Canon EOS R5 User's Guide

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Welcome to the User's Guide for the Canon EOS R5. This FREE guide meant to help you set up your Canon EOS R5 as well as explain the buttons and different menu settings. Feel free to check out the table of contents down below. This video is meant to replace your camera's User's Manual with something that's easier to understand.

Table of Contents:
Outside of Camera - Button Explanation / Layout
00:01:00 - Bottom of Camera (battery, tripod mount)
00:02:16 - Right Side of Camera (card slots)
00:02:54 - Front of Camera (lens on & off)
00:04:41 - Top Left of Camera (various buttons)
00:05:37 - Top Back of Camera (EVF, LCD)
00:09:00 - Top Right of Camera (mode dial, lock button, dials)
00:11:04 - Right Back of Camera (buttons, dials, info, “Q” menu)
00:14:54 - Left Side of Camera (inputs / outputs)
Red Menu - Stills
00:19:08 - Red Menu 1 (image quality & crop / aspect ratio)
00:22:23 - Red Menu 2 (ISO, shutter, anti-flicker)
00:25:27 - Red Menu 3 (white balance)
00:28:18 - Red Menu 4 (noise reduction)
00:28:56 - Red Menu 5 (multiple exposure, focus bracketing)
00:30:27 - Red Menu 6 (interval timer)
00:32:33 - Red Menu 7 (image stabalization, high speed display, shooting info display)
00:37:30 - Red Menu 8 (EVF display format)
Pink Menu - Autofocus
00:38:13 - Pink Menu 1 (tracking, subject detection)
00:41:43 - Pink Menu 2 (peaking, focus guide)
00:42:46 - Pink Menu 3 (servo AF, tracking sensitivity)
00:43:55 - Pink Menu 4 (focus priority, tracking)
00:46:22 - Pink Menu 5 (AF sensitivity)
Blue Menu - Playback / Review
00:47:41 - Playback Menu (playback info display, magnification)
Purple Menu - WiFi / Bluetooth
00:51:03 - Wifi/Bluetooth Menu (canon connect app & remote settings)
Yellow Menu - Settings
00:52:03 - Yellow Menu 1 (sd card settings & formatting)
00:56:24 - Yellow Menu 2 (language & power saving mode)
00:57:43 - Yellow Menu 3 (screen display)
00:59:58 - Yellow Menu 4 (touch control, sensor cleaning, shutter at shutdown)
01:01:48 - Yellow Menu 5 (custom shooting modes & battery info)
Orange Menu - Advanced Settings / Green Menu - My Menu
01:03:48 - Orange Menu (custom functions)
01:09:18 - Green Menu (my menu display)
Red Menu - Video
01:10:25 - Red Menu 1 (quality, sound recording)
01:13:24 - Red Menu 2 (iso speed & exposure)
01:14:23 - Red Menu 3 (white balance, picture style, clarity)
01:16:47 - Red Menu 6 (movie timer, remote control)
01:17:19 - Red Menu 7 (image stabilization, shutter, shooting info display)
01:20:23 - Red Menu 8 (overheat control, HDMI display)
Pink Menu - Autofocus for Video
01:21:25 - Pink Menu 1 (tracking, touch & drag)
01:22:21 - Pink Menu 2 (focus guide, peaking)
01:20:53 - Pink Menu 3 (AF speed & tracking sensitivity)
Live View / Q Menu
01:26:25 - Live Demo: Q menu walkthrough and tracking for Video
01:28:44 - Live Demo: Q menu walkthrough and tracking for Stills
01:32:54 - Outro

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[froknowsphoto]

The Table Of Contents is in the works and will be available shorlty.

[ladylincoln]

I have to tell you, I bought the Canon R5 and was lucky to get it when it first came out. It was a retirement gift from me to me. I have always wanted a great quality camera and this was it. I am by no means an experienced photographer and have so much to learn. Your videos on my camera have helped me so much. I continue to come back to them for guidance. I can't thank you enough for helping me and giving me such joy in taking photos. I have yet to try the video but that is my next step.

[yschlussel]

Jared - Just discovered reason to use 1.6X crop instead of full... I was in the zoo today and wanted to see how I would do with the R5 and only the 28-70 lens figuring that I had 45M pixels to use if I want to crop. What I found out was the eye tracking does not work all that well when the subjects are small. When I turned on the 1.6X crop, the frame was more full with the subject and therefore the eye tracking worked better. Just a scenario when having a shorter lens than you want (not ideal), it might make sense to use the 1.6X crop to get better focus and a useable picture rather than relying on cropping afterwards to a not in focus picture.

