Chapter 5. Customizing the Canon 5D Mark II
One of the first things photo-graphers do once they learn all the new features of a camera is to customize it for their own personal shooting preferences, and that's one of the true beauties of the EOS system. The 5D Mark II offers myriad options for customizing the operation of controls and buttons and the shooting functionality. The 5D Mark II offers two main procedures for customizing the camera to suit your preferences: setting Custom Functions and registering camera settings.
This chapter goes through all the settings for customizing the camera, from using Custom Functions to setting and registering a broader range of customized settings to some practical advice for choosing settings.
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Exploring Custom Functions
Custom Functions enable you to customize camera controls and operations to better suit your shooting style and thus save time. After you set a Custom Function option, it remains in effect until you change it. Some Custom Functions are handy for all shooting situations, whereas others are specific to different situations. For example, if you grow weary of pressing the AF Point selection button before manually selecting an AF point or using the Multi-controller, check out Custom Function III-3; ...
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