FYI, electronic shutter will output 12-bit RAW files instead of 14-bit for mechanical and Elec.1st curtain mechanical.

Electronic shutter won’t let you do long exposures slower than 0.5 sec and it’s only 12 bit raw. You need to be in 1st curtain electronic for landscape. Least amount of shutter shock if any at all, full 14 bit raw (when not in H+). I only use electronic for 20fps for action and wildlife. Also full mechanical will give you best bokeh for portrait photography when used with a fast lens wide open and fast shutter speeds. Hope this isn’t too confusing lol

*PSA* for anyone who wants a deep dive into the R5's menu: The KZfaq channel "Points in Focus" has over fifty videos (and counting) that go in depth into the different Canon R5 menus and menu options. Jason, the guy that runs the channel, is a software dev or a system admin-I'm not sure-but he has taken a really organized and analytical approach to the topic. If you want to devote the time, you will come away from his channel with a comprehensive knowledge of just about every setting and why you would choose one over the other. Have something handy to take notes. :-)

I'm a Sony user, but that doesn't affect me watching your videos, your an excellent photographer and teacher and have learned a lot (and continue to learn) from you. Thumbs up all the way!

Love it that you are back with Canon Nick! Not that I care too much about any of these brands but my selfishness is that now that you are with Canon, I will be able to learn tons of stuff of like in this video and use those in my own setup.. You'd be amazed at how hard it was to find Canon Landscape Pro photographers to learn their setup when I bought by R5 just a year ago.

I have had my R5 since March 2021, and have struggled with the settings ever since. After watching this video it has help me to understand the best way to setup an easy goto shooting method. I only programed the first method to handle landscape, but I will be work on setting up wildlife next since the Sandhill Cranes are migratting through our area and I love to capture them in flight. Thanks, Nick!

I've never bothered using the my menu tab but you have inspired me to do so. Also I didn't even know focus bracketing was an option. Totally blew my mind! Thanks for the video.

Thank you so much for the informative video Nick.There are several items I overlooked when I initially set up my R5. Keep up the great videos Nick!

I have an EOS R and this video was super helpful. Thank you so much. There was a couple items I didn't have but most worked perfectly for me.

Great tips for setup Nick. Definitely a couple things I picked up and I’ll be making some adjustments to my setup today. Thanks for a great video.

Yay, another camera settings video.

Love these comments. I’ve wondered the pros and cons of shutter mode and it’s discussed well here. Thanks!

This was really useful, even for me with my little Canon 70D. It’s made me want to go through my menu again and make some changes. Thanks Nick.

Just got my R5. Gonna try these setting today, thank you for the vid.

Thanks for this video, Nick!!

Thanks Nick. I've had my R5 for about a year but still some useful tips here

Nice summary Nick. Welcome back to Canon :) I've been shooting with the R5 for a couple of years now, pretty much bullet proof. One additional tip, save your camera settings config file to a card as a back-up. Menu/Spanner/5/Save cam settings on card

After our Oregon Coast workshop, I saw the R5 on sale at B&H. Broke down and bought one; this video was great for helping with the initial set-up. Still a lot to learn, but I think it will be fun!

Nick You are a rockstar in the photography world. I have learned so much from you over the years. Please don't take anything personal that the Trolls say. I thought your criticism of your Sony was well thought out and objective. Keep them coming Bud. Love your channel.

Perfect timing! My R5 should arrive in the next couple of days 😍

Great Video Nick. Very helpful to learn more about my camera settings. Thanks for putting this out there.

Excellent video Nick!!! Nothing like setting up a great camera as a master photographer does and make it even better 👍👍👍

Nick, thanks for the video. I shoot Pentax, and almost always gain some nugget of wisdom from your videos-no matter what the subject matter is. Congrats on the new gear-can't wait to see it in the hands of a master.

Excellent video as always. I just bought the R5 last week and I keep gravitating to your videos on how to set this thing up.

I found this useful even as a 5D MK IV user. The menu isn't completely the same, but close enough. I already had some of the settings, but I hadn't made full use of everything yet and made some changes based on this video. Thank you. Hopefully I can upgrade to the R5 someday in the future, but for now I am not lacking with my 5D.

