and Whistling Wings Photography.

Not a bird photographer you consider to yourself, you still might find it useful to hear them talk through what each function does and why they chose what they did. You can simply make other choices.

+1 on TDP. Bryan's list was quite literally the first thing I referred to. Didn't follow it to the letter, but it touches a ton of good 'start here' sort of bases.

As for birding, it's gone from 'Never' to 'I wonder what we might see from the boat' to 'I can totally fit this mounted 100-400 in the dry bag if we capsize, right?'

I am defiantly not a birder, and don't travel expressly to capture them on camera. Yet I keep going to great places to see them, and ooh, I now have a lovely instrument with which to take some snaps. (Keep in mind it's on an EF 2x + EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II)

So birding counsel for AF controls would absolutely be nice eventually, but it's low on my 'wiggling into the cockpit' phase of ownership.

- A

 

[ahsanford]

Side question, with the higher FPS mode in e-shutter, do I only have the choice of loud synthesized shutter sound or absolutely nothing?

After shooting with a mirror for so long and now having a zero blackout VF, I feel there needs to be a silent mechanical shutter level sound for each exposure. I need some kind of affirmation/feedback that I took the shot.

Am I missing a setting or are those my only two choices? Thx.

- A

 

[OldDudePhotog]

I do not use HEIC for compatibility reasons, if I need to edit I use my raw images for that. Once I got my R1, I only shoot raw on it and use LR to export jpg to distribute.

 

[OldDudePhotog]

Side question, with the higher FPS mode in e-shutter, do I only have the choice of loud synthesized shutter sound or absolutely nothing?

After shooting with a mirror for so long and now having a zero blackout VF, I feel there needs to be a silent mechanical shutter level sound for each exposure. I need some kind of affirmation/feedback that I took the shot.

Am I missing a setting or are those my only two choices? Thx.

- A

you can adjust the volume anywhere from barely audible (to me anyway, but after years of heavy metal music at loud volumes it tends to take its toll) to fairly loud. There is also the option of no sound at all, but I cannot use this option as I want/need to hear it.

 

[mmmm]

Side question, with the higher FPS mode in e-shutter, do I only have the choice of loud synthesized shutter sound or absolutely nothing?

After shooting with a mirror for so long and now having a zero blackout VF, I feel there needs to be a silent mechanical shutter level sound for each exposure. I need some kind of affirmation/feedback that I took the shot.

Am I missing a setting or are those my only two choices? Thx.

- A

There’s a volume setting on the R1, I can’t imagine it’s not there on the r5ii. I don’t have my camera on silent, and I have all the volume sliders down except the shutter sound on the lowest setting. I can’t tell you where in the settings, I’m not near my camera. But it’s there!

 

[ahsanford]

Thx for the volume menu heads up -- I presumed it was for something else because I globally disabled the focus beep. But I re-enabled it, and then the volume menu came up. Lovely, cheers.

- A

 

[neuroanatomist]

I frequently use silent mode (enough that I have it assigned to the stills/video toggle). I like that a white border flashes around the EVF with each exposure.

 

[docsmith]

I am defiantly not a birder, and don't travel expressly to capture them on camera. Yet I keep going to great places to see them, and ooh, I now have a lovely instrument with which to take some snaps. (Keep in mind it's on an EF 2x + EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II)

Are you sure about that???

Welcome...enjoy. Pull up a chair and stay awhile. Soon, you'll be telling your friends that a Chickadee is nearby and it communicates with the number of "dee dey dees" after its chirp.

Then you'll start to realize birds have languages.

Soon enough you'll forget all about your 50 mm and will be admiring an RF 200-800.

 

[koenkooi]

you can adjust the volume anywhere from barely audible (to me anyway, but after years of heavy metal music at loud volumes it tends to take its toll) to fairly loud. There is also the option of no sound at all, but I cannot use this option as I want/need to hear it.

I handed my R8 to someone else to take a group picture and he went "It isn't taking pictures" because the "barely audible" wasn't audible to him. The resulting 100+ shots managed to always have at least one person with their eyes closed

 

[mmmm]

I frequently use silent mode (enough that I have it assigned to the stills/video toggle). I like that a white border flashes around the EVF with each exposure.

I think it does it anyway? Or there is another setting? Mine is not on silent, and I also get the white border flash after each exposure.

 

[OldDudePhotog]

I handed my R8 to someone else to take a group picture and he went "It isn't taking pictures" because the "barely audible" wasn't audible to him. The resulting 100+ shots managed to always have at least one person with their eyes closed

Here is what I do in group pictures: I have everyone close their eyes, and I then count down 3 2 1 OPEN one more second and shoot shoot shoot and done.

 

[ahsanford]

Here is what I do in group pictures: I have everyone close their eyes, and I then count down 3 2 1 OPEN one more second and shoot shoot shoot and done.

That's up there with "Show me your teeth!" to kids under 5. Works 100% of the time.

- A

 

[AUGS]

This is exactly what I really love about this forum - the knowledge and experience sharing.

Thanks for creating this thread, greatly appreciated. Its making the setup of my R5m2 much easier, and reproducible. Special thanks to the TDP link!
I'm adapting all my EF lenses for now, but definitely eyeing off the 200-800 as my first native RF lens for surf sports. The EF100-400 II is just a bit too short (even with the 1.4x).

 

[OldDudePhotog]

The only long TF lens I have is the 100-500 and like it. I really want to get the 100-300 lens but just cannot bring myself to pony up 10k when I do not make enough money from photography to justify it. If I get on the local Nascar circuit or something like that I might grab one.

 

[OldDudePhotog]

The only long TF lens I have is the 100-500 and like it. I really want to get the 100-300 lens but just cannot bring myself to pony up 10k when I do not make enough money from photography to justify it. If I get on the local Nascar circuit or something like that I might grab one. I'll use my 70-200 internal zoom with my 1.4x extender to get close to that for the time being, which I have not used yet but cannot wait.

 

[Del Paso]

Here is what I do in group pictures: I have everyone close their eyes, and I then count down 3 2 1 OPEN one more second and shoot shoot shoot and done.

Very simple and very good idea!

 

[ahsanford]

Just curious, as my RC-6 infrared is now off the table: what is everyone's strategy with remotes?

Leave Bluetooth on all the time in case you need it? Or go through the menus and turn it on when needed?

Thx
A

 

[neuroanatomist]

Just curious, as my RC-6 infrared is now off the table: what is everyone's strategy with remotes?

Leave Bluetooth on all the time in case you need it? Or go through the menus and turn it on when needed?

I added 'Bluetooth settings' to My Menu, so I can easily connect the remote when needed, and not waste battery when I don't need it.

 

[ahsanford]

I added 'Bluetooth settings' to My Menu, so I can easily connect the remote when needed, and not waste battery when I don't need it.

Could a custom shooting mode turn on bluetooth, or is that not under the span of a mode's control?

- A