glad it was helpful!

Glad it was useful information :-)

I appreciate that very much!

That is good to hear

Thanks for letting me know the videos are useful!

Megan Bell thanks for letting me know and for sure, whilst I only take wildlife photos, some aspects of the autofocus have broad applications, and I am very glad it was helpful.

Glad it was useful Paulo Monte Serrat

Thanks for the feedback and glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the feedback!

Glad it was helpful Mike :-)

Glad the video was helpful and thanks for the feeback!

Thanks for the feedback, hope you have great sightings!

Hope it was helpful, Joe :-)

Yes, I had my camera right in my hands as I was watching. Great instructor Grant. You are one of the best I have seen. Do you have any videos on shooting boxing or other sports?

No, nothing like that I am afraid....sorry.

Glad you found them helpful and thanks for the feedback !

Both fantastic cameras Jim :-)

Thanks for the feedback Ted Soqui!

Thanks for that, its a seriously good camera so its nice to make the most of what it can do!

Good to hear. It is a great full-frame, all-rounder and hope it does the job you need :-)

Both methods can be effective, it just depends on one personal preferences, as well as the size and shape of users hands :-)

Hi Sebastian, once I chose that "Ai Servo-One Shot" option from the Custom Controls menu, for the Star button, I pressed Set to confirm my choice. After that I only need to press the Star * button once, for it to change to Ai Servo or One Shot, for good - no other button presses needed. Is your camera different or am I misunderstanding your query? :-)

You can decide which behaviour you want. When you are assigning the one shot servo function to the * button, pressing info lets you choose between switching between them until the button is pressed again (toggle), or only switching while it is held in. Personally I prefer to toggle. Also, I never use the depth of field preview button for preview: you can customise this in the same way, which is what I do on my 5DIV, so that I still have * for exposure hold in the rare cases I want this. The great thing about toggling focus mode with the depth of field preview button is that you always have it under the third finger of the right hand, which I find even easier than using a button on the back of the camera. As to the new button on the back, I do not find it very useful for selecting the focus point layout, because it only cycles through the options in one direction: to change the focus point pattern, I prefer to use the back button on the right and use the wheel to move the layout in whichever direction I want immediately. Personally I use the new button for exposure compensation, to make it very quick to add exposure compensation when shooting in manual mode with auto ISO (which is my generally preferred way of shooting wildlife). Each to their own, and I certainly do not meant to criticise Grant's choices just because they are not quite the same as mine. Look forward to the remaining videos in the series.

Thanks for explaining those other settings clearly in your response above, and yes, there are many more options for those buttons and controls, but for sure you can find useful ways that suit your own preference and style... :-).

Thank you Grant for all the great tips and advise. Thank You also Sebastion, I ran across the same problem. You are correct, allow me to elaborate. You do have to press "info" which will take you to the next screen. From that screen you have 2 selections to choose from. The first is an arrow with a line underneath that states "switch only when btn is held." The second is "Hold" and it states "switch each time btn is pressed." It is here where you select the action you want . It is self explanatory. In option one when you depress the button, it will select the other setting. Once you let go of the button it will return to the original setting. In option two you have to depress the button to select the other setting. That selection will remain until you depress the button once again. It is from this screen that you select "OK."

thank you - I was having the same problem till I saw this thread - pressing the info button is important if you want your selection to HOLD

Thanks for the feedback!

Hope it went well and thanks for letting me know!

Hi Prashant, you did not miss it, but I have not made any video on setting up the Custom Modes...

@@grantatkinson8108 OK, in that case, may I ask how do you handle situation in which your shutter speed is lower because you want to photograph perched birds, but suddenly you see birds flying and you want to quickly photograph that too.Thank you.

@@prashantsaraswat9095 simply by rotating my thumb in a clockwise direction on the large rear dial, to make three or four clicks is almost instantaneous and there are no additional button presses to be made. Just one swipe downward of the thumb. I also do not have to reach for any button that is located on the top of the camera which can sometimes cause me to press the wrong one when working quickly.

@@grantatkinson8108 Very clever! Thanks so much Grant for the suggestion and for taking the time to answer all of my questions, I'm new to this, so I really appreciate it. . Looking forward to your new awesome videos!

@@prashantsaraswat9095 it is thanks to the camera makers that are making it possible to re-configure the controls and exposure modes to suit different users :-) primary need.

Glad you found something useful :-)

Glad it was useful

Hi Eduardo, so when you have the Custom Controls menu starting point, and you have gone into the position on the graphic that is represents the Star button, when you have the box highlighted that says ONE SHOT -SERVO , you need to press the INFO button on the top left back of the camera and it will take you to another option screen where you can make the switch permanent HOLD or have it only active whilst you press the button. Choosing HOLD will make it permanent. I ought to have included that in the video..sorry about that, hope you get it figured out now.

That’s great, thanks for your time Grant. Have a good one

Glad it was useful, and wow, that is quite a big jump in cameras :-)

Thanks for that feedback :-)

The touchscreen can be the quickest way to navigate but as you point out, it is hard to use it without blocking the video capture...no other reason...and I kind of feel that so long as someone has a clear idea of what a setting does, how you get there is up to the user. On the 5Dmk4 there are usually multiple ways to change settings :-)

Hi Jeremy, glad the video is useful. With regard to your choice of AF mode options, I think that if i got you correctly, you are referring to the second choice which is Single Pt AF. You can not check it or uncheck it because it is the default option...so you always have to include it in your list of choices. That works for me because i like using it..but may be different for you, but it remains a constant option :-)

Ok thanks, understood. But on another video, I saw that on the line "Select AF area selec. mode", there was a tick (or maybe "YES", I can't remember) but I have just a hyphen mark. Maybe it doesn't matter, though seems odd?

And I should add: yes, I use the Single Pt AF, and also that I haven't lost it as one of the AF options. But why the hyphen?

I will get my 5d4 and have a look in the next hour and get back to you

Hi Jeremy, if you have all six options checked, then there is a hyphen showing on the AF4 screen, opposite "Select AF Area Selec. Mode" Just as soon as you uncheck one or more of the AF modes then the hyphen changes to a 'Checkmark", i guess to indicate from the AF4 menu that you have made changes to that menu...

glad it was helpful!

The 'beep' is only a confirmation that sounds when you are shooting in One Shot Focus Mode, usually for static subjects or for 'focus and recompose' technique. When the camera is in Ai Servo, usually best for moving subjects, the beep does not sound....