A good start Nick, l have had a R6 for a few years now & trust me it worth playing around constantly in the menu system as it quite complex so l was learning new little things for a good 6 months

Thanks for sharing your setup, Nick! As you said, you may need to change your rear screen's brightness (10:31) from time to time. Usually I find I have to turn the brightness up temporarily (in bright sunlight, etc) and recently I learned a convenient way to do this: using the customize buttons menu, re-map that little lightbulb button on top (usually it just "illuminates" the mini-screen) to instead "Maximize screen brightness (temp)" and now you have one quick button push to temporarily crank up the rear screen's brightness to max! It then resets (back to brightness 4) after the next screen power cycle (or if you press the same button again).

I love this video as a Canon user. Today I really understood the options you chose foe My Menu. 🎉🎉🎉

Great video! I did n't know about the bulb timer and definitely worth adding to my menu. Thanks

Thanks Nick, interesting Video. FYI (?) I set my back button as follows, because I do a lot of wildlife as well as landscape... AF-ON button = back button focus, AE Lock button is eye detection AF, and AF point button flips between one short & servo, and the multi-controller selects the AF points.

Great video. Finally ready to customize my R5 :)

Welcome to Canon world, Nick.. Thanks for all of your videos.. Good luck.. Let's push Canon for high mpx camera from R5, mainly for still photography

Thanks! I am a Nikon user but I still found it interesting. It is always good to be knowledgeable in other areas even if you don’t use them.

Nice one dude, I'm running an RP but so much of that vid was transferable. Super useful, thank you

Your videos are great Nick!

A good tutorial for R5 holders.

Nick, welcome back to Canon!!!

I don't own a Canon but I still will watch anyways. Always like learning about cameras and their settings.

Nice video. Always nice to see how others setup their cameras. :)

Great video, Nick! really appalling how little I know about my R5 - this will help.

Welcome back to the dark side Nick. Great choice with the R5. Looking forward to seeing more images soon. Stay safe 🇦🇺

Thanks so much for doin this!!!!

I read somewhere that you were planning to take this video down because of complaints from some of your followers. I wish you wouldn't do that. Your advice is always valuable to me. As a Sony-gone-to Canon-shooter myself, I totally agree with your assessment of the Sony menu system, etc. It's a big reason I went for a Canon R5 and RF100-500mm lens, even though a comparable Sony A7 system including a 200-600mm G-Master lens, was cheaper. In retrospect, I couldn't be happier with my Canon gear for bird photography. At the ripe old age of 80, this camera body and lens could well last me for the rest of my life. Please keep up your good and inspiring work, Nick, and try your best ignore those who spoke out against your opinions. The rest of us are excitedly watching for new content and wishing you well.

Welcome back to Canon, Nick! Have you seen the double-back button focus set up for wildlife? For more complex scenes, maybe where birds are in a bush or obstacles maybe near the bird when attempting to focus, the AF system can still get a little confused about what it's supposed to lock onto. For this, you can use the AE Lock for AF, then slide your finger across to the star button and set this up for Eye AF, ensuring you smash the focus every time. There are several videos on KZfaq about DBBF, but I found this change really useful. I know you have the star button set up for another function, but for wildlife, set it up under the custom setting then you can revert to normal for landscapes! Hope this helps 🙂

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Very informative and well present. Thank you

I do not have a Canon, however, seeing what you set and why allows me to look at my camera settings and set the things I think should be set. I do not agree 100% but that is fine. It does allow me to hear different ideas which is good. Thanks.

great to see your cam setup ideas. I use touch LCD for scrapping the AF point around. You can set it up to only sense in the top right corner of the LCD. This bit is easily accessed by your thumb and the small area speeds up dragging the point around. Also this is not for everyone, but I use an extra long base L bracket and have the portrait arm on the grip side. This way the flippy screen is totally free. It increases bulk round the hand hold but its not too bad, and I dont use my cam hand held much anyway. I love the Flippy screen too much to limit it in any way

I have my image review set up where when I press the magnifying glass it goes straight to maximum magnification at the point where the focus point was. It’s a quick way to verify whether the image is in focus. You can also save all the customisation that you have done onto a SD card. If your camera has to be reset for any reason, such as when it gets serviced or repaired, you can just put the SD card back in your camera and have all the custom settings put back as you had them . Thanks for sharing your settings Nick - and I agree wholeheartedly with you the UTILITY of a camera is a very important function.

