Canon EOS 1D Mark III SLR Review

Recording Menus

Pressing the MENU button on the back of the camera calls up the various menus on the large color LCD.

There is a small navigation control button below the eyecup that you use to move through the menus.

White balance: This allows you to select from the following White Balance presets: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom or by Color Temperature
Custom WB regist.: There are 2 ways to register custom white balance data. You can either take a photo and register it or register an image already saved on the memory card
WB SHIFT/BKT: Used to make WB bracket correction: B/A/M/G (blue/amber/magenta/green) bias, 9 levels each and WB-BKT: B/A (blue/amber) and M/G (magenta/green) bias, single level increments, +/- 3 levels
Color space: Select from sRGB or Adobe RGB
Picture style: Sets the style characteristics for various subjects, options include:
- Standard - Natural hue and chroma, best for capturing natural color tone.
- Portrait - Sets the hue and chroma for ideal skin tones.
- Landscape - Adjusts hue and chroma to match high-saturation slide film.
- Neutral - Corresponds to Adobe RGB color space.
- Faithfull - Lowers chroma, for more subdued color tones.
- Monochrome - Custom set 1
- User Def. - Custom setting for 3 user defined Picture Styles

JPEG quality: Sets jpeg compression rate
Image size: Sets the image size (recorded pixels), Image Type (JPEG, RAW. sRaw) and quality
Review time: Off, 2 sec., 4 sec., 8 sec. or Hold
Beep: On or Off
Shoot w/o card: On or Off
Dust Delete Data: Obtain dust-mapping data to eliminate spots with the bundled software

Auto power off: 1 min., 2 min., 4 min., 8 min., 15 min., 30 min., Off
Record func+media/folder sel.: Specify how images are recorded to the memory card(s)
File numbering: Continuous, Auto reset, Manual reset
File name setting: file name (unique setting), User setting 1, User setting 2
Auto rotate: On or Off
Format: Format and erase data from a memory card

LCD brightness: Seven brightness levels possible
Date/Time: Set the date and time
Language: Select from 18 languages
Video system: NTSC or PAL formats
Battery info.: Detailed battery information
Live view function settings: Live View shooting - On or Off, Grid Display - On or Off
External Speedlite control: Flash function settings

Save/load settings on media: Save profile settings to a media card for later use, Save or Load
Regist/apply basic settings: Save basic settings to a media card, Register or Apply
Clear all camera settings: Resets camera to default settings
Sensor cleaning: Auto, Clean now, Clean manually
Firmware Ver.: Shows the current camera firmware version
WFT settings: Displayed only when the WFT-E2/E2A (Wireless File Transfer) adapter is attached

C. Fn I: Exposure: Exposure level increments
C. Fn II: Image/Flash exp/Disp: Noise reduction, Tone Priority, Flash Metering, Shutter Sync
C. Fn III: Auto focus/Drive: USM lens electronic MF, AI Servo sensitivity, AI Servo image priority
C. Fn IV: Operation/Others:Shutter button/AF-On, AF-ON/AE lock, Quick Control Dial metering
Clear all Custom Func.: Clears all Custom Function settings
C. Fn setting register/apply: Custom Function settings are saved and applied to camera