Canon EOS 7D Modes and Menus

Canon EOS 7D Modes and Menus

The Mode dial on the left side of the Canon EOS 7D's top panel lets you

select various exposure modes, with the same modes offered as the 5D Mark

II. Targeted at professionals and serious enthusiasts just like the 5D Mark II,

the EOS 7D does not offer any Scene modes, but it does offer the new

Creative Auto (CA) mode (see description below). Other settings consist of

Full Automatic, Programmed Auto Exposure, Shutter Priority, Aperture

Priority, full Manual Exposure, and Bulb. There are also three Camera User

settings, for registering up to three banks of settings for quick recall.

Here's a description of each of the shooting modes:

Full Automatic Mode: Full Automatic is indicated on the Mode dial by a green rectangular

outline. In this mode, the camera makes all exposure decisions with the exception of image quality.

Autofocus mode is set to AI Focus. (AI Focus evaluates subject movement, automatically sets either

one-shot AF or AI Servo AF automatically.) Drive mode is set to Single Shot, ISO is set to Auto, and the

metering mode is set to Evaluative.

Creative Auto Mode: Canon has added their

relatively new exposure mode called Creative Auto (or "CA").

The CA mode is a cross between the green zone and

program mode. When set to CA mode, the EOS 7D allows the

user to adjust picture style, motor drive, and exposure

compensation, as well as to use the program shift function

and select between RAW or JPEG file formats, but the rest of

the more complex features remain under automatic control.

The EOS 7D's rear-panel LCD display offers text help for each setting while in CA mode, for example

prompting the user as to whether they want to blur the background with program shift, or make the

picture brighter / darker with exposure compensation, etc.

Program AE: This is the first mode in the Creative Zone of the Mode dial. Program AE works

similarly to the Full Automatic exposure mode, but allows more control over the exposure variables.

Aperture and shutter speed are automatically selected by the camera, but you can bias the exposure

to larger or smaller apertures by turning the Main dial, which will change the combination of aperture

and shutter speed so as to maintain the same exposure value, but with a different combination of

aperture/shutter speed.

Shutter-Priority AE: This mode allows you to manually set the shutter speed anywhere from

1/8,000 to 30 seconds, while the camera chooses the best corresponding aperture setting. You have

control over all other exposure variables, including exposure compensation.

Aperture-Priority AE: The opposite of Shutter-Priority mode, Aperture-Priority AE allows you

to set the lens aperture (with available apertures depending on the lens in use), while the camera

selects the most appropriate shutter speed. Again, you have control over all other exposure variables,

including exposure compensation.

A Custom menu setting enables a "Safety Shift" option, which automatically adjusts the primary

variable (shutter speed or aperture) in Tv or Av mode, if the setting you've selected won't permit a

good exposure under the current lighting conditions. This could come into play if you were shooting in

shutter-priority mode to achieve a motion-blur effect, but the light suddenly got brighter, pushing the

required aperture value beyond what the lens could provide. In this situation, the camera would

automatically boost the shutter speed the minimum amount needed to achieve a good exposure.

Manual Exposure: This mode provides the same range of exposure control as the other

Creative Zone exposure modes (except for exposure compensation), but lets you control both shutter

speed and lens aperture independently.

Bulb: In this mode, the shutter stays open as long as the shutter button is pressed. This is

useful for long exposures such as night scenes, fireworks, and astrophotography. The top Status

display reports the elapsed time, from one to 999 seconds, as the exposure progresses. The use of an

RS-80N3 Remote Switch or TC-80N3 Timer Remote Controller is recommended.

, , Camera User Settings Modes: These three final settings on the Mode dial

allow you to save three individual sets of camera settings for quick recall. Useful when shooting an

event with multiple light sources, such as a wedding and reception, these custom modes let you

register camera settings for specific conditions and easily shift between modes. You can save most of

the camera's shooting mode options as well as the Custom Function settings. Settings are registered

as C1, C2, or C3 through the Camera User Setting menu.

Playback Mode

This mode is entered by pressing the Play button on the back panel. Playback mode lets

you erase images, protect them, or set them up for printing on DPOF-compatible devices.

You can also view images in an index display, enlarge images, view a slide show of all

captured images, or rotate an image. The Info button activates an information display, which reports

the exposure settings for the image and graphs the exposure values on a small histogram.

Canon EOS 7D Menu Details

Below are Canon 7D menu options and their descriptions.

Record Menu 1:

Record Menu Options: Screen 1

Top-Level

SelectionSecond-Level Third-Level Notes

Quality -18M Fine

5184 x 3456

-18M Normal

5184 x 3456

-8.0M Fine

3456 x 2304

-8.0M Normal

3456 x 2304

-4.5M Fine

2592 x 1728

-4.5M Normal

2592 x 1728

-RAW + JPEG

Select image size and

quality combination.

