Canon EOS 7D Mark II (G) Pocket Manual Download Page 2

Shooting Operation

Shutter 
button

<

n

> Metering mode selection/

White balance selection button

<

o

> AF mode selection/

Drive mode selection button

<

m

> ISO speed 

setting/Flash exposure 
compensation button

Mode Dial

<

5

> Quick 

Control Dial

<

0

Setting button

Access lamp

<

6

Main Dial

<

S

AF point 
selection 
button

<

A

> AE lock button  

<

p

AF start button

Focus mode switch

Quick Control Dial switch

Power switch

<

A

/

k

> Live View shooting/

Movie shooting switch
<

0

> Start/Stop 

button

<

B

>

Multi-function button

<

9

Multi-controller

Viewfinder Information

LCD Panel

Aperture

ISO speed

ISO speed

AEB

Exposure level

indicator

Drive mode

Image-recording quality

Shots remaining

Flash exposure compensation

AF mode

White balance

Shutter speed

Grid
([

6

] tab)

Area AF

 frame

Focus 
confirmation 
light

Aperture

Max. burst

AE lock

Battery check

Flash-ready

Exposure level indicator

Shutter speed

Flash exposure

compensation

Metering mode

Monochrome shooting

Monochrome shooting

Battery check

OK

NG

Nomenclature

All the settings necessary for 
shooting are set automatically. You 
just press the shutter button, and 
the camera does the rest.

 Press the <

Q

> button, then tilt <

9

> to select the function.

 Turn the <

6

> or <

5

> dial to set the function.

 

1

 Full Auto

 

C

 Creative Auto

(Displayed only when <

C

> is set.)

 Set the Mode Dial to <

d

>.

 As with the <

1

> mode, when focus is achieved, the shutter 

speed and aperture will be automatically set.

You can change the camera settings 
as desired to shoot in various ways.

d

/

s

/

f

 Modes

d

: Program AE

* Set the Quick Control Dial switch to <

J

>.

Fully-automatic modes

Fully-Automatic Modes (

1

/

C

)

 Set the Mode Dial to <

s

>.

 Turn the <

6

> dial to set the 

desired shutter speed, then focus 
the subject.

 The aperture will be set 

automatically.

 If the aperture display blinks, turn 

the <

6

> dial until it stops blinking.

 Set the Mode Dial to <

f

>.

 Turn the <

6

> dial to set the 

desired aperture, then focus the 
subject.

 The shutter speed will be set 

automatically.

 If the shutter speed display blinks, 

turn the <

6

> dial until it stops 

blinking.

s

: Shutter-priority AE

f

: Aperture-priority AE

 

Press the <

D

> button to pop up 

the built-in flash, then shoot.

 

In the Full Auto (

1

) mode, the 

built-in flash will pop up and fire 
automatically under low-light or 
backlit conditions.

D

 Using the Built-in Flash

 Press the <

m

> button, then 

turn the <

6

> dial.

 ISO 100 to 6400 can be set in 

1/3-stop increments.

 When “

A

” is selected, the ISO 

speed is set automatically. When 
you press the shutter button 
halfway, the ISO speed setting 
will be displayed.

i

: ISO Speed

N

 Press the <

o

> button, then 

turn the <

5

> dial.

u

:

 

Single shooting

o

:

 

High-speed continuous 

shooting

 

i

:

 

Low-speed continuous 

shooting

 

Q

:

 

10-sec. self-timer/

 Remote 

control*

k

:

 

2-sec. self-timer/

 Remote 

control

* This drive mode <

Q

> can be set 

in all shooting modes.

i

 Drive Mode

N

 Press the <

S

> button, then 

look through the viewfinder.

 The AF point selection will 

change in the direction you tilt 
the <

9

>. If you press <

9

straight down, the center AF 
point (or zone) will be selected.

 The <

6

> dial selects an AF 

point in the horizontal direction, 
and the <

5

> dial selects an AF 

point in the vertical direction.

S

 AF Point Manual Selection

N

 Set the lens focus mode switch 

to <

f

>.

 Press the <

o

> button, 

then turn the <

6

> dial.

X

(One-Shot AF):

 For 

still 

subjects

9

(AI Focus AF):

  Switches the AF mode automatically

Z

(AI Servo AF):

 

For moving subjects

f

: AF Mode

N

 Press the <

S

> button.

 Look through the viewfinder and 

press the <

B

> button.

 You can set the selection modes that can be selected with 

[

8

C.Fn III -6: Select AF area selection mode

].

AF Area Selection Mode

 Set the switch to <

A

>.

 Press the <

0

> button and the 

Live View image will appear on 
the LCD monitor.

 Press the shutter button halfway 

to focus, then press it completely 
to shoot.

 Press the <

0

> button to stop 

the Live View shooting.

 You can set Live View shooting settings with the menu 

options under the [

z

] tab.

A

 Live View Shooting

 

Battery Life with Live View Shooting

 

 Temperature 

No Flash 

50% Flash Use

 At 23°C / 73°F 

Approx. 230 shots 

Approx. 220 shots

 Set the switch to <

k

>.

 The image will appear on the 

LCD monitor.

 Press the shutter button halfway to 

focus.

 Press the <

0

> button to start 

shooting a movie. To stop movie 
shooting, press the <

0

> button 

again.

 

To shoot still photos, press the 

shutter button.

k

 Shooting Movies

 

When the shooting mode is <

a

>, you can shoot movies 

with manual exposure.

 

You can set movie shooting settings with the menu options 

under the [

x

] tab.

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