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My name is Simon d'Entremont and I'm a professional wildlife and nature photographer from Canada. In this video, I share my experience in shooting 750,000 photos on Canon cameras and the top 10 tricks and shortcuts I've learned to improve my workflow, usability, speed and keeper rate. While many of these will apply to many Canon cameras, I show you how to set these up on my Canon R5.
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I should have added! For the panic button: scroll down farther and set focus points to multiple points or eye tracking if you have it, as one point may not be enough to catch fast action. Also, set the autofocus to AI Servo, as you want the focus to follow the action! (Sorry I didn’t say this in the video, as my camera is already set this way by default).
I can't seem to find the option of Register/Recall in my Canon 5D Mark 3. I guess that is what Custom Function C1, C2 and C3 do? Any comments?
@@luisurbina5115 it does similar, but in one button press. They must have just started with the 5D IV, which does have it.
Thanks Simon. Great video as usual. I tend to use the star button for back button focusing. Interested in putting utilising a panic button too. Do you ever use back button focusing? What button do you assign that to if the panic button is the star?
Dude. Your channel and content is awesome. Just found you and watched 5 vids back 2 back. I’ve been using my Canon cameras all wrong. M with auto ISO etc is gonna be my way to go. Again thanks for all your hard work. Précis and to the point videos with tips & tricks very relevant for some of us and it’s other then most ‘Best Practices’ is found
Does AI servo follow the target when you're not holding in the auto focus button?
As a complete newbie.. your channel is a goldmine. Thank you!
I'm an occasional shooter, photography is magic, I get frustrated too quickly. Your short vlogs are full of very useful information. Thank you.
Love to see that you’re a Canon exclusive! Meaning that you’re extremely helpful tutorials are relevant to me. So many others are not on canon, so I can only get so much. Really appreciate you taking the time to build out this channel! So happy I stumbled upon you. Cheers!
Thanks!
this man's teaching is gold
as a freelance photographer since the 1980s shooting news,weddings,concerts , using film in the 80:s/90:s & digital in the 2000:s (?) . I format my cards after each assignment . after all of my experience, i still watch channels like this. good tips.
1:05 - naming your files
2:05 - saving your settings
3:00 - the set button
4:30 - format your card (I'm not sure about this one personally. I always delete and have never had a card corrupt).
5:30 - check space on your card
6:25 - turn on blinkies (highlight alerts)
7:20 - gridlines
8:20 - turn on level
8:50 - monitor your battery life
10:20 - the emergency button
I have several settings that I can preset on the dial...C1, C2 and C3. Landscape, group and flash.
Great content! And even better, 10 tips in 12 minutes. That signals some respect towards the valuable time of the viewers. There are other content creators who would stretch the same content unnecessarily to gain more video length for ad exposure, perhaps even making each of the short tips into its own 10-minute video. Much better this way, short and concise. Thanks for sharing! Pity the last trick doesn't work in my M6ii.
I appreciate that!
Congratulations on your BPOTY award 2022 award. It is a beautiful image!🙂👍🎉
Thank you so much!
Indeed, congrats on that award!
From Kamouraska, Qc.
In all of my years never knew about your emergency button setup! I get it right quickly but have missed the start of countless moments dailing in, This is a life change in my shooting habits. THANK YOU MUCH for sharing!
Welcome!
Same here, it’s a total game changer.
You and Chris Bray are some of the only good advice I’ve gotten on TH-cam and I’ve watched a LOT! You don’t discourage newbies the same way a lot of the creators seem to.
Just discovered your channel -- perfect timing! I'm just getting into wildlife/bird photography. I've gotten some great shots but have had issues with focus, blur, etc. Your tips have been fabulous. Thanks for teaching me and so many others.
Programming the set button to magnify during playback was a great tip; I had it set to increase screen brightness, which I rarely used. Thanks.
Great video. I especially appreciate the 'emergency button tip. I have gotten used to using the star button to switch to eye tracking, so I might use the depth of field button as my emergency button.
Lots of options these days!
Thank you Simon for the great tip with the emergency star button, that`s perfect and to need often! 🙏🏼👍
I'll have to try out the emergency button. I like to have a back button set for eye detect autofocus as well as a button set for manual focus points. The emergency setting for the 3rd button would keep me well covered I think!
