Custom Function Setting Items

You can customize camera features on the [Custom Functions] tab to suit your shooting preferences. Any settings you change from default values are displayed in blue.

C.Fn1

ISO expansion

Makes “H” (equivalent to ISO 51200 in still photo shooting and ISO 25600 in movie recording) available as an ISO speed in manual selection. Note that “H” is not available with [Shooting: Highlight tone priority] set to [Enable] or [Enhanced].

  • OFF: Disable
  • ON: Enable

Safety shift

You can shoot with the shutter speed and aperture value automatically adjusted to enable standard exposure if standard exposure would not be available under your specified shutter speed or aperture value in Tv or Av mode.

  • OFF: Disable
  • ON: Enable

C.Fn2

Customize buttons

You can assign frequently used functions to camera buttons that are easy for you to use. Different functions, for use when shooting still photos or movies, can be assigned to the same button.

  1. Select [Custom Functions: Customize buttons].

  2. Select a camera control.

  3. Select a function to assign.

    • Press the Quick Control/Set button to set it.
    • You can configure advanced settings for functions labeled with [INFODetail set.] in the lower left of the screen by pressing the INFO button.

Note

  • [Custom Functions: Customize buttons] settings are not cleared even if you select [Custom Functions: Clear all Custom Func. (C.Fn)]. To clear the settings, select [Custom Functions: Clear customized settings].

Functions available for customization

AF

●: Default ○: Available for customization
Shutter button half-press Movie button ISO button AE lock button Up key Left key Right key Down key Lens button Flash function button
Metering and AF start: Metering and AF start
● - - ○ - - - - ○ -
AF stop: AF stop
- - - ○ - - - - ● -
Set AF point to center: Set AF point to center
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Starting and stopping whole area AF tracking: Start/stop whole area AF tracking
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
One-Shot AF: One-Shot AF Servo AF*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
AF Area: AF area
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ - -
Eye detection: Eye detection
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Spot detection: Spot detection
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Focus mode: Focus mode
- ○ ○ - ○ ● ○ ○ ○ -
Peaking: Peaking
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Low-speed continuous shooting: Drive mode*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ● ○ ○ -

1: Cannot be assigned as a function available in movie recording.

Exposure

●: Default ○: Available for customization
Shutter button half-press Movie button ISO button AE lock button Up key Left key Right key Down key Lens button Flash function button
Evaluative metering: Metering start*1
○ - - - - - - - - -
AE lock: AE lock
- - - ●*3 - - - - ○ -
AE lock: AE lock (while button pressed)*1
○ - - - - - - - - -
AE lock/FE lock: AE lock/FE lock*1
- - - ●*2 - - - - ○ -
Exposure compensation: Exposure compensation
- ○ ○ - ● ○ ○ ○ ○ -
ISO: ISO speed
- ○ ● - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Evaluative metering: Metering mode*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Flash: Flash firing*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
ETTL/M: ETTL M*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
FE: FE lock*1
- - - ○ - - - - ○ -

1: Cannot be assigned as a function available in movie recording.

2: Default in still photo shooting.

3: Default in movie recording.

Image

●: Default ○: Available for customization
Shutter button half-press Movie button ISO button AE lock button Up key Left key Right key Down key Lens button Flash function button
Image quality: Image quality*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
One-touch image quality setting: One-touch image quality setting*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
One-touch image quality setting (hold): One-touch image quality (hold)*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Aspect ratio settings: Still img aspect ratio*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Digital tele-converter: Digital tele-conv*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Auto Lighting Optimizer: Auto Lighting Optimizer
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
White balance selection: White balance
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Picture Style selection: Picture Style
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Protect: Protect
- ○ ○ - - - - - ○ -
Rating: Rating
- ○ ○ - - - - - ○ -
Folder: Select folder
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -

1: Cannot be assigned as a function available in movie recording.

Movies

●: Default ○: Available for customization
Shutter button half-press Movie button ISO button AE lock button Up key Left key Right key Down key Lens button Flash function button
Movies: Movie recording
- ● ○ - - - - - ○ -
Zebra: Zebra*4
- - - - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Pause Movie Servo AF: Pause Movie Servo AF*4
- - ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Digital zoom: Digital zoom*4
- - ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Movie Self-Timer: Movie self-timer*4
- - ○ - ○ ○ ●*3 ○ ○ -
Standby: low resolution: Standby: Low res.*4
- - ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -

3: Default in movie recording.

