Canon Camera Eos 5d Mark Iii User Manual

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Use AE lock when the area of focus is to be different from the exposure 
metering area or when you want to take multiple shots at the same 
exposure setting. Press the < A> button to lock the exposure, then 
recompose and take the shot. This is called AE lock. It is effective for 
backlit subjects.
1Focus the subject.
  Press the shutter button halfway.
X
The exposure settin g will be displayed.
2Press the  button. (0 )
X The < A> icon lights up in the 
viewfinder to indicate that the 
exposure...

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When bulb is set, the shutter stays open as long as you hold down the 
shutter button completely, and closes  when you let go of the shutter 
button. This is called bulb exposure. Use bulb exposures for night 
scenes, fireworks, the heavens, and  other subjects requiring long 
exposures.
1Set the Mode Dial to .
2Set the desired aperture.
  While looking at the LCD panel, turn 
the < 6> or < 5> dial.
3Take the picture.
  While you hold down the shutter 
button, the exposure will continue.
X The...

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You can take artistic photos having a high dynamic range and 
preserving detail in highlight and shadow areas. HDR shooting is 
effective for landscape and still-life shots.
With HDR shooting, three images  of different exposures (standard 
exposure, underexposure, and ov erexposure) are captured for 
each shot and then merged together automatically. The HDR 
image is recorded as a JPEG image.
* HDR stands for Hi gh Dynamic Range.
1Press the  button.
2Select the HDR mode.
  Turn the < 5> dial to...

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w: HDR (High Dynamic Range) Shooting N
About Effects
 Natural
For images preserving a wide tonal  range where the highlight and 
shadow detail would otherwise be lost.
  Art standard
While the highlight and shadow det ail will be better preserved than 
with [ Natural], the contrast will be lower  and the gradation flatter to 
have the picture look like a painting. The subject outlines will have 
bright (or dark) edges.
  Art vivid
The colors are more saturated than with [Art standard ] and the low...

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w: HDR (High Dynamic Range) Shooting N
5Set [Continuous HDR].
 Select either [ 1 shot only] or [Every 
shot ], then press < 0>.
  With [ 1 shot only ], HDR shooting will 
be canceled automatically after the 
shooting ends.
  With [ Every shot ], HDR shooting 
continues until the setting in step 3 is 
set to [Disable HDR ].
6Set [Auto Image Align].
 For handheld shooting, select 
[Enable ]. When using a tripod, select 
[Disable]. Then, press < 0>. 
7Set the images to be saved.
  To save all three...

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 Using a tripod is recommended. For  handheld shooting, using a fast 
shutter speed is recommended.
  HDR shooting of a moving subject  is not recommended because the 
movement of the subject will appea r as afterimages in the merged 
image. HDR shooting is suit ed for still subjects.
  In HDR shooting, 3 images are captured  with different shutter speeds set 
automatically. Therefore, even in  s and  a shooting modes, the 
shutter speed will be shifted ba sed...

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You can shoot two to nine exposures to be merged into one image. If you 
shoot multiple-exposure images with Live View shooting (p.197), you 
can see how the single expo sures merge while shooting.
1Press the  button.
2Select multiple exposure.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select [ P], 
then press < 0>.
X The multiple exposure setting screen 
will appear.
3Set [Multiple exposure].
  Select [On:Func/Ctrl ] or 
[On:ContShtng ], then press .
  To quit shooting multiple exposures, 
select [Disable ].
  On:...

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P Multiple Exposures N
4Set [Multi-expos ctrl].
 Select the desired multiple-exposure 
control method, then press < 0>.
  Additive
The exposure of each single exposure  is added cumulatively. Based on 
the [
No. of exposures], set a negative exposu re compensation. Refer 
to the basic guide below to set  a negative exposure compensation.
Exposure Compensation Setting Guide for Multiple Exposures
Two exposures: -1 stop, three expos ures: -1.5 stop, four exposures: 
-2 stops
  Average
Based on the [...

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P Multiple Exposures N
6Set the images to be saved.
 To save all the single exposures and 
the merged multiple-exposure image, 
select [ All images ], then press < 0>.
  To save only the merged multiple-
exposure image, select [ Result 
only ], then press < 0>.
7Set [Continue Mult-exp].
  Select either [ 1 shot only] or 
[Continuously ], then press .
 
With [1 shot only], the setting in step 3 
will be set automatically to [Disable]. 
Multiple-exposure shooting will be canceled 
automatically after...

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P Multiple Exposures N
9Shoot subsequent exposures.
XWhen [On:Func/Ctrl ] is set, the merged multiple-exposure 
image will be displayed.
  With Live View shooting, the mu ltiple-exposure images merged 
so far will be displayed. By pressing the < B> button, you can 
display only the Live View image.
  After you shoot the set number of exposures, multiple-exposure 
shooting will be canceled. With  continuous shooting, after you 
finish shooting the set number of exposures while holding down 
the...