MY CANON EOS R1 CONFIGURATION

Here is a summary of the key configurations I made to my Canon EOS R1. Note that I am not a back-button focus person and I shooting RAW.

I also added a list of features I am missing and would love to see in an upcoming firmware update.

How did you configure your EOS R1? What do you like? What would you do differently? Any feedback is welcome!

Custom menu name	Functions
Main	File numbering Format card Sensor cleaning Erase images
Networking	Network settings RAW image processing In-camera upscaling Cropping Sync time between cameras
Focusing	Pre-cont. shooting Register/Recall AF-related settings Action Priority Subject to detect Whole area tracking Servo AF Servo AF
Exposure	Speed from metering/ISO auto Multiple exposure Metering model Picture style White balance
Special	IS (Image stabilizer) mode HF anti flicker shooting External speedlite control

Note that I am not a back-button focus person and mostly shoot sports, especially tennis, athletics, and volleyball.

Button	Function
Shutter button half-press	Metering and AF start
Movie shooting button	One-Shot AF <-> Servo AF
Multi-function button	Switch to Custom shooting modes
Multi-function button 2	No function (disabled)
Multi-function button 3	Action Priority
LCD panel illumination button	LCD info switching / LCD illumination
MODE button	Shooting mode settings
AF-ON	Metering and AF start (lock) / AF stop [AF-ON 6]
Smart controller	No function (disabled)
AE lock button	AE lock (hold)
AF point button	Direct AF area selection
DOF preview button	DOF preview
Set button	No function (disabled)
Multi-controllers	Direct AF point selection
Lens function button	AF stop
Speedlite menu direct button	Flash function settings

Button	Function
Rate / Record	Protect / Record
Movie shooting button	Same as custom button when shooting
Multi-function button	Transfer images to FTP server (redundant)
Multi-function button 2	No function (disabled)
Multi-function button 3	Rating / Image jump (display protected images only)
LCD panel illumination button	Cropping
DOF preview button	No function (disabled)
Set button	No function [transmit photo, configured via Network menu]

Button	Function
Control ring	Exposure compensation

Setting	Name	Function
C1	Panning	– Exposure: 1/30 @ 5.6 – Drive: High speed continuous+ – Pre.cont shooting: Off – AF operation: Servo – Whole area tracking: OFF – Servo AF characteristics: Manual (-2, +1) – Picture style: User 1 (Neutral: 0,1,1,+1,0,0)
C2	Portrait	– Exposure: 1/250 @ 2.8 – AF operation: Servo – Drive: Low speed continuous – Pre.-cont shooting: Off – External speedlite control / Flash firing: Enable – Whole area tracking: ON – Servo AF characteristic: Auto – Picture style: Faithful
C3	Landscape	– Exposure: 1/250 @ 11 – AF operation: One shot – Drive: Single shooting – Pre.-cont shooting: Off – Servo AF characteristic: Auto – Picture style: Landscape

1. Allow assigning toggling “Pre.cont shooting: ON/OFF” to a specific button
2. Allow assigning toggling “Whole area tracking: ON/OFF” to a specific button
3. Allow defining a button that cycles through “Whole area tracking: OFF / Action priority: OFF” <-> “Whole area tracking: ON / Action priority: OFF” <-> “Action priority: ON”
4. Allow for more than three custom settings “Cx” sets
5. Allow selecting which customs settings “Cx” to make available when assigning “Switch to custom shooting mode” to a custom button, e.g., looping through current settings, C1 settings, C3 settings, or toggling between current settings and C2 settings
6. Allow assigning “RAW image processing” to a button
7. Allow assigning the function “RAW image processing” if the image is CR3 and “Cropping” if the image is JPG to a button

Functionalities in italics have been added to the camera’s firmware. But I have not yet tested them!

7. Change order of transmission back to first transmit image and then transmit audio, because that allows to derive that the image has been fully transmitted once the audio file has started transmission (this is especially relevant for slow transmissions)
8. Add function “Panning Assist” from EOS R3 (implemented in firmware 1.1.0)
9. Add high speed drive with up to 190+/s from EOS R3
10. Allow multiple exposures, cropping, and resizing not only on JPG files, but also on RAW files
11. Allow configuring number of photos and speed to be used for “Pre.cont shooting” (partialy implemented in firmware 1.1.0)
12. Reduce drive/capture speed when buffer is 80% full to 50% of set speed, rather than stop shooting when 100% full (eventually, allow togging between the two options via menu)
13. Add stripping mode (based on the RAID 0 idea) that saves images alternatively to the first and second card (i.e., if one card fails, only every second image is lost, without requiring additional storage)
14. Add option that allows camera to calculate minimal depth of field required for two subjects at different distances to be in focus (such a function existed on film cameras as DEP, e.g., EOS 1-V)
15. Add mode that automatically adjusts the brightness and colour balance of the LCD screen and the electronic viewfinder when wearing sunglasses
16. Allow to save “Anti-flicker shoot.”, “HF anti flicker shoot.”, “External speedlite control”, “Picture Style”, White balance”, “Drive mode”, and “Pre-cont. shoot” from red menu with the AF-related setting
17. Allow camera to digitally sign an image, associating serial number and photographer, to check authenticity (e.g., implement C2PA standard)

Functionalities in italics have been added to the camera’s firmware. But I have not yet tested them!

13. Add “Action priority” mode that focuses on closest subject/object moving towards the camera (and switches subject/object if the closest subject/object changes), e.g. when shooting 100m track and field race from the front, always focus on the leading athlete
14. Add “Action priority” mode for handball, similar to the mode for basketball
15. Add option that allows to ignore/not focus on specific types of objects during any autofocus mode, i.e., raindrops, snowflakes, sand, nets, fences, cables, grass, e.g., “Ignore objects: xxx” (partially added to firmware 1.1.0 for nets as special case)