Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Instruction Manual

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Basic Operation
(1) After pressing a button, turn the
<
5
> dial.
When you press a button such as < n >
< o > < m >, the respective function
remains selected for 6 seconds (
9
). During this time,
you can turn the <
5
> dial to set the desired setting.
When the function selection ends or if you press the
shutter button halfway, the camera will be ready to shoot.
Use this dial to select or set the white
balance, drive mode, flash exposure
compensation, AF point, etc.
(2) Turn the <
5
> dial only.
While looking at the viewfinder or LCD panel,
turn the <
5 > dial to set the desired setting.
Use this dial to set the exposure
compensation amount, the aperture
setting for manual exposures, etc.
During movie shooting, the touch pad provides a quiet way to adjust the
shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed, exposure compensation, sound
recording level, and headphone volume (p.236). This function works
when [
z
5: Silent Control ] is set to [ Enable
h
].
After pressing the < Q > button,
tap the <
5
> dial’s inner ring at
the top, bottom, left, or right.
5
Quick Control Dial
h
Touch Pad
The operations in (1) are also possible while the < R > switch is set to
the right (Multi function lock, p.47).
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