Very new to bird photography, just picked up a cheap old kit lens and body. Hoping to learn the ropes before investing heavily but your channel is by far my favourite of the bird/wildlife photography channels so far. Concise, clear and easy to digest even for new-comers like me. Great stuff.
Welcome aboard!
Save/Load settings works on the R3 as well, thanks for the tip!
Stumbled upon this channel this morning. Great tip IMO…. Thanks!
Once again another excellent learning video. I use Sony/Fiji but settings are what they are, "settings". Thank you Simon! The sunset picture with the light house had folks in it. They were remove in the final making of the print. I will look through your library to see if you have recommended software for just that purpose. Great channel. We all appreciate your time & effort in the making of it!
Thanks Simon, I have now set up a panic button! I have learned along the way that one can set the IR on speedlights to help focus when light is low. I also set speedlights on the camera body ,so if my batteries go I can put another speedlight on the camera and it will be set the to the same settings as the one I took off. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for that last tip Simon, I really enjoy your videos. That’s my star button now👍
Enjoy it!
Thank you so much Simon for sharing all the best content and valuable information, keep up with the awesome content 👌👍🐦🤗
Thanks Miguel! Appreciate your frequent comments!
Another excellently straightforward tutorial. I also have my Mfn button set up to scroll through custom settings
Ah, I use Mfn to switch between video and photo mode.
I know it's a month since you released this. You mentioned the LCD level, but mirrorless users have a level in the EVF and even DSLR users may have a level indicator in the OVF. That's very helpful when shooting handheld. Maybe in the future you could do a video on selecting, setting, and using the VF displays.
I am starting off with photography, and of everything i've been watching, this has been very helpful. I will implement these for my T7.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tips, especially the last one: it's the first time I hear about it! Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
I loved the one with the Set button. Will set that up and the emergency button.
Excellent!
That "emergency button" is genius! Gonna run to my R7 to test if I can set it there ASAP!!! Thanks Simon!!
No problem 👍
I really like the trick for saving settings on SD cards, customize SET button to image replay with magnification, and AEL to panic button. I used to press the magnification button wrongly during image review as it is too small at a strange location, Now I can hit the actual image replay and if I want to zoom in to check focus accuracy, I press the SET button. My Canon R5 is now so much ergonomic! Thank you for this great video!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Great info!
As a SONY user, my main interest was the "emergency button". I immediately checked if I could implement this idea on my A7RiV's AEL button, and yes I could! Thank you so much for a handy tip!
The last tipp was interesting and helpful!
Another option would be exposure composition.
(On SET and index finger wheel.)
That would work! I have EC set to the upper thumb wheel,
Thanks Simon, I really like your clear and informative style, I have a Canon 5D MKIV and I was still able to apply most of your great tips, keep up the great content, cheers Andrew.
Great to hear!
One of my tricks, no only on Canon, is to set ISO to Auto all time when working in A/S/M/P mode (limited to 1600), and by this way, I set for example the speed or aperture I need and the camera adapts automatically the ISO to the available light.
Me too! I have a whole video on auto iso.
Sir, I am a big fan of your videos. They are crisp and super meaningful. I would like to learn Rim photography and Backlit photography from you. I haven't seen a good content on you tube around it and I can only trust you will do justice to teaching it in detail. Looking forward to it, Sir. Stay blessed. More power to you.
It’s actually on my list!
@@simon_dentremont Have you checked out Pangolin Photography Safari's video on rimlight? I think that's one trip you should book for yourself, Simon. You would have a blast, and I think you would learn from each other! We've only done the Best of the Chobe, but they have other venues. A Safari with photography teachers... it was awesome.
Thank You, this is really an evergreen video.
So nice of you
Another great video man, you've helped me a lot in my photography journey.
You being the technical photographer and the Photographic Eye channel as the philosophical photographer.
Great to hear! His channel is very good.
always your videos have something new to learn.. thank you
thx!
Thanks Simon. I had no idea many of that could be done in a camera!
Glad to help
I’ve added your set button customization to my R5 today thanks for that Simon.
Enjoy it!
