A very comprehensive review, thanks. It is particularly useful with renewed interest in the R5 following release of the R5ii. I shoot mostly birds, and I love my R7/RF100-500 for its combination of reach and resolution. But I recently bought the R5 as a full-frame body, to take advantage of great sale prices since the R5ii was introduced. I am a bit mystified by the assertion that there are only 2 control rings on the R7. Since all RF lenses come equipped with a lens ring (as does the pricier EF-RF adaptor), I just set the lens control ring for aperture control, which should feel very natural to anyone who ever used an SLR. PS: I'm told that the "release shutter without card" menu option allows customers to "test" the camera in the store, without a card, which is not included. This also explains the default ON position "
@@lets_go_birding9096 These settings have helped so much with larger targets :) Unfortunately it's not picking up smaller targets like hummingbirds...any advice wood be greatly appreciated!
That was a terrific explanation. I am going back to reset my r5 your way. Mine has not been working satisfactorily even though it has produced some spectacular shots, the hit rate has been much lower than I expected. Thank you
Incredibly detailed explanation, which greatly enhances your working knowledge of the camera system. I previously watched your Canon R6 mark II setup, which was excellent. I recently got the R5 mark II and I was hoping you had a canon R5 mark II setup video; hope its coming soon. I always watch multiple setup videos to see what different wildlife photographers are doing and why. It gives me multiple ideas to apply and / or try. I did watch this video for any insights that I might apply. AWESOME VIDEO. THANKS!
This is super informative and very well explained. I really appreciate your time and your easy to understand explanations on each feature. I am half way done and already learned so much. Looking forward to try the new settings tomorrow. Thank you!
Great R5 setup advice which i've used to setup my R5 mk2 as best I can as some of the menu options are very different. Looking forward to your setup video for that model soon.
i bookmarked this for another watch or two. The exposure compensation set to the square button solves a riddle for me. The default to adjust EC on the R5 would not leave the EC setting in place between images. The EC would reset to zero after pressing the shutter. With my dslr you had to remember to reset but thats ok because sometimes you set the EC and leave it for awhile depending on the light. It appears you are not using eye detect at all and i have decided on eye detect at the star button for now. Another thing is that watching your video has given me way more confidence with the camera settings and i am comfortable making changes. Thanks. I think i will try and get some sleep now.
Glad you like the video:-) In the menu, go to the big camera (red menu) > submenu #7 > and tap on "image review." Then click on Review duration. Then choose 2 or 4 second or whatever you want.
Hi Very informative. Just want an advise for photographing two or three birds on same perch with same eye sharpness. When ever I try to take photos either one will have lesser sharpness/out of focus.
I'm glad you liked the video. I would guess that your focal plane (the zone where things are in focus) is too shallow/narrow. Next time, try bumping your aperture (f number) up to something like f7.1 or f8. Remember, the closer you are to the bird(s), the narrower your focal plane will be so you have to compensate for that. Over the weekend I shot some goldfinch at very close range (10-15 feet). I set my aperture to f/8 thinking that would expand the focal plane enough to get the entire bird in focus. I was surprised to see that when the bird was looking at me and his tail was behind him, I still was not able to get the tail and back end of the bird sharp - only the face. I should've went up to F11 perhaps at that close of a range. So play around with your aperture and see if that fixes the problem. The other thing, make sure your shutter speed is high enough. I always shoot at 1/1200s for birds sitting on a perch - even with my rig on a monopod. So that could be another possible problem. Good luck!
When you are showing the focus areas you go up to the whole screen as the focus area. On my R5 with Canon EF 100-400 and ef 1.4 extender, I can only go to the large horizontal box. I have tried to find the larger area, but it won't show it. I would love to know how to find it.
Hummm? Does it work without the extender? Is the extender the Mark iii version? I don't have the EF 100-400mm, so I can't speak from experience. Just make sure that the whole screen AF box (called face + tracking) is "checked" in this menu: AF (pink menu) > submenu #4 > Limit AF Methods.
@@lets_go_birding9096Thank you so much for your reply. My problem was, like you had mentioned, I didn't have the tracking one selected. Hmm, it would have been useful for landscape photography.
Question. With just your shutter button for your setup do you have subject detection, tracking, and eye detection on and then vary the AF boxes / method?
Hello. I half press the shutter button to start up my autofocus and then full press the shutter button to take a blast of pictures. Subject detection is always set to animals and I don't worry too much about eye detection, for it doesn't make much of a difference unless the bird is close enough where you can actually see the eye well. If you press the multi-controller straight in, that also starts up a face detection method of autofocus - I never use that, for I have found it to be inferior (doesn't track well) and unreliable (you can never tell when it will turn off). I am constantly changing those autofocus boxes (sometimes even when the bird is flying) to suit the situation I'm in. Of course, I assigned the multifunction but to do that job (MFn button). I sure hope that helps.
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A very comprehensive review, thanks. It is particularly useful with renewed interest in the R5 following release of the R5ii. I shoot mostly birds, and I love my R7/RF100-500 for its combination of reach and resolution. But I recently bought the R5 as a full-frame body, to take advantage of great sale prices since the R5ii was introduced. I am a bit mystified by the assertion that there are only 2 control rings on the R7. Since all RF lenses come equipped with a lens ring (as does the pricier EF-RF adaptor), I just set the lens control ring for aperture control, which should feel very natural to anyone who ever used an SLR.
