- What's up, guys?
- It's Andy Feliciotti, and welcome back to another video.
Today I'm gonna show you what settings I change
when I get a new camera, specifically the Canon EOS R.
So if you just picked up one of these cameras,
you're in the right place.
(relaxing music)
Now the first thing I do when I always get a camera
is update the firmware.
For example, on the canon EOS R, the latest firmware
has added improvements to the eye auto-focus system.
So if you wanna get the most outta your camera,
you definitely wanna update your firmware.
So now I'm gonna dive into the settings
that I actually change on the camera itself.
So let's dive into the menu,
and the first thing I disable
is always the beep. (camera beeps)
This is definitely a user preference,
but I just hate when the camera beeps
(camera beeps) when it's in focus.
And that is on the settings menu
on the number 3 on the USR.
So we're just gonna change the beep to Disable.
Now, this seems obvious,
but I also change the Image quality to RAW.
If you're not using raw photos on your camera,
your definitely not getting the full potential
outta your photos, and that's on the first settings page.
Now the next setting we're gonna do is on the third page
of the shooting menu,
and this is changing the minimum shutter speed.
It's in the ISO speed settings,
and the very bottom, you'll see Minimum shutter speed.
Now, on the bottom, you'll see it's set to Auto,
but you can pick if you want it to be faster or slower.
Now, I knock this setting up one notch,
and the reason I do that is because I want
a little bit faster shutter speed.
Obviously, you can play with this setting,
but for my needs, I've found that this is the best.
I've just noticed that my photos
will come out a little sharper
if the shutter speed is a little bit faster.
Now, I also shoot time-lapses on this camera
using the built-in function.
I really love it.
It takes 4K time-lapses, and it's super simple.
You just set it and forget it pretty much.
But I noticed by default, the ISO will go extremely high,
so you'll get really grainy time-lapses,
but there's actually a setting to set the amount of ISO
that you want it to go to maximum.
So if you just go over to the video modes,
so I'm switching to video now,
and that same ISO speed setting menu now has more options,
and you can see it has a max ISO setting
for the time-lapses.
Setting it to 400 will give you a lot less grain
and make your time-lapses look a lot more crisp.
Now, the next setting we're gonna change is
in the Auto-focus 4 setting menu,
and it's the AF-assist bean firing.
Now, what this is is the little light
that turns on when you are trying to auto-focus.
So by default, when you hit the shutter down halfway,
a little light will turn on, and I just found that
to be really annoying.
Now, the next setting we're gonna change is
in the Playback 3 settings back,
the first option, Playback information display,
and you'll see that option lets you pick
what show up when you're reviewing your photos.
So, for example, if you don't need the giant display
of your photo, you can turn that off,
and you can kinda pick what settings
are really important for you.
Now, also in this playback menu,
you'll see a Magnification option,
and I love picking the actual size.
Now, what this will do is allow you to review your photos,
and right when you hit Magnify, it'll go 100% in,
and you can check the focus instantly.
So if you find yourself hitting Review
and then zooming in every time you're trying
to check focus on your photos,
this will just set it so right when you review are photos
and hit Magnify, it'll just instantly zoom in on your photo.
Now, when I'm using my camera,
I basically only use the live view screen on the back.
I don't use the viewfinder at all.
So you can actually turn off the viewfinder completely
by going to the settings menu 4,
and you'll see Display settings, and by default,
it'll be on Auto, but you can change it to manual,
and what this will do is actually disable
the little sensor here
so the screen won't turn on automatically.
You can also map a button to toggle between these two.
So I actually set up one of these buttons
to go quickly between the viewfinder.
Also, in the settings manual,
you'll find Shooting info. display,
and then Screen info. settings,
and this turns off and on different view settings
when you're scrolling through on your live view.
So for example, I don't ever use this view
on my screen, so I turn that off
just so it'll give you less things to cycle through,
but for example, for me, I love using the level feature,
so I keep that on, but if you don't use that,
you could turn that off using this.
Now, this next setting is specific to the Canon EOS R,
but it's the changing the controls of the touch bar.
I think when I first got this camera,
the touch bar was actually completely disabled.
So this is actually where you can change the settings
of how it works.
You just go to the custom functions setting,
the operation menu,
and you'll the customize the function bar.
And so, for example, for me,
I have it so I can cycle through auto-focus settings,
but you can pick any setting you want here,
and you can also enable
or disable the touch bar safety features.
So by default, I think you have to hold your finger
for like three seconds
on it to actually enable the touch bar.
I found that to be really annoying,
so I just turned off all the safety features for that,
and I actually mapped the lock button to the touch bar,
so whenever I wanna change my focus menus,
I just hit Lock and it unlocks the touch bar,
and I can change the focus menu,
and then I just hit Lock again,
and then it'll be set on that focus menu.
and I won't accidentally hit the touch bar.
And also in this settings menu,
you'll find Customize buttons.
For some reason, by default, the arrows
to move the focus point around is disabled,
and here is actually where you can change that setting.
So you can see here
I have Direct AF point selection changed,
and this allows me to, while I'm focusing,
I can hit the arrows up and down,
and it'll move the focus point around.
And lastly is one thing I neglected
on a lotta cameras I got, but now I do it
on every camera I have is actually set up
your own favorites menu.
So most cameras, the last setting menu
is actually a favorites menu,
and you can see for example here
I have Time-lapse movie options.
I have that beam firing option, wifi options,
Format card options,
and this is obviously gonna depend
on what you like to do on your camera,
but I definitely recommend spending a few minutes
and setting up your own favorites menu
so you can quickly access the functions
that you use on your camera the most.
Now, if you're a video shooter using the Canon EOS R,
I highly recommend customizing the third shooting mode
for video settings.
So actually you can register any shooting mode
that you'd like.
I have Shutter priority, for example, for me.
What your camera's actually gonna do
when you hit the record button
is it's gonna default to the third custom setting.
For example, you could be shooting in aperture priority,
and then you can quickly hit Record,
and it's automatically gonna go to that setting
that you select there, and for me, it's Shutter priority.
And it will have the shutter set to a specific frame rate
and everything like that.
This made it extremely easy to swap between video mode
and photo mode, and that's why I love this camera so much.
And that's it.
That's all the settings I changed on the Canon EOS R
when I first got it, and I hope this video
taught you something new about your camera, as well,
especially if you have the Canon EOS R, obviously.
If this video was helpful, remember to like and subscribe,
and thanks again for watching.
See you guys.