Thanks, those skills convinced me to stick with my 5d3. Really useful!
Fantastic information, thank you very much.
Thank you for these tips didn't know some of these glad I found them I'm a canon man also.
My Rebel XTi from 2007 has exactly four of these features, and sort-of similar-ish features to others. I also have my Set button set to image review, but it default to the entire image and I have to zoom in after. FC formatting is always on one of the five menus. Battery level and remaining images on the card are always displayed on the main screen. I can't custom name files, but I can tell the camera to reset the file numbers. I can't turn on the blinkies in normal image view, but it flashes them whenever I have the histogram on the screen with the image.
One thing I appreciate about my camera the most is that the shutter button acts pretty much like your emergency mode button. As soon as I touch it to focus an image, the camera drops anything else I'm doing with it, and is ready to take a picture immediately. I'm almost always using some sort of automatic mode, so being on manual isn't going to catch me off-guard much.
One of my favorite features is the auto-off function. I have my camera set to switch off after 30 seconds, and as soon as I touch the shutter button, it's back on and ready to go. It usually turns on and starts focusing in less time than it takes me to notice it was off. The best part is when it's auto-off, it uses the battery at about the same rate as if it was actually switched off. I've literally left my camera switched on for years at a time, because the auto-off function works so well, and it's way better for taking pictures in a hurry if it was already switched on from last time I had it out, instead of me having to remember to turn it back on.
Thank you so much for the emergency button tip. You certainly know your way around the R5. I am not as familiar with mine. Thanks again!
Welcome!
Very helpful thanks. especially the emergency button.
You're welcome!
Just ran across your page and I love your videos! They are a tremendous help and timesaver. I’ve subscribed to your channel and will let others know about it as well. Thanks for disseminating good information!
Welcome aboard!
Excellent educational video. Thanks Simon!
Glad you enjoyed it
Most of these don't work on my 6D, but from the custom functions menu I found that I can use the DOF check button (which I never use) to switch autofocus mode from one shot AF to AI servo while the button is pressed. This, too, is great for catching sudden action!
Most of these don't work on my 50D either, but that is even older.
Thankyou Simon as always great tips,Tricks for my Canon R5.Enjoy all you videos.J
Thanks John!
thank you
Your emergency button idea is brilliant! Thanks for the tip!
You're welcome!
Thanks for sharing this video. Really enjoy the set button review images.
Just one remark for dummies like me. My cam is programmed to start up in custom mode. Don’t forget to adjust those modes.
You mentioned the zoom level was adjustable, could not find that option but happy to zoom out which is easy.
Thanks. Somewhere there’s a setting that when you zoom, how much you want to zoom when you press the button.
@@simon_dentremont Found it. On the R5 it is in the blue view menu tab 4. It was working all along. I had mine set to zoom 100% and with my test shots of wildlife displayed on the screensaver of my apple tv I thought it zoomed in much more..
Probably because the birds were much larger in the frame than in a real life situation.
Love your videos....
Great tips SD!
awesome, short and super quick!!!
Glad you liked it!
I really appreciate all your videos , just purchased the Canon T8i . Hope to have a lot of fun with it since I finally upgraded from my Canon AE-1 program camera
Another awesome info video Simone!
Thanks so much!
Your videos are excellent, even for this Sony user. I like that they are succinct, well organized, and right to the point. Sony A7RIV and A7RV, A7IV, and A1 have a Save Settings option that will save all settings. Not A7RIII and earlier models, but they do have Memory 1, 2, 3, and 4 in which some settings can be saved to the memory card. I don’t know which APS-C cameras have this feature.
The tipp with the panic button is really helpfull!
Welcome!
Thank you Simon, very good info but the last back button info was soooo good. Didn’t know it existed but I have an inkling I will be using this a lot. Good man and "keep up the good work old chap" as we say in the UK
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Simon. I really like that last one-the emergency button. Will have to check to see if my 6dmkii has that.
I hope it does! Let us know!
That emergency button sounds way better than finding the right mode on the dial. But i dont seem to be able to set it up on my R10. Guess its too cheap for that one
The R3 you can save your settings as well.
Thank Simon for sharing these tips. I have been using the auto ISO with aperture priority on my 7D, but with manual I had not thought of, but I really like it.
