Canon EOS 5D Mk.4 Manual
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9 Chapters Introduction2 Getting Started and Basic Camera Operations41 Basic Shooting93 Setting the AF and Drive Modes99 Image Settings165 GPS Settings227 Advanced Operations for Photographic Effects243 Flash Photography285 Shooting with the LCD Monitor (Live View Shooting)297 Shooting Movies333 Image Playback393 Post-Processing Images445 Sensor Cleaning457 Transferring Images to a Computer and Print Ordering465 Customizing the Camera479 Reference523 Downloading Images to a Computer / Software595 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
10 1 Introduction 2 Item Check List................................................................................. 3 Instruction Manuals and CD-ROMs.................................................. 4 Compatible Cards............................................................................. 5 Quick Start Guide ............................................................................. 6 Conventions Used in this Manual ..................................................... 8 Chapters ........................................................................................... 9 Index to Features ........................................................................... 18 Safety Precautions ......................................................................... 22 Handling Precautions ..................................................................... 25 Nomenclature ................................................................................. 28 Getting Started and Basic Camera Operations 41 Charging the Battery ...................................................................... 42 Installing and Removing the Battery............................................... 44 Installing and Removing the Card .................................................. 45 Turning on the Power ..................................................................... 49 Setting the Date, Time, and Zone................................................... 51 Selecting the Interface Language................................................... 54 Attaching and Detaching a Lens..................................................... 55 Basic Shooting Operations ............................................................. 57 Q Quick Control for Shooting Functions ....................................... 64 3 Menu Operations .................................................................. 67 d Operating the Camera with Touch Screen ................................. 70 Contents
11 Contents 2 3 Before You Start .............................................................................. 73Formatting the Card ..................................................................... 73 Disabling the Beeper .................................................................... 76 Setting the Power-off Time/Auto Power Off.................................. 76 Setting the Image Review Time ................................................... 77 Reverting the Camera to the Default Settings .............................. 77 l Displaying the Grid in the Viewfinder ....................................... 81 Q Displaying the Electronic Level ............................................... 82 Setting the Viewfinder Information Display ..................................... 84 B Button Functions ................................................................... 86 R Setting Multi Function Lock................................................. 90 Help ............................................................................................ 91 Basic Shooting 93 A Fully Automatic Shooting (Scene Intelligent Auto) ................... 94 A Full Auto Techniques (Scene Intelligent Auto).......................... 97 Setting the AF and Drive Modes 99 f: Selecting the AF Operation ................................................... 100 S Selecting the AF Area and AF Point ....................................... 104 AF Area Selection Modes ............................................................. 109 AF Sensor ..................................................................................... 113 Lenses and Usable AF Points....................................................... 115 Selecting AI Servo AF Characteristics .......................................... 127 Customizing AF Functions ............................................................ 136 Fine Adjustment of AF’s Point of Focus ........................................ 152
Contents 12 4 When Autofocus Fails .................................................................. 158MF: Manual Focus ..................................................................... 159 i Selecting the Drive Mode ....................................................... 160 j Using the Self-timer ................................................................. 163 Image Settings 165 Selecting the Card for Recording and Playback........................... 166 Setting the Image-Recording Quality ........................................... 169 Setting the Dual Pixel RAW Function ........................................... 175 i : Setting the ISO Speed for Still Photos ................................. 177 A Selecting a Picture Style ...................................................... 183 A Customizing a Picture Style ................................................. 187 A Registering a Picture Style ................................................... 190 B : Setting the White Balance ................................................... 192 u White Balance Correction ....................................................... 198 Auto Correction of Brightness and Contrast ................................ 201 Setting Noise Reduction ............................................................... 202 Highlight Tone Priority .................................................................. 206 Correction of Lens Aberrations due to Optical Characteristics..... 207 Reducing Flicker........................................................................... 215 Setting the Color Space................................................................ 217 Creating and Selecting a Folder ................................................... 218 Changing the File Name............................................................... 220 File Numbering Methods .............................................................. 223 Setting Copyright Information ....................................................... 225
13 Contents 5 6 GPS Settings 227 GPS Features ............................................................................... 228 GPS Precautions .......................................................................... 230 Acquiring GPS Signals.................................................................. 231 Setting the Positioning Interval ..................................................... 236 Setting Time from GPS on the Camera ........................................ 237 Logging the Route Traveled .......................................................... 238 Advanced Operations for Photographic Effects 243 d: Program AE............................................................................. 244 s : Shutter-Priority AE ................................................................ 246 f : Aperture-Priority AE .............................................................. 248 a : Manual Exposure.................................................................... 251 q Selecting the Metering Mode .................................................. 253 O Setting the Desired Exposure Compensation .......................... 255 h Auto Exposure Brac keting (AEB) ........................................... 257 A Lock the Exposure for Shooting (AE Lock) ............................. 259 F : Long (Bulb) Exposures............................................................ 260 w : HDR (High Dynamic Range) Shooting............................... 263 P Multiple Exposures.................................................................. 268 2 Mirror Lockup ......................................................................... 276 Using the Eyepiece Cover ............................................................ 278 Using a Remote Switch................................................................. 279 R Remote Control Shooting........................................................... 279 H Interval Timer Shooting ...................................................... 281