PS: I'm told that the "release shutter without card" menu option allows customers to "test" the camera in the store, without a card, which is not included. This also explains the default ON position "
I’ve had my R5 for almost 2 years -Your video has helped me SO much, thank you!
So glad it helped!
@@lets_go_birding9096 These settings have helped so much with larger targets :) Unfortunately it's not picking up smaller targets like hummingbirds...any advice wood be greatly appreciated!
Very Helpful!!!!!!!!!!
Gives a novice bird photographer, I fighting chance right out of the gate!
Thanks Sally Siko Adams! for the sharing!
My pleasure! I'm glad the video was helpful for you.
That was a terrific explanation. I am going back to reset my r5 your way. Mine has not been working satisfactorily even though it has produced some spectacular shots, the hit rate has been much lower than I expected. Thank you
Glad you liked the video. Please let us know if my setup worked better for you:-)
I enjoyed this video. He took his time and explained everything clearly
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Great vid. I just bought an R5 and had watched your R6II. Was hoping that you made this and was happy to see that you did so recently!
I'm glad the video was helpful and you're going to absolutely love you EOS R5! Still my go to camera.
Great video ! Thanks from Toronto
Thanks for watching!
Incredibly detailed explanation, which greatly enhances your working knowledge of the camera system. I previously watched your Canon R6 mark II setup, which was excellent. I recently got the R5 mark II and I was hoping you had a canon R5 mark II setup video; hope its coming soon. I always watch multiple setup videos to see what different wildlife photographers are doing and why. It gives me multiple ideas to apply and / or try. I did watch this video for any insights that I might apply. AWESOME VIDEO. THANKS!
Thank you! I'm glad you have found my videos helpful :-)
This is super informative and very well explained. I really appreciate your time and your easy to understand explanations on each feature. I am half way done and already learned so much. Looking forward to try the new settings tomorrow. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Great R5 setup advice which i've used to setup my R5 mk2 as best I can as some of the menu options are very different. Looking forward to your setup video for that model soon.
I'm glad the video was helpful! My R5 mk2 should be hear next week!
i bookmarked this for another watch or two. The exposure compensation set to the square button solves a riddle for me. The default to adjust EC on the R5 would not leave the EC setting in place between images. The EC would reset to zero after pressing the shutter. With my dslr you had to remember to reset but thats ok because sometimes you set the EC and leave it for awhile depending on the light. It appears you are not using eye detect at all and i have decided on eye detect at the star button for now. Another thing is that watching your video has given me way more confidence with the camera settings and i am comfortable making changes. Thanks. I think i will try and get some sleep now.
So glad the video was helpful:-)
Very informative, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! Thank you
Glad you liked it! Still building a more detailed table of contents:-)
Hello Sr good morning, This video was wonderful. I’d like to keep my pics avail to review on the screen- where do i go to do this ? Thank you JD
Glad you like the video:-) In the menu, go to the big camera (red menu) > submenu #7 > and tap on "image review." Then click on Review duration. Then choose 2 or 4 second or whatever you want.
Hi
Very informative.
Just want an advise for photographing two or three birds on same perch with same eye sharpness. When ever I try to take photos either one will have lesser sharpness/out of focus.
I'm glad you liked the video. I would guess that your focal plane (the zone where things are in focus) is too shallow/narrow. Next time, try bumping your aperture (f number) up to something like f7.1 or f8. Remember, the closer you are to the bird(s), the narrower your focal plane will be so you have to compensate for that. Over the weekend I shot some goldfinch at very close range (10-15 feet). I set my aperture to f/8 thinking that would expand the focal plane enough to get the entire bird in focus. I was surprised to see that when the bird was looking at me and his tail was behind him, I still was not able to get the tail and back end of the bird sharp - only the face. I should've went up to F11 perhaps at that close of a range. So play around with your aperture and see if that fixes the problem. The other thing, make sure your shutter speed is high enough. I always shoot at 1/1200s for birds sitting on a perch - even with my rig on a monopod. So that could be another possible problem. Good luck!
@@lets_go_birding9096Thanks for the response.Will try as suggested and update on the outcome.
When you are showing the focus areas you go up to the whole screen as the focus area. On my R5 with Canon EF 100-400 and ef 1.4 extender, I can only go to the large horizontal box. I have tried to find the larger area, but it won't show it. I would love to know how to find it.
Hummm? Does it work without the extender? Is the extender the Mark iii version? I don't have the EF 100-400mm, so I can't speak from experience. Just make sure that the whole screen AF box (called face + tracking) is "checked" in this menu: AF (pink menu) > submenu #4 > Limit AF Methods.
@@lets_go_birding9096Thank you so much for your reply. My problem was, like you had mentioned, I didn't have the tracking one selected. Hmm, it would have been useful for landscape photography.
Question. With just your shutter button for your setup do you have subject detection, tracking, and eye detection on and then vary the AF boxes / method?
Hello. I half press the shutter button to start up my autofocus and then full press the shutter button to take a blast of pictures. Subject detection is always set to animals and I don't worry too much about eye detection, for it doesn't make much of a difference unless the bird is close enough where you can actually see the eye well. If you press the multi-controller straight in, that also starts up a face detection method of autofocus - I never use that, for I have found it to be inferior (doesn't track well) and unreliable (you can never tell when it will turn off). I am constantly changing those autofocus boxes (sometimes even when the bird is flying) to suit the situation I'm in. Of course, I assigned the multifunction but to do that job (MFn button). I sure hope that helps.
Thanks. Do you have an R5 mark ii setup in the works; it's a hot topic these days?