Supercharge your Canon R5 II for Wildlife Photo & Video (Complete Setup Guide)

The R5 Mark II brings several new features over the original R5 and this video will help you maximize the new capabilities of these features. We will set up things like triple back-button autofocus, eye-control for animal selection, and even a speed boost button to give you extra fast shooting with the new 30fps mode.

Corrections:
13:49 After more testing, this initial setup is not quite right! Set the AF Area in this menu to the non-tracking spot and set Whole Area AF tracking to “Off”. Only these two boxes need to be checked in this menu once you have made these changes.

19:48 You will want to make sure you are first set to be in Manual mode so you can choose a shutter speed that is twice your frame rate and set an aperture and shutter speed. Manual mode can be selected through the "Mode button and dial.

Chapters
Intro 00:00 - 1:04
Red Menu 1:04 - 5:13
AF Settings 5:13 - 8:24
Blue Menu 8:27 - 8:45
Network Menu 8:45 - 9:20
Yellow Menu 9:20 - 12:32
Button Customizations/Green Menu 12:32 - 19:48
Setting Video C3 (Record Button Settings) 19:48 - 22:28
Outro 22:28 - 23:38

[AJAronson-Silverman]

Thank you. In addition to recommending settings, I am grateful that you gave a short explanation of WHY that choice was preferable. I will have to listen a FEW times to follow, but your descriptions are clear.

[rosestory]

I’ve been watching every video I can of this camera. I’ve been using the same camera equipment since I was 9-10yr, I’m 23 now. I’m hoping one day I’ll be able to upgrade, especially my lenses they’re literally falling apart.
Really appreciate this video! ❤ feel like a kid watching a video of a toy they want 😅

[gerhardgroen]

I am a R5 bird shooter (or other nature) living in the Netherlands and I do think these settings are a very good startpoint for me with important set-up choices for trying and using my R5 markII! Thank you for this thorough explanation!!

[maryroseberry]

Your instruction video is my favorite so far! Thank you!

[brandt_bennett]

Well done! Looking forward to more content and to seeing you in the field this autumn! Thank you for sharing

[greghazen]

Nice work on this video! Keep it up 👏

[billkuhlemeier]

Thanks for a great video. I will be using this to get outside much quicker when my R5ii shows up. I look forward to an even more useful triple back button set up as well as taking advantage of the speed boost and eye control on off custome setups you covered. Cheers!

[michelebullock]

I have watched several wildlife setting videos and your's is very good. I like to see the ways people customize the buttons and you clearly explain why and use real examples e.g. bison auto focus hunting vs spot. You speak slowly and clearly. Your triple BBF is complex but you explained it well. Your Kati and Y stone workshops are of interest to me. I felt that your energy level dropped low if too long a recording session so keep in mind not to record for too long. I look forward to more videos with the new camera.

[andreasfriedl]

Outstanding video. Now I know how to use eye tracking with back button focus, yeah!

[doog]

Thanks for this superb series of presentations. My R5II arrives Tuesday. Thanks to you, I already know it better than my under-exploited 5D4.

[JeffWiswell]

Great video! Mine just got delivered today while at work and I'm excited to check it out when I go home. I set up my cameras very similar for family documentary photography but I've been overlooking the info button in the custom button setup.

[mobelue]

Many many thank yous! I use DOF front button for crop mode. You shoot large mammals; I shoot small birds. Extra reach and filling the frames helps with eye focus.

[disphoto]

Very good video. I spent hours the other day trying to figure this out and didn't realize that under the AF-On Button AF menu, after hitting "INFO, " you could turn off whole area tracking with the top wheel to select it.

One subtle point is that if you have "unlocked" spot area focusing, then if the focusing cursor gets "near" an eye, the focus will jump to the eye. If you want dead simple spot focusing, you must also have it "locked." Most of the time it won't make if there is nothing the camera thinks is an eye near the spot focus spot.

[isotechimages.]

Thank you very much as very close to my set up. We expect so much from our new gear but l find can set this up better than hoped for.

[GDCHAND]

hi. any thoughts on zone focus. i noticed you sacrificed that mode and others use it. thanks!

[kevins]

How do you set up Custom modes. I use them to switch from whatever I'm currently set to presets for high-speed birds, landscapes, etc.

[dsm]

Thanks for the great video. Do you set Servo 1st image priority to Focus or leave it in the middle?

[johnr]

@ 4:44 what is this Blackout y'all keep referring to? and why do I need a Blackout free display? I am still fairly new at this (really started w/ an R7) and not sure what this is?
Does it only affect when shooting RAW files (I only do JPG because I don't want to mess w/ post processing or color grading)

Thanks!

[Thedarkestwhite]

This is a very informative video ! For amateurs I think it would enhance the content if you included a picture to show how the settings make a difference in the image. 😊a pic is more than 1000 words

[azercloud]

This setup is awesome for wildlife and sports photography! What advice do you have for having a quick option to revert over to landscape shooting? In those cases I'd prefer to keep the back button focusing setup but also have the option to have quick access to single frame shooting and single point focus without continuous shooting or continuous focus? I tried setting my shutter speed to one shot using the Q/Quick menu, but using back button focusing it reverts back to high speed shooting. I shoot wildlife 80% of the time but welcome your advice on how to best accommodate the 20% of landscape shooting so I don't take 15 frames a second of a tree!