Canon EOS-1D Mark IV User Manual
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- EOS-l
- Take a Few Test Shots to Familiarize Yourself with the Camera
- Testing the Camera Before Use and Liability
- Copyrights
- Memory Cards
- Item Check List
- Conventions Used in this Manuai
- Chapters
- Contents I
- Index to Features
- Handling Precautions
- Quick Start Guide
- Install the battery, (p.32)
- Set the lens focus mode switch to
. (p.39) - Insert the card, (p.36)
- Set the power switch to
. - Set the camera to the default settings, (p.53)
- Focus the subject. (p.41)
- Take the picture. (P-41)
- I View the image. (p.181)
- Shooting Settings Dispiay
- Attaching the Neck Strap and Hand Strap Using the Cabie Protector Strap Cable Protector
- This chapter explains preliminary steps and basic camera operations.
- Charging the Battery
- Installing and Removing the Battery
- Using a Household Power Outlet (Sold separately) m
- Turning on the Power
- Installing and Removing the Card
- Installing the Card
- Open the cover.
- Insert the card.
- Close the cover.
- y| Set the power switch to
. - Removing the Card
- Open the cover.
- Remove the card.
- Remove the caps.
- Attach the lens.
- On the lens, set the focus mode
- switch to < AF> (autofocus).
- Remove the front lens cap.
- While pressing the lens release button, turn the lens as shown by the arrow.
- Basic Operation
- Adjusting the Viewfinder Clarity
- Remove the eyecup.
- Make the adjustment.
- Shutter Button
- Pressing halfway
- Pressing completely
- Making Selections with the Main Dial
- After pressing a button, turn the dial.
- Turn the <^S^> dial only.
- vK" Operating the Multi-controller
- O Making Selections with the Quick Control Dial
- After pressing a button, turn the <0> dial.
- Turn the <0> dial only.
- Vertical Shooting
- Display the menu.
- Select a tab.
- Select the desired item.
- Select the setting.
- Set the selected setting.
- Exit the menu.
- Menu Settings
- Before You Start in¬
- setting the Interface Language
- Select [Language^)].
- Set the desired language.
- IMBl Setting the Date and Time
- Select [Date/Time],
- Exit the setting.
- Formatting the Card
- Select [Format].
- Select the card.
- Select [OK],
- About Low-level Formatting
- Press the < m> button.
- Set the Power-off Time/Auto Power Off
- Select [Auto power off]-
- Set the desired time.
- Silencing the Beeper
- 1 Select [Beep].
- 2 Select [Off].
- HIM Card Reminder
- 1 Select [Release shutter without card].
- 2 Select [Disable].
- IBID Reverting the Camera to the Default Settings
- Select [Clear all camera settings].
- Select [OK].
- Image Settings
- Selecting the Card to Record or Playback m
- Setting the Image-recording Quality
- Selecting the Image Size
- Using the Rear LCD Panel to Set the Image Size
- Select the image size.
- Using the Menu Screen to Set the Image Size <1 Select [Image size].
- Set the image size.
- About RAW
- Maximum Burst During Continuous Shooting
- IMIB Setting the JPEG Quality (Compression Rate)
- L/M1/M2/S.
- Select [JPEG quality].
- Select the image size.
- Set the desired quality (compression rate).
- ISO: Setting the ISO Speed
- Press the
button. (¡56) - About “A” (Auto) ISO Speed
- Press the button.
- Select a Picture Style.
- Picture Style Effects
- About the Symbols
- Press the button.
- Select a Picture Style.
- Select a parameter.
- Set the parameter.
- Monochrome Adjustment
- Filter Effect
- 0Toning Effect
- 4 Press the button.
- Select [User Def.].
- Press <©>.
- Select the base Picture Style.
- Select a parameter.
- Set the parameter.
- Press the
- Setting the White Balance
- Press the
button. (&6) - Select the white balance.
- About White Balance
- Registering Custom WB
- Capture and register the image
- I ^ Seiect [Custom WB regist.].
- I ^ Seiect the Custom WB No. to be registered.
- Seiect [Record and register image].
- Photograph a solid-white object.
- Register image on card
- <1 Select [Custom WB regist.].
- ^ Select the Custom WB No. to be registered.
- Select [Register image on card].
- Select the image to be used for registrating the Custom WB data.
- Select [OK].
