Display modes

The EOS-1D Mark II has five different display modes for both record review and playback. When shooting a burst of continuous shots the Mark II will by default display the last frame of the burst, however if you press the DISPLAY button while the camera is writing images it will display each image as it is saved.

Enter image playback mode by pressing the DISPLAY button. In playback mode the default display is 'single image', hold the DISPLAY button and rotate the main dial to change display mode. The selected display mode is also used for record review.

Single image Shutter speed, Aperture, Image size / quality. Use the quick control dial and SELECT button to browse.	Shooting information (and histogram) Histogram (brightness, RGB also available) and detailed information display with exposure details, histogram and AF point display (enabled). Use the quick control dial and SELECT button to browse.
Four image index 2 x 2 thumbnail display. Exposure and image size / quality information relates to currently selected image. Use the quick control dial and SELECT button to browse.	Nine image index 3 x 3 thumbnail display. Exposure and image size / quality information relates to currently selected image. Use the quick control dial and SELECT button to browse.
Folder display Use the quick control dial and SELECT button to choose current folder or create a new folder. Hold the memory card select button and turn the quick control dial to switch between CF and SD.

When scrolling through images in one of the thumbnail views images 'scroll on' from the bottom right or top left corner (depending on the direction). It may also have been useful if there were a way to scroll through a page of four or nine images at a time.

Display mode screens

Highlight alert (option) With the 'Highlight' alert option enabled areas overexposed or nearly overexposed are shown blinking.	Histogram display: RGB (option) You can choose from Brightness or RG (option)zB histogram display.
Recording a voice annotation Hold the protect / sound record button for two seconds in display mode to begin recording a voice annotation (up to 30 seconds) which is 'attached' to the image.	Erase mode Press the Erase button to switch into erase mode, hold the Erase button and turn the quick control dial to select OK / Cancel / All. You can still browse images by holding SELECT and turning the quick control dial.
Image magnify mode Hold the magnify button on the left of the LCD and press magnify (AF point select) to begin magnifying the image. Hold this combination to magnify up to 10x. Hold the magnify button and turn the quick control dial to scroll vertically, the main dial to scroll horizontally. You can browse images in this mode, the magnification is maintained between images.