Canon 5d Mark 2 Instruction Manual

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Movie Shooting Cautions
Recording and Image Quality
 When you shoot movies at high ISO  speeds, noise (horizontal banding, 
dots of light, etc.) or ir regular colors may appear.
  If the attached lens has an Image Stabilizer, the Image Stabilizer will 
operate at all times even  if you do not press the shutter button halfway. 
The Image Stabilizer may cause the  total movie shooting time or the 
number of possible shots to decrease . If you use a tripod or if the Image 
Stabilizer is not nece ssary, you should set the IS switch to < 2>.
  The camera’s built-in microphone will  also pick up camera operation 
noise. If you use a co mmercially-available external microphone, you can 
prevent (or reduce) these no ises from being recorded.
  Autofocusing during movie shooting  is not recommended since it might 
momentarily throw the focus way off or  change the exposure. If the AF 
mode has been  set to [Quick mode ], AF is not possible even if you 
press the  button during movie shooting.
  If [Screen settings ] has been set to [ Stills display] or [Exposure 
simulation ], the start of the movie shooti ng might momentarily record a 
substantial exposure change.
  If the card’s remaining capacity is  not sufficient for movie shooting, the 
movie shooting remain ing time (p.135) will be displayed in red.
  If you use a card having a slow  writing speed, a five-level 
indicator might appear on the right of the screen during movie 
shooting. It indicates how much  data has not yet been written 
to the card (remaining capacity of  the internal buffer memory). 
The slower the card, the faster  the indicator will climb upward. 
If the indicator becomes full , movie shooting will stop 
automatically.
If the card has a fast writing sp eed, the indicator will either not 
appear or the level (if displayed)  will hardly go upward. First, 
shoot a few test movies to see if  the card can write fast enough.
  During movie shooting, certain Custom  Function settings will be disabled 
(p.191-192). Indicator
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Movie Shooting Cautions
About the  icon and camera’s internal temperature increase
  When you shoot movies continuously  for a long period or in high 
temperatures, the camera’s internal temperature may increase and the 
 icon may appear on the screen. No te that if you shoot movies for a 
long period in high temperatures, the < E> icon will appear earlier. Turn 
off the camera when not shooting movies.
  If you shoot movies while the < E> icon is displayed,  the image quality of 
the movies will not be degraded. Howe ver, if you shoot still photos while 
the < E> warning icon is disp layed, the image quality of still photos may 
be degraded. You should  stop movie shooting and allow the camera to 
rest until the cameras inte rnal temperature decreases.
  If movie shooting co ntinues while the  warning icon is displayed, the 
camera’s internal temperature will fu rther increase and movie shooting 
may stop automatically. Movie shoo ting will be disabled until the 
camera’s internal temperature decrea ses. Turn off the camera and allow 
the camera to rest for a while.
Playback and  TV Connection
  If the brightness change s greatly during movie sh ooting, that part might 
look momentarily still when  you playback the movie.
  If you connect the  camera to a TV set (p.157 -158) and shoot a movie, 
the TV will not output any sound  during the shooting. However, the 
sound will be p roperly recorded.
  If you connect the  camera to a TV set with an HDMI cable (p.158) and 
shoot a movie in [ 1920x1080], the movie being shot  will be displayed at 
a small size on the TV. However, th e actual movie will be properly 
recorded at the movie recor ding size that was set.
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Image Playback
This chapter explains how to playback and erase 
photos and movies, how to display images on a TV 
screen, and other playback-related functions.
About images taken with another camera:The camera might not be able to properly display images captured 
with a different camera or edited wi th a personal computer or whose 
file name was changed.
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1Playback the image.
 Press the < x> button.
X The last captured image or last image 
viewed will appear.
2Select the image.
  To playback images starting with the 
last image, turn the < 5> dial 
counterclockwise. To playback 
images starting with the first captured 
image, turn the dial clockwise.
  Press the < B> button to change 
the display format.
3Exit the image playback.
  Press the < x> button to exit the 
image playback and return the 
camera to shooting ready.
x  Image Playback
Single Image Display
Single image display
Histogram display Single image display + 
Image-recording quality
Shooting information display
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x Image Playback
 About the Highlight Alert
When the [4  Highlight alert ] menu is set to [ Enable], overexposed 
highlight areas will blink. To obtain more image detail in the 
overexposed areas, set the exposure compensation to a negative 
amount and shoot again.
  About the AF Point Display
When the [ 4 AF point disp. ] menu is set to [ Enable], the AF point 
which achieved focus will be display ed in red. If automatic AF point 
selection was used, multiple AF points might be displayed in red.
B  Shooting Information Display
Flash exposure
compensation amount
Metering mode
Shooting mode/ Movie
Highlight tone priority
White balance Date and time
Original decision (image 
verification) data appended
White balance correction Histogram
(Brightness/RGB)
Color space
Color temperature if is set
Picture Style and 
settings
File size
Image-recording quality/Movie-recording formatMovie-recording size
Frame rate
Playback number/
Total images recorded
Folder number - File number
Card
Aperture
Shutter speed/
Recording time Protect
Exposure compensation amount
* When you shoot in the RAW+JPEG mode,
 the JPEG image file size will be 
displayed.
