Canon 1dx Owners Manual

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Menu Settings
z: Shooting 4 (Movie)  (Red)Page
z: Shooting 5 (Movie)  (Red)
* The setting is linked to [ Movie play count] under the [x3] tab.
For Movie Shooting
LV   z/k  settingDisable / Stills / Movies220
AF modeLive mode /  u Live mode / Quick mode241
Grid displayOff / 3x3 l / 6x4  m / 3x3+diag  n241
Movie recording size1920x1080 ( 6 / 5  / 4) (W  / X)
1280x720 ( 8 / 7 ) (W  / X )
640x480 ( 6 / 5 ) (X )233
Sound recording
Sound recording: Auto / Manual / Disable
236
Recording level
Wind filter:...

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If a problem occurs with the camera, first refer to this Troubleshooting 
Guide. If this Troubleshooting Guide does not resolve the problem, 
contact your dealer or nearest Canon Service Center.
 Do not recharge any battery pack ot her than a genuine Canon Battery 
Pack LP-E4N or LP-E4.
 
See pages 32 and 33. If you are rechar ging Battery Pack LP-E4N with 
Battery Charger LC-E4 and all three  Charge level lamps blink in green, 
use the charger to check the battery  pack’s recharge performance...

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Troubleshooting Guide
 Use a fully-charged battery pack (p.30).
  The battery performance may have degraded. See [ 53: Battery info.] 
to check the battery’s recharge  performance level (p.360). If the 
battery performance is poor, replace the battery pack with a new one. 
  The number of possible shots will decrease with any of the following 
operations:
• Pressing the shutter button hal fway for a prolonged period.
• Often activating only the AF  without taking a picture.
• Using the lens’ Image...

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Troubleshooting Guide
 Make sure the card is  properly inserted (p.35).
  If the card is full, replace the ca rd or delete unnecessary images to 
make room (p.35, 280).
  If you try to focus in the One- Shot AF mode while the focus 
confirmation light < o> in the viewfinder blin ks, a picture cannot be 
taken. Press the shutter button halfw ay again to refocus automatically, 
or focus manually (p.46, 109).
  If a card error message is di splayed, see page 37 or 388.
  Cards with capacities greater...

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Troubleshooting Guide
 Depending on the attached lens, the number of usable AF points and 
patterns will differ. The lenses ar e categorized into eight groups from A 
to H. Check which group your lens belongs to. Using a lens in Groups 
F to H will have fewer  usable AF points (p.76).
  When you press the < S> button, the blinking AF points are those that 
are not cross-type AF points and are only horizontal line-sensitive. The 
AF points that light up are  cross-type AF points (p.71).
  The AF point...

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Troubleshooting Guide
 If you shoot something that has fine  detail (such as a field of grass), 
the file size will be larger and the  actual maximum burst may be lower 
than the number mentioned on page 120.
 
If [z2: Highlight tone priority] is set to [Enable], the settable ISO 
speed range will be ISO 200 - 51200 (ISO  200 - 25600 for movie shooting). 
Even if you expand the sett able ISO speed range in [
ISO speed range], 
you cannot set expanded ISO speeds (L, H, H1, or H2). If [
z2: Highlight...

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Troubleshooting Guide
 If you shoot at night when the backg round is dark, the shutter speed 
becomes slow automatically (slow- sync shooting) so that both the 
subject and background are properly  exposed. To prevent a slow 
shutter speed, under [ z3: External Speedlite control ], set [Flash 
sync. speed in Av mode ] to [1/250-1/60 sec. auto ] or [1/250 sec. 
(fixed) ] (p.194).
  Make sure the flash (or PC sync co rd) is securely attached to the 
camera.
  If you use a non-Canon flash unit  with...

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Troubleshooting Guide
 If you use flash, the shutter will ma ke two sounds each time you shoot 
(p.202).
  It indicates that the camera’s intern al temperature is high. If the white 
< > icon displayed, the still photo’s  image quality may deteriorate. If 
the red  icon is displayed, it indicates that the Live View or movie 
shooting will soon stop automatically (p.217, 243).
  If the card’s writing speed is  slow, movie shooting may stop 
automatically. With IPB compression, use a card with an...

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Troubleshooting Guide
 If you shoot a movie when [ Maximum: 51200] is set with [ISO speed 
range ] and ISO speed is set to  ISO 32000/40000/51200, the ISO 
speed will switch to ISO 25600 (dur ing movie shooting with manual 
exposure). Even if you switch back to still photo shooting, the ISO 
speed will not revert to  the original setting.
  If you shoot a movie when L (ISO 50) is set, the ISO speed setting will 
switch to ISO 100 (during movie shooting with manual exposure). 
Even if you switch back...

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Troubleshooting Guide
 To shoot still photos during movie shooting, us ing a CF card 
compatible with UDMA transfer rates is recommended.
  Setting a smaller image size for  the still photos and shooting fewer 
continuous shots may resolve the problem.
 
Shooting still photos during movie shooting will cause a discrepancy 
between the actual time and time code. When you want to edit a movie using 
time code, it is recommended not to shoot still photos during movie shooting.
  Set the power switch to...