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Canon 5D Mark III Experience
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................... 5
1.1 Take Control of Your Camera ................................................................................. 6
1.2 Using This Guide .....................................................................................................7
1.3 Quick Start for 5D and 5D Mark II Users.................................................................9
1.4 Getting Started....................................................................................................... 11
2. MENUS and CUSTOM FUNCTIONS ............................................................. 13
2.1 Shooting Menu....................................................................................................... 14
2.2 Autofocus (AF) Menu.............................................................................................27
2.3 Playback Menu ......................................................................................................44
2.4 Set-up Menu .......................................................................................................... 51
2.5 Custom Functions
Menu........................................................................................ 60
2.6 My Menu ................................................................................................................ 69
2.7 Movie Shooting Mode Menu
..................................................................................70
3. CAMERA CONTROLS and IMAGE FILE FORMATS ................................... 73
3.1 Camera Controls ................................................................................................... 73
3.2 Image Playback ..................................................................................................... 82
3.3 Image File Formats - JPEG vs. RAW.................................................................... 84
4 AUTOFOCUSING ............................................................................................ 88
4.1 Using Autofocus .................................................................................................... 88
4.2 Autofocus - AF Modes ........................................................................................... 89
4.3 Autofocus - AF Area Selection Modes ..................................................................93
4.3a Single-Point AF (Manual Selection).................................................................96
4.3b Spot AF (Manual Selection)............................................................................. 97
4.3c AF Point Expansion (Manual Selection) - 4 Adjacent...................................... 97
4.3d AF Point Expansion Surround (Manual Selection) - 8 Adjacent......................98
4.3e Zone AF (Manual Selection) ............................................................................ 99
4.3f Auto Selection - 61-Point AF ..........................................................................100
4.4 Autofocus - AF Configuration Tool and Autofocus
Cases................................... 105
4.5 Back Button Focusing.......................................................................................... 108
4.6 Live View and Movie Focusing............................................................................110
5. DRIVE MODES ............................................................................................. 113
6. EXPOSURE Part 1 ....................................................................................... 114
6.1 Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO .......................................................................114
6.2 Aperture-Priority AE Mode (Av) and Shutter-Priority AE Mode (Tv) ................... 119
6.3 Full Stops
.............................................................................................................122
6.4 Manual Exposure Mode (M) ................................................................................ 123
7. METERING MODES ..................................................................................... 126
7.1 Evaluative Metering .............................................................................................126
7.2 Partial Metering.................................................................................................... 126
7.3 Spot Metering
......................................................................................................128
7.4 Center-Weighted Average Metering....................................................................129
7.5 Manual Metering..................................................................................................131
7.6 Metering Modes and Exposure ...........................................................................132