About The Symbols - Canon EOS 5D Mark III Instruction Manual

V Monochrome
Creates black-and-white images.
Black-and-white images shot in JPEG cannot be reverted to color. If you
want to later shoot pictures in color, make sure the [Monochrome] setting
has been canceled. When [Monochrome] is selected, <0> will appear
on the LCD panel.
<h> can be displayed in the viewfinder when [Monochrome] is set
(p.318).
W User Def. 1-3
You can register a basic style such as [Portrait], [Landscape], a
Picture Style file, etc., and adjust it as desired (p.135). Any User
Defined Picture Style that has not been set will have the same
settings as the [Standard] Picture Style.

About the Symbols

The symbols of the Picture Style selection screen refer to parameters
such as [Sharpness] and [Contrast]. The numerals indicate the
parameter settings, such as for [Sharpness] and [Contrast], for each
Picture Style.
A Selecting a Picture StyleN
Symbols
g Sharpness
h Contrast
i Saturation
j Color tone
k Filter effect (Monochrome)
l Toning effect (Monochrome)
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