- Selecting and Shooting with the Custom WB data
- Select the Custom WB No.
- Select [Set as white balance],
- ^ Take the picture.
- Naming the Custom WB data
- Select the Custom WB No.
- Select [Edit caption].
- Enter any name.
- Exit the setting.
- *1 Press the
button. ((2)6) - Select
.
- Set the desired color
- temperature.
- Press the
- K! White Balance Correction
- Lens Peripheral Illumination Correction wm
- liNMUj Creating and Selecting a Folder
- MW Changing the File Name
- IAI44U File Numbering Methods
- Setting Copyright information
- mUD Setting the Color Space
- AF: Selecting the AF Mode
- inZ] Selecting the AF Point
- When Autofocus Fails
- Using the Self-timer
- Selecting the Metering Mode
- P: Program AE
- Tv: Shutter-Priority AE
- Av : Aperture-Priority AE
- M: Manual Exposure
- IS Exposure Compensation
- % Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB)
- Bulb Exposures
- Ky^ Mirror Lockup
- V Flash Photography
- Setting the Flash
- Live View Shooting
- You can shoot while viewing the image on the camera’s LCD monitor. This is called “Live View shooting.”
- d Preparing for Live View Shooting
- A Live View Shooting
- Shooting Function Settings
- Menu Function Settings mmmmmmmmm
- Using AF to Focus
- Selecting the AF Mode
- Select the AF mode.
- Live Mode;
- Move the AF point.
- Focus the subject.
- Take the picture.
- '.L* (Face detection) Live iMode: AF x
- Point the camera toward the subject.
- Focus the subject.
- Take the picture.
- Live Mode and X (Face Detection) Live Mode Notes
- Quick Mode:
- Select the AF point.
- Focus the subject.
- Take the picture.
- Focusing Manually mmmmmmmmmmm
- Shooting Movies
- Preparing to Shoot Movies mmmmmmmmmm
- Shooting Movies
- Menu Function Settings
- B Image Playback
- Editing the Movie’s First and Last Scenes ■
- lAhillj Slide Show (Auto Playback)
- Viewing the Images on TV
- Viewing on Non-HD (High-Definition) TV Sets
- Connect the provided AV cable to the camera.
- Connect the AV cable to the TV set.
- Turn on the TV and switch the TV’s video input to select the connected port.
- Set the camera’s power switch to
- Press the
button. - Viewing on HD (High-Definition) TV Sets
- Connect the HDMI cable to the
- camera.
- Connect the HDMI cable to the TV set.
- Turn on the TV and switch the TV’s
- video input to select the connected port.
- Set the camera’s power switch to
- Press the
button. - Protecting Images
- Recording and Playing Voice Memos ■■■■
- ■S Copying Images mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
- iig?Bl Copying Individual Images
- I <1 Select [Image copy].
- Select [Sel.Image].
- Select the folder.
- y| Select the image.
- ^ Press the <<>-"/#> button.
- ^ Select [OK].
- Select the target folder.
- Select [OK].
- IMB Copying All Images in a Folder
- Copying All Images in a Card
- Erasing Images
- Changing Image Playback Settings
- Automatic Sensor Cleaning
- lilNkMlj Appending Dust Delete Data
- шиш Manual Sensor Cleaning
- Printing Images
- Preparing to Print
- Printing
- Select the image to be printed.
- ^ Press <©>.
- Select [Paper settings].
- Resetting the Paper Size
- CiSetting the Paper Type
- ^Setting the Page Layout
- Set the printing effects.
- Set the date and file number imprinting.
- Set the number of copies.
- Start printing.
- HI Adjustment of Printing Effects
- 1 On the print setting screen, select [Trimming].
- 2 Set the trimming frame size, position, and aspect ratio.
- 3 Press <0> to exit the trimming.
- 1^ Digital Print Order Format (DPOF)
- i> Direct Printing with DPOF
- Customizing the Camera
- Select
- Select the Custom Function
- number.
- Change the setting as desired.
- Exit the setting.