[basilbcf]

Great tutorial. One minor point: Starting around 32:32 in the video you start talking about Shoot Menu 7, IS (Image Stabilization).  In that discussion, you show using a camera with a lens that has the stabilizer switch on the side. If someone were following your video with such a lens (lens with IS) they might be confused because they would NOT see the IS menu item in the menu. When using a lens that has Image Stabilization, the in-camera IS menu item will not be visible. You will only see that menu option when you are using a lens that is a non-IS lens. To see the menu item, either put a non-IS lens on, OR just remove the lens. Then, once you turn IS on in the menu, and reattach any lens, IBIS will remain on regardless of what lens is attached (except certain lenses, such as some cinema lenses, IBIS will not be applied). Just thought I'd mention this in case anyone were to follow along and not know why there were not seeing the IS option in Shoot Menu 7.

[RobBulmahn]

1:08:35 For "Release Shutter Without Lens, " that's useful if you're using adapted lenses, or manual lenses that don't have any electronics at all.

[leilani]

Just picked up a used Canon R5 and this walk through was an absolute lifesaver. I have no knowledge at all of photography and cameras - and this helped give me the confidence boost I needed to feel more comfortable with the camera already. Thanks Jared. 😊

[LaneMaine]

It's hard to hit the right balance between being thorough and keeping things concise. You nailed it. Thank you.

[toddreed]

I know this video is approaching 2 and a half years old, but I needed to throw out my thanks for this guide. I absolutely love the fact you use an external recorder to record the menus in your User Guides as opposed to simply recording the back of the camera the way everybody else does. I used your Canon 90D guide when I got my 90D and I just picked up a new R5, so I'm using this guide as I go through the menus on that. Your method/style makes familiarizing myself with the menus "Fro" much easier.

[ommepoisson]

Your cadance, tone, and style are great. To put it simply, you don’t annoy me. Your vids can be in the background playing for hours. I keep rewinding because I get busy with my 9 month old or keep going into the camera to adjust it to your suggested settings.

Thank you!

[mcdonaldlisad]

I just took mine out of the box and watched this video. Super helpful!

[corradoricupero]

Great video Jared! For the Film Plane Indicator or the Sensor Plane Indicator, it is usually this is used in film production so that focus pullers can mark out exact distances for talent to be from the sensor. For example, if they put a ‘mark’ on the floor 10ft from the Film Plane Indicator, they know that if they set the focus of their manual focus cinema lens to 10ft and the actor “hits their mark”, they will be in perfect focus.

[jackparkervisuals]

00:16:22 The sensor line is there for people to measure minimum focusing distances from the sensor. Can be very useful for macro and other types of shooting.

[capturelightmedia]

At the 1:08:35 mark, the “Release Shutter w/o Lens is also needed for when you’re shooting with adapted manual lenses like the Helios.

[nicocatalano]

Hey Jared, the mark on the top of the camera to show where the sensor is located is for when you are pulling focus on a high five or nucleus or other ring system off camera from a monitor, you use that mark to determine focus distances. Coming from a 2nd AC I see my 1st use that mark as a measuring point on almost every shoot especially on fs6 and Arri systems

[adampullar]

Thank you for the video. Went from the Rebel T5i 9 years ago to the 6D Mii to the 1dx Mii, and just ordered the R5. You've really helped me through the years and I appreciate it!

[babyBELUGAr]

Just sold my 5d4 and am getting my r5 tomorrow and I'm unbelievably excited. Really just for the AF

[bak]

Watched this when I got the camera, never needed another tutorial... until today after receiving a New R5 motherboard for my camera (was damaged in a big accident) I knew where most things I needed during shooting were, but forgot what were the important things i needed to change
AND THIS GUIDE HAS LITERALLY SAVED ME DAYS OF LOOKING LIKE A FOOL with incorrect settings. went through it. changed my settings. and now I have my camera perfectly ready to shoot again

[kareemmichel]

Finally! I've waited for so long for this, thanks, Jared.

[jameskeener]

So. The unboxing ritual. That's fun. Smell test. Wind tunnel test. Those are fun. Charging the battery, initial card formatting. Clicking around a bit. All fun. Searching YouTube for R5 tutorials, looking for trusted advisors. Jared Polin has a tutorial for the R5. It's long. That's okay. It might even be a good thing. And so it is. Nice work, Mr. Polin. E X T R E M E L Y useful. I admire the way you were yourself as you went through the functions. Your admitting mistakes lent credibility to the other comments. Thanks for the great work.

[peterpechmtb]

The sensor plane mark is important when setting up your tripod plates for precise panorama shooting.