My Canon 5D Mark IV Settings

Here is a quick guide to how I have my camera currently set up (May 7, 2018) without going through every single menu. If I didn’tt mention it here it’s probably factory settings. Obviously I tweaked the diopter to my vision. Hope this helps a little with setting up your camera, I know it can be a stressful experience if you are not familiar with Canon or just need to get up and running fast. As always, let me know what you think and any reccomendations.

• I always shoot my camera in Manual
• Image Quality — RAW
• Dual Pixel — Disable
• Beep — Enable
• Release Shutter Without Card — Off (never want to shoot and think you’re loaded)
• Auto Light Optimizer — Off
• Custom White Balance — 5200K
• Color Space — sRGB
• Picture Style — Standard
• Long Exp Noise Reduction — Off
• High ISO Speed NR — Low
• Highlight Tone Priority — Off
• AF-assist Beam Firing — On
• Selectable AF Point — All Points
• Select AF Area Selec Mode — Manual Select : Spot AF
• AF Point Display During Focus — Selected Constant
• VF Display Illumination — On
• LCD Brightness — Manual @ 4
• Exposure Level Increments — 1/3
• ISO Speed Setting Increments — 1/3
• Custom Controls — Direction Tool to auto Focus Area Select