I have to try the panic button now. Thanks again!
Glad it was helpful!
I’m not clear about the emergency button, I’m using the back button to focus so I can’t hold two buttons and shut. Am I missing something?
@@frankgarcia I do as well. If you set AF on under « register/recall », it will work as your focus button too, so you’ll have two back buttons, one for your regular settings, one for emergencies.
Well done Simon. Love my R5!
Me too!
On my R5 I set my DOF preview button to pull up my flash settings menu. This way when shooting with flash I can easily change the settings. Thanks for the emergency button tip, I did not know about that.
Great setup!
Great video, thanks! One comment to the saving of camera settings. Don't forget to download the settings to your computer before doing a card format in the camera (or even better right after you did the save). Format the card will also erase your saved camera settings!
Thanks for that!
Great tips Simon.
Glad you enjoyed it
I've set up the (*) star button to switch between one shot and servo. Works for my needs.
10:20 "Emergency" button for registering/recalling shooting functions. One of the most tremendous shortcomings of most Nikon bodies (except for the very top-of-the-line models Z8/Z9) is that they do not have an option to save/recall shooting functions. All the way up to the Z6/7 II, the mode dial remains your best bet in such situations.
Binding the recall function to a back button is also the reason I would never buy a Sony A7C (I or II) over the full-size bodies, since the smaller bodies don't have any suitable programmable function buttons on the back. Anyway, my next camera is going to be a Canon or Sony, not only for the superior AF but also for invaluable little life-savers like this.
I love the “Emergency” button! I’ve got to set that up on my R6.
I love it!
You can set it so that your "My Menu" populates 1st when you tap the Menu button that way you don't have to scroll to it. This is a great option because that is where you have set up your most used menu options.
cool!
Great tip. How do you set your menu to populate "MyMenu" 1st when hitting the menu button?
@@markevenson987 Thanks for pinging me. I forgot to explain how to set it up. Go to the "MyMenu tab and scroll to the last tab with nothing set in it, then click on Menu Display and choose "Display from My Menu tab" and that should do it. Let me know if you have questions and how it worked out.
@@Methodical2 Very cool! As soon as I hit the menu button, "My Menu" pops up first now. Awesome!
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i always learn a new stuff simce i found your channel, thank you sir. im still using my 60D btw :)
Happy to help!
Hi!, Thank you very much for the various tips for getting great photos. I have a query though. I have set back button autofocus and * for eye tracking. What is your opinion on setting the ' AF point selection button' which is in the right of * button, as my emergency button?.
Waiting for more such informative videos
Thanks and regards
i think that’s a great setup. I’ve heard of others doing so.
Very nice video and nicely explained. Good work and subscribed
Thanks for the sub!
Great video ! A question for you. On the R5 is it possible to have both focus peaking and zebras at the same time in the viewfinder while shooting videos? A very useful feature for manual focus and exposure that is available on my Lumix S5 but seems unavailable on the R5. But if there is a way I would really like to know!
I actually don’t know! Does anyone out there in TH-cam land?
I love this one, specialy the emergency button 😁. Thanks
i think i seatled for the 70d used and a 150-600 sigma used thanks for the help and have a wonderful day :)!!
Thats a great setup!
Wow, that Emergency Button tip is an excellent one, Simon. Thanks very much! I see it's an option on my new R7 as well, though there aren't as many buttons to play with compared to the R5. I'll figure something out!
Excellent!
I found exactly the same , what was your solution? I operate the R7 and R5 and try and keep buttons and settings as similar as I can 😀
@@Chris-NZ I think this weekend I'm going to do a video on how I set up my R7, but basically:
I use a dual back-button AF setup, so the AF-ON button engages eye tracking, and the * button does a focus point (which I can move around as needed). I use the focus-point select button to switch between EVF and rear screen, which prevents the sensor by the EVF from randomly switching back and forth. I found not every button can be mapped as an Emergency button (recall shooting func), and I didn't want to give up the * button, so I put it on the DOF Preview button on the front, since I only rarely actually use DOF Preview. I set my R5 up the same way, we'll see how it goes!