4: Cannot be assigned as a function available in still photo shooting.

Operation

●: Default ○: Available for customization
Shutter button half-press Movie button ISO button AE lock button Up key Left key Right key Down key Lens button Flash function button
Flash function settings: Flash function settings*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ●
Quick flash group control: Quick flash group control*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Depth-of-field preview: Depth-of-field preview*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Quick Control screen: Quick Control screen
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Magnify/Reduce: Magnify/Reduce
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Playback: Image replay
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Magnify images during playback: Magnify images during playback
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
MENU: Menu display
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Touch Shutter: Enable: Touch Shutter*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Create folder: Create folder*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Optical Viewfinder Simulation: OVF sim. view assist*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Display performance: Disp. performance*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Maximize screen brightness (temporary): Maximize screen brightness (temp)
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Power off: Power off
- ○ ○ - - - - - ○ -
Screen off: Screen off
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Silent shutter: Silent shutter function*1
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Switch focus/control ring: Switch focus/control ring
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Switch between viewfinder/screen: Switch between VF/screen
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connection: Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connection
- ○ ○ - ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ -
No function (disabled): No function (disabled)
- ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ● ○ ○

1: Cannot be assigned as a function available in movie recording.

Note

  • [Lens button]: “AF Stop” or “Lens Function” button on super telephoto lenses with Image Stabilizer.
  • [Flash function button]: “Menu direct” button on Speedlites.

Customize control ring

Frequently used functions can be assigned to the Control ring ring.

  1. Select [Custom Functions: Customize control ring].

  2. Select a camera control.

  3. Select a function to assign.

    • Press the Quick Control/Set button to set it.

Note

  • [Custom Functions: Customize control ring] settings are not cleared even if you select [Custom Functions: Clear all Custom Func. (C.Fn)]. To clear the settings, select [Custom Functions: Clear customized settings].

Functions available for the control ring

●: Default ○: Available for customization
Function Control ring
Select AF area Select AF area ○
AF area (hold metering button) Select AF area (while holding metering button) ○
Change shutter speed Change shutter speed ○
Change aperture value Change aperture value ○
Exposure compensation Exposure compensation ○
ISO Set ISO speed ○
Change shutter speed (while pressing metering button) Change shutter spd. (hold meter. btn) ○
Change aperture value (while pressing metering button) Change aperture (hold meter. btn) ○
Exposure compensation (while pressing metering button) Exposure comp. (hold meter. btn) ●
Set ISO speed (while pressing metering button) Set ISO speed (hold meter. btn) ○
Flash exposure compensation (while pressing metering button) Flash exposure comp./output (while holding metering button) ○
White balance selection White balance selection ○
Select color temperature Select color temperature ○
Picture Style selection Picture Style ○
Select WB (while pressing metering button) White balance selection (while holding metering button) ○
Color temperature (while pressing metering button) Select color temperature (while holding metering button) ○
Select Picture Style (while pressing metering button) Picture Style (while holding metering button) ○
No function (disabled) No function (disabled) ○

Note

  • Control ring: Control ring on RF lenses and mount adapters.

Clear customized settings

  1. Select [Custom Functions: Clear customized settings].

  2. Select [OK].

    • [Customize buttons] and [Customize control ring] are restored to defaults.

C.Fn3

Release shutter w/o lens

You can specify whether shooting still photos or movies is possible without a lens attached.

  • OFF: Disable
  • ON: Enable

Retract lens on power off

You can set whether to retract gear-type STM lenses (such as RF35mm F1.8 Macro IS STM) automatically when the camera's power switch is set to Power off.

  • ON: Enable
  • OFF: Disable

Caution

  • With auto power off, the lens will not retract regardless of the setting.
  • Before detaching the lens, make sure that it is retracted.

Note

  • When [Enable] is set, this function takes effect regardless of the setting of the focus mode switch (AF or MF) on the camera or lens.

C.Fn4

Clear all Custom Func. (C.Fn)

Selecting [Custom Functions: Clear all Custom Func. (C.Fn)] clears all Custom Function settings except [Customize buttons] and [Customize control ring].

Note

  • To clear settings configured with [Custom Functions: Customize buttons] and [Custom Functions: Customize control ring], select [Custom Functions: Clear customized settings].