The EOS 7D has two

smaller RAW options,

MRAW and SRAW.

-RAW

-MRAW (3888 x

2592)

-SRAW (2592 x

1728)

-MRAW + JPEG

-SRAW + JPEG

You can select any size

and quality JPEG when

shooting RAW + JPEG or

MRAW + JPEG or SRAW +

JPEG.

Red-eye On/Off -Off

-On

Enables/disables red-eye

reduction flash mode.

Beep -On

-Off

Turns all camera beep

sounds on or off

Release Shutter

Without Card

-On

-Off

If on, the camera will fire the

shutter even without a

memory card

Review Time -Off

-2 sec.

-4 sec.

-8 sec.

-Hold

If off, the camera does not

display the captured image

after capture, otherwise the

image appears for the

designated time.

Hold setting displays the

image until the auto power

off time elapses.

Peripheral

Illumination

Correction

-Enable

-Disable

If on, the camera corrects

for corner shading

"vignetting" in JPEGs,

depending on which lens is

detected (therefore,

probably won't work with

third-party lenses).

Flash Control -Flash Firing -Enable

-Disable

Enables/Disables built-in or

external flash.

-Built-in Flash Func.

Setting

-Flash mode

(E-TTL II, Manual,

Multi)

-Shutter sync.

(1st curtain, 2nd

Controls a wide range of

flash functions.

New for the 7D is wireless

support for 3 groups with 4

curtain, Hi-speed)

-Flash exp. comp.

(-3 to +3 EV)

-E-TTL II

(Evaluative,

Average)

-Wireless func.

(Disable, Ext:Int, Ext,

Ext+Int)

channels.

Wireless options let you

select whether the internal

flash or an external

Speedlite controls the

wireless remotes

-External Flash Func.

Setting

-Flash Mode

-Shutter Sync

-FEB

-Flash Exp. Comp.

-E-TTL II

Available options depends

on flash model attached.

-External Flash C.Fn.

Setting

Available options depends

on flash model attached.

-Clear Ext. Flash

C.Fn. Set

-Enable

-Disable

Record Menu 2:


Top-Level


Exposure Comp./AEB

(Auto Exposure

-Select EV variable Maximum span for a single

series is +/-5 EV, but you can

Bracketing) now go up to 4 stops darker

or brighter from the

recommended exposure.

Auto Lighting

Optimizer

-Disable

-Low

-Standard

-High

Sets the ALO level.

White Balance -Auto

-Daylight

-Shade

-Cloudy

-Tungsten

-Fluorescent

-Flash

-Custom

-Kelvin

Temperature

(2,500 to 10,000)

Custom WB -Choose image for

reference, then set

white balance

White Balance

Shift/BKT

-Set the color shift

on a two-

dimensional grid

(Green/Magenta,

Blue/Amber)

- Choose bracket

(+/-3 Magenta and

Green, +/-3 Blue

and Amber)

Color Space -sRGB

-Adobe RGB

Picture Style -Standard

-Portrait

-Landscape

-Neutral

-Faithful

-Sharpness (arbitrary

units from 0 to 7)

-Contrast (9 units

from - to +)

-Saturation (9 units

Monochrome has Filter and

Toning effect instead of

Saturation and Color Tone.

-Monochrome

-User Def. 1

-User Def. 2

-User Def. 3

from - to +)

-Color Tone (9 units

from - to +)

Record Menu 3:


Top-Level


Dust Delete Data -Cancel

-OK

Captures a reference image

for the dust reduction

system, showing where dust

is present on the sensor.

Dust shadows can then be

automatically removed from

the images when they're

processed through Canon's

software.

One-touch

RAW+JPEG

-Simultaneous

RAW

-RAW

-MRAW

-SRAW

Defines how the RAW+JPEG

button works.

-Simultaneous JPEG -Large/Fine

-Large/Normal

-Medium/Fine

-Medium/Normal

-Small/Fine

-Small/Normal

Record Menu 4:


Top-Level


Live View Shooting -Enable

-Disable

AF Mode -Live mode

-Face Detect Live

mode

-Quick mode

Live modes use imager data

to determine focus, while

Quick mode uses the phase-

detect AF module.

Grid Display -Off

-Grid 1

-Grid 2

Exposure Simulation -Enable

-Disable

Silent Shooting -Mode 1

-Mode 2

-Disable

Mode 1 reduces shutter

noise by leaving the first

shutter curtain open,

emulating its function

electronically. Mode 2

spreads the sounds out, not

re-opening the shutter until

you release the shutter

button.

Metering Timer -4 sec.

-16 sec.

-30 sec.

-1 min.

-10 min.

-30 min.