The custom buttons are very useful - I have the M-Fn button set to quickly switch between photo and video mode. Another one is to change the crop ratio when composing a shot.

Thanks for running through that. Couple of things I do... I set the eye focus to off in the main menu, and then I set two back buttons for auto focus. One does "regular" focus - I tend to use spot. The other does eye auto focus. I find in many situations eye autofocus will struggle unless I start with regular. This helps with that. Also, I have three different set ups saved. One for action. One for landscape. One for macro. Its a great camera - I guess all these modern cameras are great. I love it.

I never knew a Hot Shoe existed but thats very handy, thanks for that tip.

I love the touch and drag AF function. Use the rear lcd as a mouse pad for your af point. It's much faster.

I am excited about comparing of differences in my setup...

Great VLOG Nick. I use a 5DsR and I have been using the BULB functions since I got the camera 6 years ago. I had a quite expensive plugin intervalometer, it now sits in the bottom of the bag LOL!

Nick, one important thing that Canon fixed in the latest firmwares is the option to backup your settings, like Canon1d series. So, when you format your camera, you will lose that small file with your settings. Very important to make a backup in your computer so, you can copy it over later and........ you dont need to do all of this again :) And, you can create custom setups and save all those files if you need more that 3 customs (Canon allow us three customs setups in our cameras if I am not mistaken right now). I hope it helps.

Really great. Just found your channel. I have an R5 coming; just subscribed!

To be fair, I’ve only ever been a canon photographer and have no other comparisons. However, I don’t mind telling you, I’m excited that you’re on the same system as me! The R5! I’m so looking forward to seeing how and what you shoot with what I “biasedly” consider to be the greatested camera system out there. I loved learning about your setup. I look forward to hearing what you like and dislike about this system. Afterall, no system is perfect and I always like to keep a well rounded constructive argument on any topic. I also enjoy your editing tutorials! This is what I have learned most from your channel and I also invested (turns out, wisely!) in a Wacom tablet! Where has that been all my life?? If I had said all that in a nutshell, but ever moreso you’re a canon shooter, would that have been better? 🤔 You get the point! Keep up the great content! Love your channel! Kaz 💪🏻💪🏻

thumbs up dropped, catch you in the next one

Some of the menus aren't quite the same on the R6, but was able to look at everything you did and could, likewise, change on my R6. Thank you!

I'm also thinking of ditching my Sony for an R5 because of the ridiculous language lock policy here in Japan. Sure I can get clued in with the menus but having them in my Native language just takes some of the stress out of screwing around with the already convoluted Sony menus in the field. Thanks for your set up share. It might indeed be time to jump ship and sell everything Sony that I own. Cheers!

Oh man, I do miss those Canon menu's!!

You probably know that you can set up the * button for animal eye AF; that way you have immediate access to back button AF for single point (AF-on) and for animal eye (*). Also, (as Video Hummus mentioned), electronic shutter reduces your dynamic range by more than one stop. I keep it on electronic 1st curtain most of the time for that reason. Leofoto makes a really nice and inexpensive L-bracket; much better than the one from Sunwayfoto. I didn't see a need to shell out $185 for the RRS version. Have fun with your new camera!

Stay out of electronic shutter for high dynamic landscape. It drops you from 14 bit to 12 bit. This means that the focus bracketing feature will also drop you down. Kind of a bummer I know. I’ve found that for scenes that don’t have a lot of dynamic range there’s virtually no difference. Great video. Hope you’re feeling better. ✌️

There are small hotshot covers that have a bubble level in them that I have found helps facilitate level setup while mounting with the camera off. They are cheap and come in like a 3-pack.

You and @fototripper were one of the reasons I switched to Sony from Canon :) But still watched the vid and will keep on going. I'm after small size but powerful lenses and so far nothing beats Sony :)

Definitely a few differences in how I set mine up, but a lot of similarities. I also put "Airplane Mode" in the personal menu. I usually keep Airplane Mode on (to save battery), but if I want to use the Canon Camera Connect app to do remote shooting, or transfer a couple images to the phone for a quick share, it's extremely fast and easy. I actually need to re-do the personal menu as I had thrown a bunch of things in there, but it's just a jumble and I've intended to go back and actually organize the order a bit better.

