Canon EOS 1D Mark III SLR Review

Shooting Menu 1

• 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

Shooting Menu 2

• 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

Setup Menu 1

• 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

Setup Menu 2

• 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

Setup Menu 3

• 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

Custom Functions Menu

• 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

My Menu

• My Menu settings: Save frequently used menu items and Customs Functions