topic Re: Canon R7 customization SET button in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon R7 customization SET button

Seawrenity — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:30:50 GMT

Hi All, I hope someone can answer this question for me. I have recently upgraded from the 7D MKii to the R7. I am very familiar with customizing buttons.
I am attempting to customize the SET button to magnify the image in playback mode. I had this set on my 7D. When reviewing photos it was easy to press set which would zoom in and then use the rocker panel to move around the frame. However, when I try to customize this way, it doesn’t work.

According to the customization chart, this should be doable.

Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for any advice.

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Waddizzle — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 20:15:14 GMT

That Magnify function might apply to when the camera is in a shooting mode. If you wish to magnify images in Playback mode, then use the button at the top right corner. Instead of dedicated magnify button, some buttons change their functionality when the camera is in different modes.

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Seawrenity — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 06:14:54 GMT

Thanks for your response, Waddiizzle. I was aware of using the magnify button, but the customization chart explicitly states that the set button can be customized to “magnify images during playback” which was the way I had it set on the 7D. It is a better fit for me. I’m just wondering if the chart is wrong or I am doing something wrong.

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Waddizzle — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 06:27:28 GMT

Okay, if that function should apply to Playback Mode, then why do you think it is not functioning as it should?

If you press [SET] and nothing seems to happen, that is probably normal. The default magnification factor for Playback Mode and the default magnification factor for Magnification Mode are the same.

Repeated press on [SET] are not going to change the magnification. All that will do is enter and exit magnification mode.

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Seawrenity — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 22:53:18 GMT

See, that’s what’s different from the 7D customization. On that camera, after assigning the set button to magnify, when I want to review the photos magnified (usually to check my focus), I do the following:

Press playback button, my image appears, then press set and it magnifies. I then use control dial to zoom in and out, and the rocker around the set button to view different areas of the image.

On the R7, I am not repeatedly pressing set. I press the playback button and then press set. At that point, I should have the magnified image to view. Maybe the R7 doesn’t customize this way, but the Canon chart says you can. You are supposed to be able to customize the set button to “magnify during playback” or any number of other settings.

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Waddizzle — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 01:12:52 GMT

Forget about the 7D for a few minutes. This camera might work a little differently.

These custom functions are not always well documented in the User Manual. They like to put the documentation in the camera. When you program the control with that function selection, is there an option to press [INFO]?

Have you tried to use the regular magnify button? After you program it, do you see the little “magnify window” after you press [SET] during Playback Mode?

Maybe you have to keep pressing [SET] while you turn the Main Wheel?

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Seawrenity — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:52:48 GMT

Hi, yes, I have used the regular magnify button without a problem. However, I always customize buttons to best suit my shooting style. That’s the purpose of customization, right? I appreciate your help in trying to figure this out. I honestly think it is a glitch with the camera. Here are a couple of screen shots:

1. Customization screen

2. My selection for customizing the SET button

3. What I get if I press the SET button in playback mode.

What else would the customization I have set mean?

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Waddizzle — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:09:10 GMT

Is that the display when you press the [PLAY] button? Where is the exposure information? That looks more like the JPEG editor or RAW to JPEG editor.

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Waddizzle — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:30:42 GMT

@Seawrenity wrote:
Hi, yes, I have used the regular magnify button without a problem.
3. What I get if I press the SET button in playback mode.
What else would the customization I have set mean?

Did you post an image from your 7D in edit mode? Why? I asked you to forget about the 7D, so that we can figure out how the R7 works.

This is what R7 Playback mode looks like.

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Seawrenity — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:16:24 GMT

No the image is on my R7. Here is the image on the back of the camera. I have pressed nothing but the playback button so that I can see my image without distractions.

If I want to see more info, I merely push the info button.
So, I have my photo on the screen in playback mode. Now I push the SET button. I should see my photo magnified/zoomed in as described in the customization window. Instead, I see the screen which you describe as the editing screen.

something is not right.

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Waddizzle — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:54:59 GMT

@Seawrenity wrote:
No the image is on my R7. Here is the image on the back of the camera. I have pressed nothing but the playback button so that I can see my image without distractions.
If I want to see more info, I merely push the info button.
So, I have my photo on the screen in playback mode. Now I push the SET button. I should see my photo magnified/zoomed in as described in the customization window. Instead, I see the screen which you describe as the editing screen.
something is not right.

i see. Just as I thought, that display is not Playback Mode. It is one of the image editing modes. I posted a screen shot from the R7 manual of what Playback Mode looks like. This is what the Creative Assist Editor looks like.

Again, this is not Playback Mode. That display is not what appears when you pres the [PLAYBACK] arrow button. You have to go into the camera into the camera menus to display this screen.

Your claim of pressing the [INFO] button to call up this display is plainly incorrect.

I see my help is not needed here. Have nice day.

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Seawrenity — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:50:07 GMT

Why are you getting upset? I am trying to tell you the steps I have taken to determine if there is an issue or glitch here. I take photos every day. I playback photos often to review them. I am familiar with the camera.

You wrote - “I see. Just as I thought, that display is not Playback Mode. It is one of the image editing modes. I posted a screen shot from the R7 manual of what Playback Mode looks like. This is what the Creative Assist Editor looks like.”

My response - Here is my photo in playback mode. It is exactly the same as the first photo in your screen shot of what playback mode should look like, (full frame, no other information).

I got here by pressing the PLAYBACK button like I always do.

I could now press the magnify button on the back of the camera to zoom in if I wanted to. However, I have CUSTOMIZED the SET button to perform this action just as I have customized other buttons for BBF, Eye detect etc.

However, when in PLAYBACK MODE, if I press the SET button, I do not get the magnified photo as should be expected, but get this instead:

I have NOT entered any of the menus.
Do you have an R7? Have you tried to repeat my steps as I have described them?

1. Go to the customize menu and assign “magnify during playback” to the SET button.

2. Take a photo

3. Press the playback button to review it.

4. Press the set button

What do you get? A magnified view? Or the editing screen?

I don’t understand why you ended this conversation with “I see my help is not needed here. Have nice day.”
Any of the statements you made, I tried to go back and see if I was doing something wrong. I thanked you for tying to help me figure it out. I thought we were kind of exploring the problem together. I don’t understand the attitude.

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Waddizzle — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 19:41:55 GMT

Make sure that your camera has the latest firmware.

I suggest that you reset your camera back to factory defaults, including custom programming. If your camera is still malfunctioning, then I suggest that you contact Canon Support.

Entering the Image Editor is not supposed to be an available option for the Custom Programming. Perhaps there is a firmware bug. In any case, there is nothing more I can do to help you.

Re: Canon R7 customization SET button

Seawrenity — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:00:53 GMT

Thank you, Waddizzle. I appreciate your reply.