Contents 14 9 8 7Flash Photography 285 D Flash Photography ................................................................... 286 Setting the Flash Function............................................................ 289 Shooting with the LCD Monitor (Live View Shooting)297 A Shooting with the LCD Monitor .............................................. 298 Shooting Function Settings .......................................................... 307 Menu Function Settings................................................................ 309 Selecting the AF Operation .......................................................... 314 Focusing with AF (AF Method) ..................................................... 316 x Shooting with the Touch Shutter ............................................. 327 MF: Focusing Manually ................................................................ 329 Shooting Movies 333 k Shooting Movies..................................................................... 334 Autoexposure Shooting ............................................................. 334 Shutter-priority AE ..................................................................... 335 Aperture-priority AE ................................................................... 336 Manual Exposure Shooting........................................................ 340 Shooting Function Settings .......................................................... 349 Setting the Movie Recording Quality ............................................ 351 Setting the Sound Recording ....................................................... 362 Setting the Time Code .................................................................. 365 Shooting HDR Movies .................................................................. 369 a Shooting Time-lapse Movies ................................................ 371 Menu Function Settings................................................................ 379
15 Contents 10Image Playback 393 x Image Playback ...................................................................... 394 B : Shooting Information Display ............................................. 397 x Searching for Images Quickly................................................. 403 H Display Multiple Images on One Screen (Index Display) ..... 403 I Jumping through Images (Jump Display) ............................. 404 u Magnifying Images .................................................................. 406 X Comparing Images (Two-Image Display) ............................... 408 d Playing Back with the Touch Screen ......................................... 409 b Rotating the Image .................................................................. 411 K Protecting Images ................................................................... 412 Setting Ratings.............................................................................. 415 Q Quick Control for Playback ...................................................... 418 k Enjoying Movies...................................................................... 420 k Playing Back Movies............................................................... 422 X Editing a Movie’s First and Last Scenes .................................. 425 Grabbing Frames from 4K Movies .......................................... 427 Slide Show (Auto Playback).......................................................... 429 Viewing Images on a TV Set......................................................... 432 a Copying Images....................................................................... 435 L Erasing Images ........................................................................ 439 Changing Image Playback Settings .............................................. 442 Adjusting the LCD Monitor Brightness ....................................... 442 Setting the LCD Monitor Color Tone........................................... 443 Auto Rotation of Vertical Images ................................................ 444
Contents 16 14 13 12 11Post-Processing Images 445 R Processing RAW Images with the Camera........................... 446 S Resizing JPEG Images........................................................... 452 N Cropping JPEG Images .......................................................... 454 Sensor Cleaning 457 f Automatic Sensor Cleaning .................................................. 458 Appending Dust Delete Data ........................................................ 460 Manual Sensor Cleaning .............................................................. 463 Transferring Images to a Computer and Print Ordering465 d Transferring Images to a Computer ....................................... 466 W Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) ......................................... 471 p Specifying Images for a Photobook ......................................... 476 Customizing the Camera 479 Custom Functions ........................................................................ 480 Custom Function Settings ............................................................ 482 C.Fn1: Exposure ........................................................................ 482 C.Fn2: Exposure ........................................................................ 488 C.Fn3: Display / Operation ........................................................ 489 C.Fn4: Others ............................................................................ 491 7 Custom Controls .................................................................. 495 Custom Quick Control .................................................................. 510 Registering My Menu ................................................................... 515 w : Registering Custom Shooting Modes .................................... 520
17 Contents 16 15Reference 523 System Map .................................................................................. 524 Checking the Battery Information.................................................. 526 Using a Household Power Outlet .................................................. 530 H Using Eye-Fi Cards ................................................................. 532 Function Availability Table by Shooting Mode............................... 536 Menu Settings ............................................................................... 540 Troubleshooting Guide .................................................................. 554 Error Codes................................................................................... 573 Specifications ................................................................................ 574 Downloading Images to a Computer / Software 595 Downloading Images to a Computer............................................. 596 Software Overview ........................................................................ 598 Installing the Software................................................................... 599 Software Instruction Manual ......................................................... 600 Index ............................................................................................. 601
18 Power Charging the battery Î p.42 Battery level Î p.50 Battery information check Î p.526 Household power outlet Î p.530 Auto power off Î p.76 Cards Formatting Î p.73 Recording function Î p.166 Selecting card Î p.168 Releasing shutter without card Î p.46 Lens Attaching Î p.55 Detaching Î p.56 Basic Settings Language Î p.54 Date/Time/Zone Î p.51 Beeper Î p.76 Copyright information Î p.225 Clear all camera settings Î p.77 Viewfinder Dioptric adjustment Î p.57 Eyepiece cover Î p.278 Electronic level Î p.83 Grid display Î p.81 Information display in viewfinder Î p.84 LCD monitor Touch control Î p.70 Brightness Î p.442 Color tone Î p.443 Electronic level Î p.82 Help Î p.91 AF AF operation Î p.100 AF area selection mode Î p.104 AF point selection Î p.107 AF point registration Î p.500 Lens group Î p.115 AI Servo AF characteristics Î p.127 EOS iTR AF Î p.147 Customizing AF functions Î p.136 Viewfinder display illumination Î p.150 AF Microadjustment Î p.152 Manual focusing Î p.159 Metering Metering mode Î p.253 Drive Drive mode Î p.160 Self-timer Î p.163 Maximum burst Î p.174 Index to Features