Customizing a Picture Style. Canon EOS 5DS, EOS 5DS R

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Customizing a Picture Style

N

You can customize the Picture Styles. You can change or adjust the parameter settings of Picture Styles such as [

Strength

], [

Fineness

], or

[

Threshold

] of [

Sharpness

], and [

Contrast

], and other parameters from the default settings. To see the resulting effects, take test shots. To customize [

Monochrome

], see page 171.

1

Press the <

b

> button.

2

Select [

A

].

 The Picture Style selection screen will appear.

3

Select a Picture Style.



Select a Picture Style, then press

<

B

> button.

4

Select a parameter.



Select the parameter (such as

[

Sharpness

] - [

Strength

]) to be set, then press <

0

>.



The settings and effects are

explained on page 170.

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Customizing a Picture Style

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5

Set the parameter.



Adjust the parameter as desired, then press <

0

>.



Press the <

M

> button to save the adjusted parameters. The Picture

Style selection screen will reappear.



Any parameter settings different from the default will be displayed in blue.



By selecting [

Default set.

] in step 4, you can revert the parameter settings of the respective Picture Style to its default.



To shoot with the Picture Style you adjusted, first select the adjusted

Picture Style, then shoot.

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Customizing a Picture Style

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Parameter Settings and Effects

g

Sharpness

A

Strength

B

Fineness*

1

C

Threshold*

2 h

Contrast i

Saturation j

Color tone

0: Less sharp outline

1: Fine

1: Low

-4: Low contrast

-4: Low saturation

-4: Reddish skin tone

7: Sharp outline

5: Coarse

5: High

+4: High contrast

+4: High saturation

+4: Yellowish skin tone

*1: Indicates the fineness of the outlines to be emphasized. The smaller the number, the finer the outlines can be emphasized.

*2: Sets how much the outline is emphasized based on the difference in contrast between the subject and the surrounding area. The smaller the number, the more the outline will be emphasized when the contrast difference is low.

However, noise at high ISO speeds tends to be more noticeable when the number is smaller.

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Customizing a Picture Style

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Monochrome Adjustment

Besides [

Strength

], [

Fineness

], or [

Threshold

] of [

Sharpness

] and

[

Contrast

], you can also set [

Filter effect

] and [

Toning effect

].

k

Filter effect

With a filter effect applied to a monochrome image, you can make white clouds or green trees stand out more.

Filter

N: None

Ye: Yellow

Or: Orange

R: Red

G: Green

Sample Effects

Normal black-and-white image with no filter effects.

The blue sky will look more natural, and the white clouds will look crisper.

The blue sky will look slightly darker. The sunset will look more brilliant.

The blue sky will look quite dark. Fall leaves will look crisper and brighter.

Skin tones and lips will appear muted. Green tree leaves will look crisper and brighter.

Increasing the [

Contrast

] will make the filter effect more pronounced.

l

Toning effect

By applying a toning effect, you can create a monochrome image in that color. It can make the image look more impressive.

The following can be selected: [

N:None

],

[

S:Sepia

], [

B:Blue

], [

P:Purple

] or

[

G:Green

].

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