5D Mark 3 Shutter Change Software Download The Photos

He and his wife have been married for 15 years and together they have six kids.

Here are five ways I have customized my camera to best fit my needs while shooting weddings, events and portraits.

Here are the 5 settings I have changed to make an already great camera even better.

While the focus of this article and accompanying screen shots are from the 5D Mark III it is also relevant to other cameras as many of these settings can be located on numerous camera models.

It is located on the front of the camera by the lens mount below the shutter release button.

Since I never use it to check the depth of field, I decided to assign it using the Custom Menu Settings so that when I press and hold the button down it changes my camera from One Shot to Ai Servo.

In order to insure that I am always using one of the cross-type focus points I turned off all others.

There choose the second option down Selectable AF Point and then Only cross-type AF points.

I do this for two reasons.

So I can show some of the best photos at the end of a shoot to the clients immediately using the in camera slideshow and set it to only show the photos I rated good.

5D Mark 3 Shutter Change Software Download The Photos

I can download the photos I star rated during the dinner time at a wedding to quickly create a slideshow of some photos from the wedding.

Now when you press the Rate button you either get one star or press it again it will turn it back to O.

For me I have really found no reason to have precision control over my ISO speeds.

So rather than change them in 13 stop increments I changed it so my ISO only changes in full stops.

I still get plenty of control, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200.

I have found this to be much easier than trying to choose the correct ISO button on top of the camera.

In the camera menu settings if you move all the way over to the right you will find a green star with the title My Menu.

That way you can access them quickly without having to try and page through your menu system.

For instance on My Menu I have.

A. White Balance - allows me to quickly dial in my custom Kelvin temperature.

B. Format Card - easily format my cards before a shoot.

C. Custom Shooting Modes - so I can register my settings to C1, C2 or C3 D.

Record FuncCard - so I can choose which card to play back photos from E.

Custom Controls - in case I want to change any custom settings F.

Slide Show - so I can quickly set up a slide show on my camera to show clients photos that I have already rated from the shoot.

After choosing to play a Slide Show just go into the settings and select to have it only display the photos you rated that way it doesnt show everything you shot.

What are some customizations you have on your camera Let me know in the comments below.

His award-winning wedding photos have been published in numerous places including Grace Ormonde.