Canon EOS 5D Mark III Quick Start Manual page 2

Shooting Operation
LCD Panel
Nomenclature
Aperture
<o> AF mode selection/
<m>
ISO speed
Drive mode selection button
ISO speed setting/
Shutter speed
Flash exposure <n> Metering mode selection/
compensation button White balance selection button
<B>
Mode Dial lock White balance
AF area selection mode/
release button
Multi-function button
Exposure level
Mode Dial
indicator
<6>
Image-recording
Main Dial
quality
Focus mode Flash exposure
Shutter
switch
compensation
button OK
Viewfinder Information
<p>
<A/k> Live View shooting/
AF start button
Movie shooting switch
<0> Start/Stop <A> AE lock button
Area AF
button
frame
<S>
Power switch
AF point
selection AE lock
<9> button
Multi-controller Battery check
<5> Quick
Control Dial
Flash-ready
Flash exposure
compensation
<0>
Setting button Shutter speed
Multi function lock switch Access lamp Aperture
A Mode s: Shutter-priority AE
Monochrome shooting
All the settings necessary for
Possible shots
shooting are set automatically. You
AEB
just press the shutter button, and
AF mode the camera does the rest.
Aim the center of the Area AF frame
Scene Intelligent Auto
Drive mode
over the subject.
Metering mode
Press the shutter button halfway to
focus. f: Aperture-priority AE
Check the display.
Battery check
Compose the shot and press the
shutter button completely.
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d/s/f/a Modes
You can change the camera settings
as desired to shoot in various ways.
Grid
([52] tab) a: Manual Exposure
* Set the <R> switch to the left (Multi
function lock released).
d: Program AE
Focus
Set the Mode Dial to <d>.
confirmation
The camera automatically sets the shutter speed and
light
aperture in the same way as the <A> mode.
AF status indicator
Maximum burst
ISO speed
Exposure level indicator
i: ISO SpeedN
Set the Mode Dial to <s>.
Press the <m> button, then
Turn the <6> dial to set the
turn the <6> dial.
desired shutter speed, then focus
ISO 100 to 25600 can be set in
the subject.
1/3-stop increments.
The aperture will be set automatically.
When "A" is selected, the ISO
If the aperture display blinks, turn
speed is set automatically. When
the <6> dial until it stops blinking.
you press the shutter button
halfway, the ISO speed setting is
displayed.
Set the Mode Dial to <f>.
Turn the <6> dial to set the desired
aperture, then focus the subject.
i
Drive Mode
The shutter speed will be set
o
automatically. Press the < > button, then
5
If the shutter speed display blinks, turn turn the < > dial.
the <6> dial until it stops blinking.
u: Single shooting
o: High-speed continuous
shooting
Set the Mode Dial to <a>.
i: Low-speed continuous
Turn the <6> dial to set the
shooting
desired shutter speed.
Turn the <5> dial to set the B: Silent single shooting
desired aperture.
M: Silent continuous
Press the shutter button halfway
shooting
and check the exposure level
Q: 10-sec. self-timer/
indicator.
Remote control
k: 2-sec. self-timer/
Remote control
f: AF ModeN
AF Area Selection Mode
Set the lens focus mode switch to Press the <S> button.
<f>. Look through the viewfinder and
Press the <o> button, press the <B> button.
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then turn the < > dial. Each time you press the <B>
button, the AF area selection
X (One-Shot AF):
mode changes.
For still subjects
9
(AI Focus AF): A Live View Shooting
Switches the AF mode automatically
Set the switch to < A >.
Z (AI Servo AF):
For moving subjects Press the <0> button and the
Live View image will appear on
S AF Point SelectionN
the LCD monitor.
Press the <S> button, then look
through the viewfinder. Press the shutter button halfway
to focus, then press it completely
to take the picture.
The AF point selection will change
Press the <0> button to stop
in the direction you tilt the <9>.
the Live View shooting.
If you press <9> straight down,
Live View shooting settings will appear under the [z2] menu
the center AF point (or center
tab in the A mode and under the [z4] menu tab in the
Zone) will be selected.
The <6> dial selects an AF d/s/f/a/F modes.
point in the horizontal direction,
Battery Life with Live View Shooting
and the <5> dial selects an AF
Temperature At 23°C / 73°F
point in the vertical direction
Possible shots Approx. 200 shots
(toggles between zones in Zone
AF).
k Shooting Movies
Set the switch to <k>.
The image will appear on the
LCD monitor.
Press the shutter button halfway
to focus.
Press the <0> button to start
shooting a movie. To stop movie
shooting, press the <0> button
again.
To shoot still photos, press the
shutter button completely.
Movie shooting modes
• A/d/F : Autoexposure shooting
• s
: Shutter-priority AE shooting
• f
: Aperture-priority AE shooting
• a
: Manual exposure shooting
Movie shooting settings will appear under the [z2] and
[z3] menu tabs in the A mode and under the [z4] and
At 0°C / 32°F
[z5] menu tabs in the d/s/f/a/F modes.
Approx. 180 shots