On the left we have a group of 'digital controls' surrounding
the two inch LCD monitor, below this there's a status LCD which again
shows information which pertains to the digital side of the camera. On
the right is the familiar quick control dial (which can be disabled in
record mode but is always active in display or menus), power switch and
CF compartment release knob.
Left side of camera rear (surrounding LCD monitor
/ LCD status panel):
Button
/ combination
Display
mode: Protects / un-protects current image. Hold for 2 seconds:
the camera will begin recording a voice annotation (which will be
'attached' to the current image)
No
function
Enter / leave menu
-> Menu mode
Menu
mode: Select menu pages
No
function
Display
mode: Browse through images
Menu mode: Select / change menu options
Enters or leaves display mode (playback) which initially displays
the last image taken or browsed to. The
EOS-1D is a shooting priority D-SLR which means that it is always
read to shoot, a half-press of the shutter release or AE-L button
will cancel display mode. -> Display mode
Display
mode: Select display mode:
Single image with information and histo.
Single image
2 x 2 thumbnail index
3 x 3 thumbnail index
Folder and memory card view
No
function
Display
mode, folder view: Select between the CF and SD media slots.
Display
mode: Press and hold this button in combination with either
reduce (AE Lock) or magnify (AF point select) buttons to change display
magnification level.
No
function
Display
mode: Enter erase mode, you can still browse images by holding
SELECT and turning the quick control dial. Press this button again
to select between OK / Cancel and ALL. ->
Erase mode
Erase
mode: Select erase option:
OK
Cancel
ALL
No
function
Select image quality
setting:
RAW (or RAW+JPEG)
JPEG Large
JPEG Medium 1
JPEG Medium 2
JPEG Small
RAW + JPEG Large
RAW + JPEG Medium 1
RAW + JPEG Medium 2
RAW + JPEG Small
Select white balance
bracketing:
+/- 1,2 or 3 steps (3 frames)
Quality + WB
Hold for 2 seconds: camera settings reset (everything reverts to
defaults apart from custom and personal functions).
No
function
Right side of camera rear:
Button
/
lever
Assist button - pressed
in combination with AF point select button reverts to a pre-registered
AF point. Press in combination with the DISPLAY button to magnify
the image in playback mode (Personal function 30 must be set).
Hold the WB button
and the WB +/- button to adjust white balance correction. The quick
control dial (rear) adjusts Green to Magenta correction, the main
control dial (top) adjusts Blue to Amber correction.
AE Lock - lock exposure
as it is currently metered, this allows you to then recompose the
image and shoot.
Enter AF point select
mode:
Main dial (top) used to select AF points horizontally, quick control
dial (rear) used to select AF points vertically.
Quick control dial
switch - enables or disabled quick control dial for shooting mode.
When enabled the quick control dial can be used to quickly set exposure
compensation. This switch has no effect in menu or playback modes.
Power camera on / off:
Speaker icon (camera beeps to confirm AF lock or manual
focus accuracy)
On (normal powered on mode)
Off (camera will continue writing images out of buffer
if there are any)
C.Fn
4 allows you reprogram the function of the shutter release and AE
Lock buttons to various combinations of AF / AE Lock.
Vertical / Portrait hand grip
The Mark II has an integrated vertical hand grip which runs the
length of the base of the camera. There are a number of controls
repeated on the vertical grip (in addition to the shutter release):
main dial, FEL button, AE Lock button, AF Assist button and the
AF point selection button. These controls are normally disabled
and can be enabled by turning the vertical grip activation switch
(great name) to 'ON'.
Depth-of-field preview
At the front of the camera beside the lens mount (hand grip side)
is the Mark II's depth-of-field preview button. Press this with
a small aperture selected (or metered) and the lens will 'stop down'
to that aperture allowing you to preview the effective depth of
field of the final shot.