The custom settings shortcut on the Canon EOS R5 and R3

Saturday 24 June 2023, 23:46 by Nando Harmsen | 4,696 views | 1 comment

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Do you use the C1-C3 modes on your Canon EOS R5 or R3? Then you know it can be difficult to set your camera to them quickly. After all, the EOS R5 and R3 do not have a PSAM dial like the EOS R6, R7 or R8. But there is another way to do this quickly and easily.

The Canon EOS R5 and R3 are fantastic cameras. However, it is a shame that they do not have a PSAM dial. You have to change the PASM modes by pressing the Mode button first. This is more cumbersome than a simple round dial.

That handy PSAM dial on a Canon EOS R6 gives you easy access to all your shooting modes simply by turning the dial. If only the EOS R5 and R3 had one too
For choosing S, M or A mode, this is not really a problem. You usually keep shooting in this mode for a while. But if you use the C1-C3 modes, you want to be able to select them quickly.

The PSAM dial is not present on the EOS R5 and EOS R3. Instead, you have to open the PASM menu by pressing the Mode button. This is very inconvenient and cumbersome.
Because the EOS R5 and R3 do not have a real PSAM dial, it can be more difficult to do this quickly. Although the choices also appear in the viewfinder after pressing Mode, it is less intuitive. A real physical dial would be nicer.

Fortunately, there is a way to do this differently. You can assign switching between C1-C3 to the M-Fn button. In the menu, look for the option to assign a function to buttons. On the Canon EOS R5, this is in the orange menu, page 3.

Open the menu on the EOS R5 or EOS R3 and go to the option for assigning buttons.

You can then assign a different function to the buttons. For the M-Fn button, choose the C option.

Assign the C option to the M-Fn button, and use the AF point button for the dial function, for example.
With this setting, you do lose the five choices that you normally have under this button, the dial function. But you can assign those to the AF point button. Unfortunately, it is not possible to assign the C option to the AF point button.

Do you not use all the shooting modes or C1-3 options? You can disable the ones you do not use.
Have you made this setting? You can now switch from C1 to C2, to C3 and back to the setting you normally use by repeatedly pressing the M-Fn button. If you only use one or two custom settings, you can limit the shooting modes. You do this in the orange menu, second tab.

If you do not use the C1-C3 shooting options yet, take a look at them. They are very useful.
This is a major change to the button assignments on the Canon EOS R5 and R3. In other words, it takes some getting used to. But it is worth trying if you use the custom buttons. If you do not use the custom buttons yet, it is worth looking into them.

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