Nick, check out Silencecorner Atoll too. Might come handy for landscape photography. I'm not any brand fanboy, but it is nice to see your return to Canon, as it is a bit nostalgic since I remember all your old videos and your 5D IV

I like using the C1 and C2 modes to preset for wildlife/action on C1 and Landscape on C2. Makes it faster to go between the two without having to change multiple settings. Setting are already dialed in on a starting point for each application.

Cool all this time I didn't know i could bring the iso all the way down to 50 in 6D congratulations to switching to Canon

Interesting video. I set mine up in a similar fashion but used C1 mode for landscape, C2 mode for wildlife with animal AF on with a higher shutter speed set to go. Also, I shut off a few of the shooting modes and AF methods (the zones), then set up a button on the back to cycle through those modes (spot, eye af, expanded spot). I also enabled touch and drag AF to move my AF points around instead of the controller. I haven’t set up a function for the Len control ring yet. Haven’t found anything compelling to set it to. One question I have in regards to the R5 with RF lenses…is it necessary to shut off IS and IBIS when on a tripod shooting landscapes? I know by using the lens’s IS switch it does shut off both, but is it necessary? I’ve left it on and didn’t notice any issues but never found an official answer.

Adobe rgb will also change your file naming… also on the back screen I turn on my 3x3 grid which helps be space shots in a pano, I overlap 2/3 (some only overlap 1/3) I keep airplane mode on (saves battery).

I have mode C1 set for night use including the display brightness. Also if you go into the detail settings for the AF back buttons you can set each with one-shot or servo. I've found that I prefer multi back button autofocus over an AF start button, AF pattern and the 1shot/servo.

Great video Nick! Quick question, where'd you pick up the hot shoe cover for your R5?

Hi Nick, you might also want to have a check, or at least know about is "Lens aberration correction" as it has a very good correction for sunstars. (The F16-F22 and up; diffraction spikes) If you want to shoot a sunstar you should disable something in that menu.. grtz

Cool, apart from 2-3 small things, I set my camera pretty much the same. However, my My Menu is fuller, as I have separate pages for photo, video and system settings.

Hi Nick. Excellent video as always. Do you notice any major difference in the dynamic range between Sony and Canon? Just curious as I have never used Canon before.

I rely a lot custom modes. My "normal" modes setup is optimized for handheld photography (I almost only use Fv) - e.g. continuous AF, AF on the shutter button, etc. And then the custom modes are normally setup for tripod use. back button focus, point-and-touch. C1 is M - C2 is Bulb, and C3 is currently set for astro stacking. I appreciate the preview in the viewfinder. It will only show the preview if I fully release the shutter button, so if I need to be ready for the next shot, I just keep the finger on. Otherwise it's just a quick move of my thumb over to the magnify button to check sharpness. (I think there's an option for the zoom to center on the focus point).

Thanks for explaining some buttons I never mess with lol

I shoot Sony and still watched this. Sony folks watch this because this is how a menu system should look lol.

@Nick - Should take a look at the ProMedia Gear L-Bracket. Allows complete movement of the back screen. Tried the others with the cutout notch for the screen and they just drove me crazy

We all shoot and set up differently, I like setting up my mode dial 123 as acronym PAL P = Portrait A = Action L = Landscape... This way I have all my setting there and ready for what I want to shoot. .. You could also set up P as Video if you prefer... Best Utube channel I found for setting up wildlife action is Whistling Wings Photography He uses all three back buttons for different scenario's on the R5

Well, even though I shoot with a Nikon it was informative to see some of the features of your Canon R5 especially when it comes to the shutter. I will try to see if I can adjust some of the cameras I have to electronic and see how it works. On the Nikon they call it a silent shutter that I hardly notice if I took the image, It is interesting there is always something new to learn and that makes the whole photography work interesting. The smaller file size of this Canon camera vs the Sony you have should gelp with the noise isn't it? Okay, thanks Nick looking forward some of the images from this new tool next time. Cheers.

a funny note about shake induced by something like the shutter...it actually has less effect as the exposure gets longer, past something like a couple of seconds; if you think about the "equivalent exposure" of the movement, it's quite short, and the movement quite small, do that it's kind of 'painting's the blur, with less effect over time. I'm guesstimating shutter shake to be (depending on the tripod/head stability) to be something like 1/60, with less motion over time. thus, on a 1 second exposure, the blur is 5 stops below the total exposure time, and on a 10 second exposure, 8+ stops 'down'...it would be pretty interesting to actually measure the amount of camera shake with an accelerometer, or a laser pointed at a wall 5 or 20 metres away, recorded on high-speed video ...just a thought.