One note on the R7: Unlike the R5, you can't set the shooting mode as part of the recall shooting func--it will stay in the mode the dial is currently set for, which means it only works perfectly when already in M or Fv mode. In Av or Tv, I've found it to be frankly a little random in how it behaves. Maybe not too big a deal, just something to be aware of.
@@wanderland_xyz Hi thats helpful, it was the fact I couldn’t set the mode as you can in on the R5 that had me stumped, but if it stays as set on the dial thats good to know - I’ll have another attempt 👍 Good point on the DOF button as I don’t use that much .
Very good - thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Is there a video showing how you got that incredible astrophotography shot?
I do have one on Milky Way photography, but not deep space
Thanks Simon, it's a nice collection of tips. It is my experience that formatting the card deletes the saved settings files as well as the pictures. Something to remember.
yes, it would delete the saved settings for loading back later as the card is being wiped clean, but no impact to regular camera settings. they would be preserved in-camera.
@@simon_dentremont Yes, you are right on that. In case multiple set of settings have been saved (say one for landscape, one for sports, etc), seeing them deleted by formatting the card is a little bit annoying to say the least (I got bit by this 🙂). So, it's important to save the settings files as well as the picture files.
The emergency button is useful, thanks!
Glad to hear that!
Love that last tip :)
Glad it was helpful!
Great video 👍 that emergency button it's awesome 👌
Indeed it is!
Hi Simon,
Love the videos, do you have a complete setup video for the Canon R5 ?
Not yet!
Atlast! Found a canon guy. So happy that I stumbled upon one of your videos and i'm hooked since😅❤from India
Welcome aboard!
V informative 👌
So nice of you
I don't think it's like that in the factory settings: I've set the press on the Joystick of the R5 to reset the focus point to the middle.
Great video Simon, I have the R5 with my three custom modes set for different shooting motes and with the "auto update" setting ON. I was wondering if you are in one of the custom modes, C1-C3 and have the Emergency button set up like you show and press it, does the camera overwrite the particular custom mode you're in or does it "leave" the custom mode when you press the emergency button?
Great question! And I’m on the road so can’t check, but I’m guessing no, it won’t over write.
NOPE. JUST TEPMPORALY RECALLING SETINGS WHAT YOU STORED
Simon try out the canon eos 550d is is a great camera for the price
Thanks for another great Video! I have a question, Those the Profile you save on the Memory Card does it get erased everytime you format the card?
Yes it does. If you plan to format the card, move the saved profile to some other storage like your computer.
@@simon_dentremont Ok! Thanks for the quick reply and again for amazing video.
Binge-watching your videos. I’m a recent Canon R5 convert and have a cottage in NB with an interest in wildlife/bird photography, so you’re singing my song! Thanks!
Excellent!
Hi Simon, good info on BBF & the Emergency button.
Something else, I noticed on my 7Dmk2 - The censor stay partly lit when camera is switched off. Should the battery be removed when not in use for sometime? what is your veiw on this?
Hmmm…everything should be off when power is off, so no need to remove battery.
I searched to change my file name on my Canon EOS 90D and my Canon 6D Mark I and could not find where I could change the file name. Perhaps, these cameras didn't come with those customizable settings or do you think I might have to update my firmware?
Your videos are a great help, especially for an enthusiast bird photographer shooting a canon mirrorless (R6). I spend summers on the Gaspe (Matane). Can you suggest where one can go to see Puffins, Murres, Razorbills etc. in Eastern Canada? Love your emergency button tip!
Bird Islands in Cape Breton have tour companies to see Puffins and Razorbills. Mchais Island off NB has puffins and Razorbills. in NL, Eliiston is a hot spot.
@@simon_dentremont Loved Machias Island, thanks for the other suggerstions. Next time we're up that way we'll look into Bird Islands.
Great tips Simon! I'm sure I can figure out some equivalents for my Nikon D850 🙂
Go for it Rowland. I expect you can.
I have an old-fashioned camera, so I set the Cf positions up for different "walking around" situations, with Cf1 set to about your suggested "emergency" settings, and other Cf positions to program mode and Tv modes...not quite as cool as the * button, but, if I remember to set Cf1 when i start walking, all is well ;-) 🇨🇦🐻🇩🇪
I’ve done that also!