Custom Modes on the C-5050Z, C-5060WZ, and C-7070WZ cameras |
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I'm often asked for advice on setting the eight "My Mode" settings available in these cameras. This is not a "one size fits all" situation, and the solution depends on your needs and preferences. Still, after the first three months of using the '5050, I settled down on eight sets of parameters which I found most useful, at least for my own usage. After more than a year with the camera, I not only keep the settings (with minor refinements), but I'm also using them on the newer C-5060WZ. The table below shows these settings for presets #1..4. I'm keeping #5..8 dedicated to quick, manual-focus shooting (see a separate article on this subject). My presets shown here have been assigned to the most typical shooting situations — most typical for me, that is: outdoors without flash, indoors with, night street, and tabletop macro. At some time you may decide to reassign some of them to what fits your needs. |
Mode No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Applicability | Outdoors | Indoors | Night | Macro |
Eq. Focal Length | 35 mm | n/a | ||
Focusing Mode | Auto Focus | S.Macro | ||
Exposure Mode | Program | Aperture Priority | ||
Aperture, F/ | n/a | 5.6 | ||
ISO setting | Auto | 100 | 400 | 100 |
White balance | Auto | Auto | Sunny | Auto |
Drive Mode | Single Frame | |||
Flash | Off | On | Off |
Remarks:
On focal length setting: Looks like the focal length setup is not so easy to find, as I'm still getting emails asking how do it. The complete sequence (an example) is: Mode Menu > Setup > My Mode Setup > Custom > My Mode 3 > Zoom > 80 mm Now, this should leave no doubts... Additionally, my setup is also customized in two other aspects:
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