Most important… check for firmware updates as a first thing after taking it out if the box. Otherwise I set my R5 up in a similar fashion. But I did set up my crop mode to the button on the front by the lens.

Let us know how you make out with the RRS L Bracket relative to pivoting the screen. By habit I flip the screen on the same plane before turning. It appears that if you want an L bracket you need to get use to pivoting 90 degrees from camera, decide on pivot direction before turning into L Bracket.

Welp. R6 shooter, didn't know about L(50) until right now. Not something I'll use too often but thank ya 😂

I wonder if it might have a ‘guide to bloop’ section? 🤔😁 looking forward to finding out later

Pretty much how I have mine set. I would suggest that before setting up "my camera" menu to write it out. It will save some time moving items to various screens while you organize what you want on paper first. BTW Cheap L bracket Link not correct takes you to the Hotshot cover

Hi Nick! Great video!!! I have currently the 5d mark 4 and I am thinking about going mirrorless. Should I buy the R5 right away or wait for the mark 2 to come out??? According to the rumours it is not coming out till 2024… I just wanted to know what would you do…

Great video!. Could you please make a video about how you add your copyright/metadata information and file naming conventions from the R5 menus?

I am a Nikon shooter but I always learn something from your videos even if its about setting up a Cannon. I took a class long ago and the pro leading the class said that when formatting your card in camera that you should always do it twice to completely clear the card to avoid card corruption. What is your thinking on this.

Unless you need absolute speed, you might want to switch to electronic 1st curtain - a good balance of speed and image quality (bit depth). I believe images are 14 bit with mechanical shutter and 1st curtain electronic shutter. 13 bit A/D conversion in H+ mode. 12 bit A/D conversion with electronic shutter.

Great tutorial, do you turn off stabilization when on a tripod?

Hey! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Where did you get your hotshoe cover for the r5?

Highlight Tone Priority _does_ affect RAW files, and is a very useful function that more Canon shooters should be taking advantage of. This makes sense if you understand how HTP works. As you no doubt realize, a sensor does not become more sensitive to light as the ISO is increased. Instead, the signal coming off the sensor is amplified by a factor determined by the ISO setting. Highlight Tone Priority selectively amplifies the signal coming off the sensor, amplifying darker areas more and brighter areas less, and thereby increasing DR in images shot at ISO settings above the base ISO of the sensor. It is essentially tone mapping your image before the data is written to a RAW file. This is why the feature requires an ISO setting higher than the base ISO which uses no amplification. However unless you use Digital Photo Professional, you won't immediately see a difference between an ISO 800 CR3 file shot with HTP "on" and an otherwise identical ISO 800 CR3 file with HTP "off". This is because other editing programs ignore the metadata that tells the software how to tone map the image. But the extra editing latitude _is_ there in the file. You just have to tone map the image manually to see it. This is easy to test yourself by shooting two identical RAW images at ISO 800, one with HTP on, the other with it off. Blow out the highlights and then enjoy the increased recovery latitude in the image that was shot using HTP. I love that we're getting some good Canon gear talk on your channel now.

My only beef with the RRS L bracket (and it looks like the sunway one has the same thing) is the notch on the side mount. They have a very good reason for doing it, it's the only way to get the lcd horizontal. But it has a tendency to register touches on the screen if it makes contact, and when I line the sensor up on my tripod plate it doesn't cross the gap, reducing stability. They did the best they could given the constraints the camera body imposes.. but it still bugs me.

Hey Nick, what is the RRS L Bracket they you are getting.

Man, watching this is making me miss my Canon cameras sooooo much! I switched to Fuji to save on size and weight, but the Canon menus, ergonomics and interface are the best of any system.

Even though I am a Sony shooter (and was hoping to see an a7Rv setup video for when mine arrives - oh well), I still found this useful and interesting. I had not considered using electronic shutter over mechanical. Aside from dynamic range limitations mentioned in other comments, I wonder about rolling shutter for birds in flight. Not an issue?