* For movie files, the movie icon < k>, recording format  < >, recording size 
< / >, and frame rate < / / > will be  displayed. The shooting mode, 
shutter speed, and aperture  will not be displayed.
* For still photos taken duri ng movie shooting display, < > will be displayed.
ISO speed
AF Microadjustment
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x Image Playback
 About the Histogram
The brightness histogram display shows the exposure level 
distribution and overall brightness. The RGB histogram display is for 
checking the color saturation an d gradation. The display can be 
switched with the [ 4 Histogram ] menu.
[Brightness] Display This histogram is a graph showing the 
distribution of the image’s brightness level. The 
horizontal axis indicates the brightness level 
(darker on the left and br ighter on the right), 
while the vertical axis indicates how many 
pixels exist for each brightness level. The more 
pixels there are toward  the left, the darker the 
image. And the more pixels there are toward the 
right, the brighter the image. If there are too 
many pixels on the left, the shadow detail will be 
lost. And if there are too many pixels on the 
right, the highlight detail will be lost. The 
gradation in-between will  be reproduced. By checking the image and 
its brightness histogram, you can se e the exposure level inclination 
and the overall tone reproduction.
[RGB] Display
This histogram is a graph showing  the distribution of each primary 
color’s brightness level in  the image (RGB or red, green, and blue). The 
horizontal axis indicates the color’s brightness level (darker on the left 
and brighter on the right), while th e vertical axis indicates how many 
pixels exist for each color brightness  level. The more pixels there are 
toward the left, the dark er and less prominent the color. And the more 
pixels there are toward th e right, the brighter and denser the color. If 
there are too many pixels on the lef t, the respective color information will 
be lacking. And if there  are too many pixels on th e right, the color will be 
too saturated with no detail. By ch ecking the image’s RGB histogram, 
you can see the color’s saturation  and gradation condition and white 
balance inclination.
Sample Histograms
Dark image
Normal brightness
Bright image
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Search for images quickly with the index display showing four or nine images on one screen.
1Turn on the index display.
 During image playback, press the 
 button.
X The 4-image index display will 
appear. The currently-selected image 
will be highlighted in a blue frame.
  Press the < I> button again to 
switch to the 9-image index display.
2Select the image.
  When you turn the < 6> dial, you 
can browse the images as set with 
[4  Image jump w/ 6] (p.148).
  Turn the < 5> dial to move the blue 
frame to select the image.
  Press the < u> button to display the 
selected image in the normal view.
(9 images  → 4 images  → 1 image)
x  Searching for Images Quickly
H Display Multiple Images on  One Screen (Index display)
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x Searching for Images Quickly
With the single image display, index  display, and magnified view, you can turn the  dial to jump through the images.
1Select the jump method.
 In the [4  Image jump w/ 6] menu, 
select the desired jump method from 
[1 image/10 images/100 images/
Screen/Date/Folder/Movies/Stills ], 
then press < 0>.
  With the index display, you can jump 
by a single screen by selecting 
[Screen ].
  If you want to jump by date, select 
[Date ]. To jump by folder, select 
[Folder].
2Browse by jumping.
  Press the < x> button to playback 
the image.
  Turn the < 6> dial.
X The jump display will proceed 
according to the selected jump 
method.
X On the bottom right, the jump method 
and current image location are 
indicated.
I Jump through Images (Jump display)
Image location
Jump method
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You can magnify the image by 1.5x to 10x on the LCD monitor.
1Magnify the image.
 During image playback, press the 
 button.
X The image will be magnified.
  To increase the magnification, hold 
down the < u> button. The image will 
continue to be magnified until it 
reaches the maximum magnification.
  Press the < I> button to reduce 
the magnification. If you hold down 
the button, the image will continue to 
reduce to the single image display.
2Scroll around the image.
  Use < 9> to scroll around the 
magnified image.
  To exit the magnified display, press 
the < x> button and the single-
image display will return.
u /y  Magnified View
Magnified area position
  During the magnified vi ew, you can turn the  (or < 6>) dial to view 
another image at the same  magnification and position (the display jumps 
according to the se lected jump method).
  Magnified view is not po ssible during the image review immediately after 
the image is taken.
  The movie image cannot be magnified.
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You can rotate the displayed image to the desired orientation.
1Select [Rotate].
 Under the [ 3] tab, select [ Rotate], 
then press < 0>.
2Select the image.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select the 
image to be rotated.
  You can also select an image on the 
index display.
3Rotate the image.
 Each time you press < 0>, the 
image will rotate clockwise as follows: 
90°  → 270°  → 0°
  To rotate another image, repeat steps 
2 and 3.
  To exit and return to the menu, press 
the < M > button.
b Rotating the Image
  If you have set [ 5 Auto rotate ] to [OnzD ] (p.164) before taking 
vertical shots, you need not rota te the image as described above.
  If the rotated image is not displaye d in the rotated orientation during 
image playback, set the [ 5 Auto rotate ] menu to [OnzD ].
  A movie cannot be rotated.
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