I am a rookie photographer and just purchased the Canon 7D Mark ii. This video really helped me navigate through my new camera. Now I know where the settings are and what to mess with to get shots. Thank you! Pam
You skipped over the built-in GPS. The bump in front of the hot shoe is the GPS antenna. The important thing to know about GPS is that it is a tremendous battery drain, so just be aware if you use it.
What Fro didn't mention which i believe is important is when you view the histogram, use the RGB one not the standard, it gives a more truer representation of exposure.
Maybe I missed it, but did he show the DOF button use? You can push it while looking through the viewfinder and get an idea of your depth of field based off your aperture setting. It's the button beside left side of lens on face of camera facing it from the front.
Thanks for this video. I just got this camera yesterday and plan to go out shooting in the morning. Hopefully I've learned enough to keep me from being frustrated.
My only gripe is I wish Canon didn't disable the Exposure Level Indicator on the top LCD when in Manual Mode on the 7D Mk2. All my other Canon bodies have had this (20D. 30D, 40D, 50D, 5D Mk2, 5D Mk3), but it's disabled on the 7D Mk2. Hopefully there will be a firmware update to bring it back to the 7D Mk2, and I hope it's still available on the 5D Mk4. Other than that, the only thing I could wish for is ISO 50.
Why didn't you mention the not so easy things? That's not a camera for beginners, everyone who buys this should know how to put in the battery, but hearing more about iTr, about some more af-settings etc. (almost all of the things you didn't mention) would help more people.
Safety shift: When in auto modes like Av or Tv mode. When you've reached the limits of exposure control. Lets say in AV mode your lens is a f4 and your cameras fastest shutter speed is 1/8000th and your iso it at 1000. On a bright sunny day the meter says at this aperture you'll need a shutter speed of 1/32000th. Your photo will be over exposed so safety shift allows the camera to adjust whatever you select your camera to use to make steps for a correct exposure. I usually choose iso as my preffered method.
According to Canon blurb: Exposure safety shift is a feature that overrides the set aperture or shutter speed (in aperture or shutter-speed priority, respectively) in the event said aperture or shutter speed causes the other exposure determinants required to achieve a correct exposure to exceed the camera's limits. Basically if the processor in the camera thinks that you have set the wrong exposure it will over-ride your settings to get what it thinks is the correct exposure to return an 18% grey photo.
release shutter without lens is when you use Samyang/Rokinon manual focus lenses. Or when using adapted lenses or when you connect the camera to a telescope/microscope.
In this video when you turn the camera on the Quick Menu comes on automatically. I have to press the "Q" button to enable mine and still it goes away as soon as I press something else. How do I get my Quick Menu to come on when I turn the camera on? Thanks.
With Safety Shift on, the camera will adjust either your shutter speed or aperture (depending on whether youre in Av or Tv mode) to make sure you get the best exposure. If, however, you are using a particular shutter speed or aperture to achieve a specific look to your images, the EOS 5D Mark III, EOS-1D X, EOS-1D Mark IV and EOS-1D Mark III DSLRs offer the ability to adjust the exposure using ISO instead. (Auto ISO) This allows you to retain control of your shutter speed or aperture and thereby maintain the look you were after, using the extensive ISO ranges of the cameras to get the correct exposure.
I love the different cases on my 5Dmark3 as well although I haven't had much time to play with them or shoot anything that's moving fast. I think the bracketing is 3,2,5,7 because the default number for bracketing was always 3 including in film days, not sure how they would even do it with 2.
@jared, you made a big point to say that it was an acronym when it isn't. If you just said it how you wanted and kept on point then i wouldn't have commented but you went into this kinda bully tone off subject just to defend a misinformed notion... btw: don't read this as an attack but rather a playful banter as this really isn't that important on how we all pronounce it.
Jared Polin He's trying to educate you and you just don't seem to care. Kind of how you make grammatical errors all the time, but belittle readers who make one while taking time out of their day to ask you a question because they're a fan.
Canon 7D mark II or Nikon D7200? Which one should I buy? I don't have wild life or sports photography passion. I would like to buy a camera for my personal purposes. Image quality is something what matters to me.. Please suggest..
Are you using Canon lenses? If so why would you even do that. If you are NOT, then you would have to question why you are NOT using Canon lenses. If you still wish to use third party lenses then yes you might use the calibrate or more correctly "fine adjustment" option. But I argue, if you are a working photographer and time is money, surely you don't have time to do this and you are just replacing the lens saving against time EXPENDITURE in calibrating ALL your lenses. YOU need to ask yourself, 'how much is my time worth?' if you feel the need to save on expenditure and spend time on calibration. Calibration is not easy, nor simple, for each lens. Before and after photographs and printing each time each photo. and retrying all over again. You'd be better off renting lenses for each job and saving up to buy a lens. IMO
Can you please give us a comprehensive overview of "7d mk ii, Register/recall shooting functions" and how to set it - The manual is poorly written, Thanks!
hold it still on a tripod and change the shutter speed to really slow like 3-5 seconds. make sure to adjust the aperture and iso appropriately so it doesn't become overexposed. To make things easier, you can also use shutter priority or bulb mode.
He has the wide angle 16-35mm lens (which I own and use frequently). This equates to a final length of 25.6mm-56mm respectively. However, it is a "L" series lens meaning it has the BEST glass Canon has to offer the professional community. It does produce great colour, good bokeh, reduced flare, and vignetting and other characteristics. But it is not cheap at $2000+. Plus it is heavy, and offers little variance for composition for travel photography - with such a short focal length, 16-35mm. Canon produces a cheaper version. Typically, this is use for most shooting situations where subjects are close or when taking panoramas (vistas). However, for pulling subjects up close when shooting at subjects further away a longer lens is needed, such as lenses of 28-300mm or even the 70-200mm focal length. Your choice between these lenses will be dictated by the aperture that you wish to work with, ie. f2.8 or f4-5.6. Cost varies accordingly. Aftermarket manufacturers have options more attractive costs with limitations on photographic performance of course!
nice vid J.. could you please help me with a change i wanted to do while taking photos i would like to take some photos/videos in 16:9 picture format instead of the 3:2.. how do i do that?
