Setup Menu 3
Setup Menu 3, shown in Figure 1-29, contains the following offerings:
Video System: This option relates to viewing your images and movies on a television. Select NTSC if you live in North America or other countries that adhere to the NTSC video standard; select PAL for playback in areas that follow that code of video conduct. Your selection also determines what frame rate settings you can select when recording movies (refer to Chapter 8).FIGURE 1-29: Still more customization features await on Setup Menu 3.
Touch Control: Choose this setting to adjust the sensitivity of the touch screen or disable the touch screen altogether. (Julie often does this when wearing her camera on a neck strap so that she can’t accidentally adjust a touch-screen-enabled setting if the monitor bumps against her chest as she walks.) See the earlier section “Customizing the Touch Screen” for more information.
Beep: Choose Enable if you want the camera to emit an audio cue when you select an option by tapping the touch screen and when the autofocusing system has found its focus point. The second option, Touch, disables touch-screen sounds only; choose Disable to turn off both sound effects.
Headphone volume: Raise or lower the headphone volume here. Ours goes to 15.
Battery Info: Select this option to see battery information, such as the type of battery in the camera, how much battery juice is left, and the battery’s recharge performance. For this last feature, three green bars means that the battery is working fine; two bars means that recharging is slightly below par; and one red bar means that you should invest in a new battery as soon as possible.You can register up to six batteries from this menu option. The camera will be able to identify them uniquely. It will help you track them if you label each battery with the serial number provided on the screen.
Sensor Cleaning: Choose this option to access features related to the camera’s internal sensor-cleaning mechanism. These work like so:Auto Cleaning: By default, the camera’s sensor-cleaning mechanism activates each time you turn the camera on and off. This process helps keep the image sensor — which is the part of the camera that captures the image — free of dust and other particles that can mar your photos. You can disable this option, but it’s hard to imagine why you would choose to do so.Clean Now: Select this option and press Set to initiate a cleaning cycle. For best results, set the camera on a flat surface during cleaning.Clean Manually: In the advanced exposure modes, you can access this third option, which prepares the camera for manual cleaning of the sensor. Because you can easily damage the image sensor, rendering your camera a paperweight, use extreme caution if you decide to try cleaning the sensor yourself. You’re really better off taking the camera to a good service center for cleaning.
Setup Menu 4
Figure 1-30 shows Setup Menu 4.
Mode guide: Enable or disable helpful guides that describe each mode you select from the Mode dial.
Feature guide: Enables or disables help text that appears on the monitor and describes certain functions and settings.FIGURE 1-30: Don’t forget about the Shooting Info Display option on Setup Menu 4.
Help text size: Increase or decrease the size of the help text shown.
Viewfinder Display: Customize the viewfinder to display a grid, a level, and a flicker detection warning. Please refer to the “Decoding viewfinder data” section earlier in this chapter for more details on these options.
Info Button Display Options: This setting enables you to determine which information appears when you press the Info button during shooting. Your two options are the Electronic Level and Quick Control screen.
HDMI resolution: Sets the camera HDMI output resolution to 1080p or lets the camera automatically match the best resolution of the exernal device it is connected to. Auto is the default setting.
HDMI HDR Output: Enables you to view images in HDR if you are connected to an HDR TV (sold separately).
Setup Menu 5
Figure 1-31 shows Setup Menu 5.
Multi Function Lock: Control the behavior of the Multi Function Lock from this menu option. This setting (shown in Figure 1-32) is critical because it determines the results of moving the Lock switch on the back of the camera to the locked position.By default, the switch only affects the Quick Control dial, which has a check above it in Figure 1-32. When the dial is unlocked, rotating it while using the M or B exposure modes changes the aperture setting (f-stop), and spinning it while using the Av, Tv, or P mode changes the amount of Exposure Compensation after you meter the scene. (We explain these exposure controls in Chapter 4.) If you set the switch to the locked position, rotating it has no effect on those settings; a Lock alert appears in the Shooting Settings display, and an L appears in the viewfinder and LCD panel to remind you that the dial is locked. You can still use the dial while navigating menus, selecting other camera settings, and while reviewing pictures.FIGURE 1-31: You will only see all menu options if you have set the Mode dial to P, Tv, Av, M, B, C1, or C2.FIGURE 1-32: This menu option determines what control is affected by the Lock switch on the back of the camera.If you prefer, you can also set the switch to lock the Main dial, either multi-controller, and even Touch control so that an errant movement or tap doesn’t accidentally adjust a camera setting. A check mark above the control’s symbol on the menu indicates that the lock will be in force; toggle the check mark on and off by tapping the item or highlighting it and pressing the Set button. While using this book, stick with the default setup, shown in the figure. Otherwise, our instructions won’t work.
Custom shooting mode (C1, C2): Select this option to create or reset the two custom shooting modes. See Chapter 12 for more information.
Clear All Camera Settings: Via this option, you can restore the default shooting and menu settings. This does not reset the Custom Functions settings to their defaults, nor does it reset any menus you create using My Menu.
Copyright Information: Using this option, explained in Chapter 11, you can embed copyright information in your files.
Manual/software URL: Canon provides a hefty printed camera manual in the 90D shipping box. But you also can download an electronic version of the manual so that you can read it on your smartphone, tablet, or computer.To make finding the download site easy, choosing this menu option displays a Quick Response (QR) code. If your smartphone or tablet has an app that can read these codes, you simply aim the device’s camera at the code to display the download site’s web address. The site also provides access to the Canon software that’s available for free download to purchasers of the camera.
Certification Logo Display: You have permission to ignore this screen, which simply displays logos for a couple of electronics-industry certifications claimed by the camera. You can find additional logos on the bottom of the camera.
Firmware Ver.: This screen tells you the version number of the camera firmware (internal operating software). At the time of publication,