Settings for Multiple Shots?

[Martin-123]

Hi All,

I have a Canon R5 with an RF100-500.
I can't find the settings for taking multiple images: 2-9 images in a burst.
I've tried RTFM but I don't recognise the terminology. I'm not looking for 9 images stacked into a single image, but 9 (for example) separate images.
Many thanks.

 

[ShipleyNW]

I'd never heard of this feature before. I'm not sure I'd use it, but your post made me curious. I went through the settings on my R5 and came up with nothing. I went to the interwebs and found this:



It's from the "Custom Function Setting Items" in the user manual for the R5 Mk II. I looked at the R5 (Classic) user manual and, as I expected, found nothing like this for that body.

 

[Jan_K]

Hi All,

I have a Canon R5 with an RF100-500.
I can't find the settings for taking multiple images: 2-9 images in a burst.
I've tried RTFM but I don't recognise the terminology. I'm not looking for 9 images stacked into a single image, but 9 (for example) separate images.
Many thanks.

Since you might be off on the terminology as you mention regarding RTFM, it may help a bit to understand more clearly what you want to achieve. To me that is not totally clear from you post (as you also mention "burst"), so it is hard to think along.

Based on your post, I can think of the following that you might want to achieve:
1) You want to press the shutter button and get the camera to continuously take photos as long as you press the shutter button
2) You want to press the shutter button once and after that the camera should take a certain number of photos

In the first case you want to have a look at the "drive mode" for the R5: https://cam.start.canon/en/C003/manual/html/UG-04_AF-Drive_0120.html

In the second case you need to look at the "interval time shooting" : https://cam.start.canon/en/C003/manual/html/UG-03_Shooting-1_0230.html

If you look in the manual for "multiple" you get to sections on ways of shooting that require to take multiple photos with the intent of a single photo at the end. The so-called bracketing or multiple exposures.

If the options I mention are not what you intend, it may help if you describe your intended shooting scenario a bit more. That can help others to understand what you want and they will be able to find the correct terminology for it.

Regards, Jan

P.S. I posted some links, so hope they work

 

[Photofarmer]

My take on question was interval timed shooting as well.
Do you mean say astrophotography or indeed as mentioned drive mode which is frames per second continuous.
Focus bracketing perhaps?

 

[Martin-123]

I'd never heard of this feature before. I'm not sure I'd use it, but your post made me curious. I went through the settings on my R5 and came up with nothing. I went to the interwebs and found this:

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It's from the "Custom Function Setting Items" in the user manual for the R5 Mk II. I looked at the R5 (Classic) user manual and, as I expected, found nothing like this for that body.

Thank you Shipley. The reference to 20 fps is on the Canon website top line of the R5 specifications... https://www.canon.co.uk/cameras/eos-r5/

 

[Martin-123]

Since you might be off on the terminology as you mention regarding RTFM, it may help a bit to understand more clearly what you want to achieve. To me that is not totally clear from you post (as you also mention "burst"), so it is hard to think along.

Based on your post, I can think of the following that you might want to achieve:
1) You want to press the shutter button and get the camera to continuously take photos as long as you press the shutter button
2) You want to press the shutter button once and after that the camera should take a certain number of photos

In the first case you want to have a look at the "drive mode" for the R5: https://cam.start.canon/en/C003/manual/html/UG-04_AF-Drive_0120.html

In the second case you need to look at the "interval time shooting" : https://cam.start.canon/en/C003/manual/html/UG-03_Shooting-1_0230.html

If you look in the manual for "multiple" you get to sections on ways of shooting that require to take multiple photos with the intent of a single photo at the end. The so-called bracketing or multiple exposures.

If the options I mention are not what you intend, it may help if you describe your intended shooting scenario a bit more. That can help others to understand what you want and they will be able to find the correct terminology for it.

Regards, Jan

P.S. I posted some links, so hope they work

"Drive Mode" was what I was missing! That's it.
Many thanks Jan.
ps. RTFM means Read The F***ing Manual!

 

[Martin-123]

My take on question was interval timed shooting as well.
Do you mean say astrophotography or indeed as mentioned drive mode which is frames per second continuous.
Focus bracketing perhaps?

Thanks Photofarmer. I meant drive mode. Jan has solved it for me.

 

[Photofarmer]

all good

 

[Jan_K]

"Drive Mode" was what I was missing! That's it.
Many thanks Jan.
ps. RTFM means Read The F***ing Manual!

You're welcome, I was aware of the meaning of RTFM by the way ;-)