There's another button you forgot to tell us about, which I've been searching to know what it is. It's located on the front bottom left of the camera if you have the front of the camera facing you. What is that for?
Great video! At 24:36 in your video, you have the AF Point Selection on the back screen. Can you tell me how to get that to show up on the back screen? Mine is showing in the viewfinder and is cumbersome that way. I have looked everywhere and tried everything!
hey Jared i have a question. I am using a canon 7DmkII and if i were to increase my ISO to maybe 3200, should i tone down my L RAW to M RAW? some say toning down the MP will make your photos less grainy. please help and awesome channel :)
When I first started using my 7dmII the image thumbnails showed up on my computer when I copy the images over, but all of a sudden new images copied don't include thumbnails. Any suggestions? I have searched manual and forums, and as far as I know I have not changed any settings that would effect this. Anyone else experienced this? Thanks for any help you can provide!
Hey Jared, I love your videos watch them everyday I just got into photography and I’m loving and I’m trying sports photographer manly, i have my heart set on a 7Dmkii which I can’t afford I know its only 1400$ bucks these days. If you so happen to still have the camera collection dust it would mean the world to me if you could send it my way. Keep up the good work with the videos
tapsahtip At around the 21:00 mark he cautions against accidentally changing settings. The [LOCK] switch disables the buttons that allow you to change settings on the Quick Menu. In fact you can select which buttons are disabled when you turn on the key lock button.
Hi Jared Polin , how do you configure the "on screen info" to show the audio levels while recording? I can only see that if i press the quick menu button and select the headphones Icon but as soon as I start recording it goes away.
No I mean if it's something that I'm too lazy to do otherwise I just have an automated setting with JPEGS then they're set to upload. When I shoot RAW (90% of the time) I like to check details and work with photos individually. Just my system. With the JPEGS, it's only a slight push and pull until I find something I like
I just got a 7d mark II. I've been watching your video, at about the 24 minute mark you move the focus points around. However, you just say something like "you press this button", but you don't show *which* button it actually is. I have no idea how you got to that autofocus screen. Good video otherwise!
I dont have any lenses for this camera! I need suggestions from you experts for canon camera. I want to capture wildlife and sports photography! Im looking to buy better lenses, able to bring out the true potential of this camera.
+Christopher Wood that will adjust the clarity in the eyepiece. i was told that after i told someone i couldn't never use manual focus because my vision is so bad ... he said "well at least you can make it as clear as possible with your vision by adjusting how you see it in the eyepiece" ... soooo relieved !!
SAFETY SHIFT!?!?! You're telling me you don't know what Safety Shift is??? Oh my goodness! This was introduced back in the late 70-80's when Canon introduced the AE-1 Program camera, a beautiful camera. This introduced a new level of electronics on Canon cameras just prior to them moving to their 'EOS' system. What it did was shift exposure settings in either Av, or TV modes to fulfil reciprocity values, thereby keeping reciprocity failure from happening when the photographer changed his settings in "either" mode. What does that mean? Ok say you are working in Av mode. Your last photo was at f2.8 @ ISO 200, if you then moved your camera to view a new setting with different lighting and you suddenly changed the aperture to f5.6 say, without changing the ISO (which you would not have done in those days due to the fact that you were working with film - you were stuck with the same ISO throughout the whole length of film - not like today with digital, where you can just change anything you like), then it would automatically change the shutter speed to the correct speed for a correct exposure. "Oh that happens automatically in today world!" Yes it does! Is my answer. Most photographers take this very much for granted today and work this with Safety Shift on everyday. However, here (as you explain above), Canon give you the option to turn the Auto setting off and leave you in control. Considering "AUTO" ISO, this could be a better option, but like you say, without reading the manual (WHICH EVERYONE SHOULD DO !!!), leaving it intact will probably be OK. AS long as you have you ISO, Aperture, and shutter Speed parameters SET back in the RED menu!!!
I use the 7d mark ii And I think that the 80D is better because of the flippy articulating screen, Also the 80d is what a lot of youtubers use for dslr vlogging. So I'd reccomend the 80d for video!
Elly Delon Itcould be damaged, look for any signs of damage or mishandling. The other thing could be the battery or SD card could be damaged, (the battery when taken out for too long can affect some of the settings.) Otherwise I suggest going to your nearest camera or Cannon store and getting that checked out.
69ingChipmunkzz IT depends on the camera. The 7D had a 4:3 aspect ratio; the mk ii has a 3:2. It varies from manufacturer to manufacturer and even model to model - as in this case.
Yes you too have a dislike right after you publish your videos! Makes me feel better about my videos! Hahaha :D But good job on these guides. :) You're inspiring for me.
If you didn’t figure it out by yourself yet: MF Stands for manual focus. To change that you have to set a little switch on the lens to AF. If you did that and it still doesn’t work, there’s a good chance the lens either doesn’t have AF (unlikely if it’s a canon lens) or the AF-Motor inside the lens might be broken.
When you make a video about like 7D mk2, you're adressing mostly to pro or intermediate so never do a tut like you're talking about a t2i. Waste of time.
Sitting there, pushing buttons, reading out loud what everybody can see - without explanation. Only comment from time to time: "this is what I use" ... makes absolutely no sense.