Playback Menu 1:

Playback Menu Options: Screen 1

Top-Level


Protect Images -Set Sets or removes protection

mark. Protected images can

only be deleted by

reformatting the memory

card.

Rotate -Set Rotates selected image

clockwise, either 90 or 270

degrees

Erase Images -Select and erase

images

-All images in folder

-All images on card

-Erase

-Cancel

Erases images.

Print Order -Sel. Image -Select image Marks images on the

memory card for later

printing on a DPOF (Digital

Print Order Format)

compatible printer.

-By -Mark all in folder

-Clear all in folder

-All image -Mark all on card

-Clear all on card

-Setup -Print Type

(Standard, Index,

Both)

-Number of copies

-Date (On, Off)

-File No. (On, Off)

Playback Menu 2:

Playback Menu Options: Screen 2

Top-Level


Highlight Alert -Disable

-Enable

Enables a blinking highlight

display in Playback mode

AF Point Display -Disable

-Enable

If Enabled, the AF point used

to set focus appears in red

in the image display

Histogram -Brightness

-RGB

RGB option displays

individual histograms for

each color channel,

brightness shows only a

single graph.

Slide Show -Select images -All images

-Stills

-Movies

-Date

-Folder

Sets up Slide Show feature.

Users can choose to play all

folders, one folder, or just

photos taken on a particular

date. The Menu button stops

playback.-Setup -Play time

-Repeat

-Start

Image Jump w/ dial -1 image

-10 images

-100 images

-Date

-Folder

-Movies

-Stills

Selects how image jump

works using the Main Dial.

Setup Menu 1:

Setup Menu Options: Screen 1

Top-Level


Auto Power Off -1 min.

-2 min.

-4 min.

-8 min.

-15 min.

-30 min.

-Off

Auto Rotate -On (Record,

Display)

-On (Display)

-Off

Record, Display - vertical

images are rotated on both

the camera's LCD and on

the computer. (In

applications that understand

"Rotate" tags in the files'

EXIF headers.)

Display - vertical images

are only rotated on the

computer.

Format -Cancel

-OK

Erases all files on card, even

protected ones

File Numbering -Continuous

-Auto Reset

-Manual Reset

Continuous numbers image

files sequentially.

Auto Reset resets the

numbering every time a

card is formatted or a new

card inserted.

Manual Reset resets

numbering at any time to

0001.

Select Folder -Select existing

-Create

Creates new folders.

WFT Settings Displayed only when WFT-

E5/E5A wireless file

transmitter is attached.

Recording func.

+media select

Displayed only when WFT-

E5/E5A wireless file

transmitter is in use.

Setup Menu 2:


Top-Level


LCD Brightness -Auto (3 ranges)

-Manual (7 levels)

-Set

-OK

Auto uses ambient light

sensor to set brightness

automatically. Manual

allows setting brightness

level from dark to bright in

seven steps

Date/Time -Set Date

-Set Time

-Set Display Format

Language -English

-German

-French

-Dutch

-Danish

-Portuguese

-Finnish

-Italian

-Ukrainian

-Norwegian

-Swedish

-Spanish

-Greek

-Russian

-Polish

-Czech

-Hungarian

Language options may vary

by region.

-Romanian

-Turkish

-Arabic

-Thai

-Simplified Chinese

-Traditional Chinese

-Korean

-Japanese

Video System -NTSC

-PAL

Sensor Cleaning -Auto Cleaning

-Clean Now

-Clean Manually

Auto Cleaning setting

automatically enables

cleaning when camera is

turned off or on (adds about

1 sec. to time)

Clean Now activates

cleaning

Clean Manually locks up

the mirror for manual

cleaning.

Viewfinder Grid

Display

-Disable

-Enable

Setup Menu 3:


Top-Level


Battery Info. -Press Info button -Register

-Delete info.

Displays battery type and

serial number, remaining

capacity, shutter count and

recharge performance.

Keeps track of multiple

registered batteries via

serial number.

INFO Button Display

Options

-Displays camera

settings

-Electronic level

-Displays shooting

functions

Camera Setting shows all of

the camera settings used to

create the image (such as

Picture Style, Color Space,

etc.).

A dual-axis electronic level

display is new for the 7D.

Shooting Functions shows

the more basic shooting

modes, such as exposure

variables, ISO, White

Balance, etc.

Camera User Setting -Register -Mode dial C1

-Mode dial C2

-Mode dial C3

Registers the current

camera settings to one of

three available modes.

-Clear Settings

Copyright

Information

-Display copyright

info

-Enter author's

name

-Enter copyright

details

-Delete copyright

information

Copyright info can be

embedded into image files.

Clear All Camera

Settings

-Cancel

-OK

Resets all camera settings

to default.