- Clearing All Custom Functions
- C.Fn I: Exposure
- C.Fn I -1 Exposure level increments
- C.Fn I -4 Bracketing auto cancel
- C.Fn I -5 Bracketing sequence
- C.Fn I -6 Number of bracketed shots
- C.Fn I -7 Spot metering link to AF point
- C.Fn I -8 Safety shift
- C.Fn I -9 Select usable shooting modes
- C.Fn I -14 Apply shooting/metering mode
- C.Fn I-15 Flash sync, speed in Av mode
- C.Fn I '16 AE Microadjustment
- C.Fn I -17 FE Microadjustment
- C.Fn II: Image/Flash exposure/Dlsplay
- C.Fn II -1 Long exposure noise reduction
- C.Fn II -2 High ISO speed noise reduction
- C.Fn II -3 Highlight tone priority
- C.Fn II -4 Auto Lighting Optimizer
- C.Fn II -5 E-TTL II flash metering
- C.Fn II -6 Shutter curtain sync.
- C.Fn II -7 Flash firing
- C.Fn II -8 Viewfinder info, during exposure
- C.Fn III: Autofocus/Drive
- C.Fn JH -1 USM Jens electronic MF
- C.Fn III -2 Al Servo tracking sensitivity
- C.Fn III -3 Al Servo 1st/2nd image priority
- C.Fn III *6 Lens AF stop button function
- C.Fn III -7 AF Microadjustment
- C.Fn III -8 AF expansion with seiected point
- CFn III '9 Multi-controller while metering
- C.Fn 111 >10 Selectable AF point
- C.Fn III -11 Switch to registered AF point
- AF point auto selection
- C.Fn III -16 Orientation iinked AF point
- C.Fn HI -17 Mirror lockup
- C.Fn III -18 Continuous shooting speed
- C.Fn III -19 Limit continuous shot count
- C.Fn IV: Operation/Others
- C.Fn tv -1 Shutter button/AF-ON button
- C*Fn IV -2 AF-ONfAE lock button switch
- C.Fn IV -3 Quick Control Dial in metering
- C.Fn IV -6 Dial direction during Tv/Av
- C.Fn IV -8 WB + media/image size setting
- C.Fn IV -9 button function
- C.Fn IV -10 Button function when U
- C.Fn (V-11 Start movie shooting
- C.Fn IV -12 Focusing Screen
- C.Fn IV -13 Timer length for timer
- C.Fn IV *14 Shortened release time lag
- C.Fn IV -15 Add aspect ratio information
- C.Fn IV -16 Add image verification data
- 1Л1^ли Registering and Applying Custom Function Settings ■
- Saving and Loading Camera Settings
- Reference
- Function Availability Table
- System Map
- INFO. Checking Camera Settings
- Display the camera settings.
- Checking the Battery Information
- Replacing the Date/Time Battery
- Troubleshooting Guide _
- Power-Related Problems
- The battery cannot be recharged with the battery charger provided.
- The battery charger’s
lamp blinks in red. - The charger’s lamp blinks three times.
- The camera does not operate even when the power switch is set to
. - The access iamp stiii blinks even when the power switch is set to
. - The battery becomes exhausted quickly.
- The camera turns off by itself.
- Shooting>Related Problems
- The lens cannot be attached.
- The card cannot be used.
- No images can be shot or recorded.
- The image is out of focus.
- A darker exposure was set with exposure
- compensation, but the image looks bright.
- The maximum burst during continuous shooting is lower.
- ISO 100 cannot be set.
- When I use the < Av > mode with flash, the shutter speed becomes slow.
- The flash does not fire.
- The flash always fires at full output.
- Flash exposure compensation cannot be set.
- High-speed sync cannot be set in the Av mode.
- Live View shooting is not possible.
- During Live View shooting, the iSO speed, shutter speed, and
- aperture cannot be set.
- The shutter makes two shooting sounds during Live View shooting.
- Movies cannot be shot with manuai exposure.
- The movie shooting terminates by itseif.
- The subject iooks distorted during movie shooting.
- When I shoot stiii photos during movie shooting, the movie shooting stops.
- The movie cannot piay.
- When the movie is played, camera operation noise can be heard.
- The LCD monitor does not display a clear image.
- Part of the image blinks in black.
- A red box is displayed on the image.
- The image cannot be erased.
- The file name’s first character is an underscore (“_”)■
- The fourth character in the file name changes.
- The file numbering does not start from 0001.
- The shooting date and time displayed is incorrect.
- No image appears on the TV screen.
- The voice memo cannot be played.
- Sensor Cleaning Problems
- The shutter makes a noise during sensor cleaning.
- Printing-Related Problems
- There are fewer printing effects than listed in the instruction manual.
- Error Codes