Firmware Version -Update firmware

version

Updates firmware version if

a properly-prepared CF card

is in place

Custom Functions Menu:

Custom Function Menu Options

Top-Level


C.Fn I: Exposure -C.Fn. I-1 Exposure

Level Increments

-0: 1/3-Stop

-1: 1/2-Stop

-C.Fn.I-2 ISO Speed

Setting Increments

-0: 1/3-Stop

-1: 1-Stop

-C.Fn.I-3 ISO

Expansion

-0: Off

-1: On

On adds "H" 12,800 ISO

setting.

-C.Fn. I-4 Bracketing

Auto Cancel

-0: On

-1: Off

-C.Fn. I-5 Bracketing

Sequence

-0: 0, -, +

-1: -, 0, +

-C.Fn. I-6 Safety

Shift

-Disable

-Enable (Tv/Av)

Safety Shift Enable option

automatically shifts

exposure if brightness

changes suddenly.

-C.Fn. I-7 Flash Sync.

Speed in Av Mode

-0:Auto

-1: 1/250-1/60 sec.

auto

-2: 1/250 sec. (fixed)

C.Fn. II: Image -C.Fn. II-1 Long

Exposure Noise

Reduction

-0: Off

-1: Auto

-2: On

-C.Fn. II-2 High ISO

Speed

Noise Reduction

-0: Standard

-1: Low

-2: Strong

-3: Disable

-C.Fn. II-3 Highlight

Tone Priority

-0: Disable

-1: Enable

Highlight Tone Priority

Enable option automatically

improves highlight detail by

boosting ISO to 200

minimum to get headroom,

tweaking tone curve to use

more of available range in

the highlights

C.Fn.III: Auto

focus/Drive

-C.Fn. III-1 AI Servo

Tracking Sensitivity

-Slow to Fast in 5

steps


1st/2nd Image

Priority

-0: AF Priority /

Tracking Priority

-1: AF Priority / Drive

Speed Priority

-3: Release / Drive

Speed Priority

-4: Release /

Tracking Priority


AF Tracking Method

-0: Main Focus Point

Priority

-1: Continuous AF

Track Priority

-C.Fn. III-4 Lens

Drive when AF

Impossible

-0: Focus Search On

-1: Focus Search Off

Lens Drive when AF

Impossible option tells

camera to continue to try

and achieve focus or stop,

useful with super telephoto

lenses

-C.Fn. III-5 AF -0: Disable

Microadjustment -1: Adjust all by

same amount

-2: Adjust by lens

-C.Fn. III-6 Select AF

Area Selection Mode

-Disable

-Enable

-Register

-Auto Select: 19

point AF

-Manual Select: Zone

AF

-Manual Select: AF

Point Expansion

-Manual Select:

Single AF Point

-Manual Select: Spot

AF

-Apply

-C.Fn. III-7 Manual

AF Point Selection

Pattern

-0:Stops at AF Area

Edges

-1:Continuous

-C.Fn. III-8 VF

Display Illumination

-0: Auto

-1: Enable

-2: Disable

-C.Fn. III-9 Display

ALL AF Points

-0: Disable

-1: Enable

-C.Fn. III-10 Focus

Display in AI

SERVO/MF

-0: Enable

-1: Disable

-C.Fn. III-11 AF-Assist

Beam Firing

-0: Enable

-1: Disable

-2: Enable External

Flash Only

-3: IR AF Assist

Beam Only

-C.Fn. III-12

Orientation Linked

AF Point

-0: Same For Both

Vertical / Horizontal

-1: Select Different

AF Points

-C.Fn. III-13 Mirror

Lockup

-0: Disable

-1: Enable

C.Fn.IV:

Operation/Others

-C.Fn. IV-1 Custom

Controls

Function selections

for:

-Shutter Button

-AF-On Button

-AEL Button

-DOF Button

-Lens Button

-M-Fn Button

-Set

-Main Dial

-Quick Control Dial

-Multi-Controller

Can assign numerous

functions to various

controls, buttons and dials.

-C.Fn. IV-2 Dial

Direction during

Tv/Av

-0: Normal

-1: Reverse Direction

-C.Fn. IV-3 Add

Image Verification

Data

-0: Disable

-1: Enable

-C.Fn. IV-4 Add

Aspect Ratio

Information

-0: Off

-1: Aspect Ratio 6:6




-3: Aspect Ratio

10:12


Clear All Custom

Functions (C.Fn.)

My Menu:

My Menu Options

Top-Level


Register -(Full list of options

that can exist in My

Menu)

Sort Changes the order of

registered items in My Menu

Delete

Delete All Items

Display from My

Menu

-Enable

-Disable

When Enabled, the My Menu

tab is displayed first when

pressing the Menu button

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