topic Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

dott2025 — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:52:08 GMT

Hello,

I have a Canon EOS Rebel SL1 and when I click on the button with the camera icon on it the first time I see the settings appear. I should be able to press it a 2nd time and see the mode settings on the screen. However, it goes black when I do it the 2nd time. Is there a setting or something I can do to make that screen appear? The other Canon EOS SL1 has this function and displays the correct screens. I included a photo of what the 2nd screen should look like. Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Canon Rebel SL1 Mode Settings

kvbarkley — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:50:25 GMT

The button with the camera icon should turn live view on and off. Take the lens cap off the camera.

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

stevet1 — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:21:52 GMT

dott2025,

When you say, "mode settings", did you mean that you want to change things like your shutter speed, or aperture?

If that's what you meant, then you don't press the button with the little camera icon, you press the Q button, which is located in the middle of the big round dial in the bottom right hand corner on the back of your camera. The word SET in kind of prominent, and you can see the letter Q just above it if you look closely.

Steve Thomas

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

dott2025 — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:36:57 GMT

Steve,

Thank you for your response. I don't exactly need to change those options but I do know how to do that. The picture I posted above (I don't know what to call that view) is what I want the camera to show. I work at a high school and all of the other cameras (same model) display that screen so that we can easily edit all of those options at a glance. I hope that made sense. Yes, the lens cap is off the camera. The second time I click the button with the camera icon it should display that menu.

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

kvbarkley — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:44:32 GMT

Again, the button with the camera icon turns on live view or starts movie shooting.

Pressing the Set/Q button as stevet1 mentioned can bring up one of two screens depending on shooting mode:

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

dott2025 — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:16:23 GMT

That is correct. However, the creative zone modes are not working. That snip of the screen to the right with the P will not display. It is a blank screen. That is what I need resolved for the camera.

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

kvbarkley — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:20:10 GMT

Does it display when you hit the Set button?

All I can suggest is to reset the camera to its defaults.

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

stevet1 — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 01:18:08 GMT

dott2025,

When you first turn on your camera, it should look like the picture you showed.

As kvbarkley said, if you press the little camera icon, your viewfinder gets disabled, and your camera goes into Live View, where the scene in front of you is displayed on your LCD screen. If you press that little button again, your camera revertsback to viewfinder shooting and all your settings are displayed on the LCD screen.

If all of the other cameras in your Department are behaving properly, and this one isn't, you either have a faulty camera, or something got changed in the settings.

Try resetting your camera back to its default as he suggested, and if that doesn't work, think about sending it in for repairs.

Steve Thomas

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

p4pictures — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:21:03 GMT

Try pressing the INFO button on the top left side to the left of the viewfinder to switch the different displays.

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

dott2025 — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:13:52 GMT

Thank you for responding. No, it does not display when I hit the Set button.

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

dott2025 — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:14:35 GMT

Steve,

Thank you for responding. I went ahead and reset the camera back to default settings. I'm still having the issue 😞

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

kvbarkley — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 03:32:33 GMT

Can you show us what the camera does show?

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

VeganOctopus — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 21:25:30 GMT

Hi! I created this account specifically to reply to your post! I realize it's been 8 months since you created this thread, so hopefully you've got it working by now; but I was having the same issue, and was so frustrated reading all the gaslighting replies you received previously... for the record let me just relay what I was shouting at my monitor while I read each reply that didn't bother to read anyone else's reply: "YES, WE KNOW THAT PUSHING THE LIVE VIEW BUTTON PUTS IT INTO LIVE VIEW MODE... BUT, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU PUSH THE LIVE VIEW BUTTON WHILE ALREADY IN LIVE VIEW MODE??? *GASP* IT TAKES YOU TO A DIFFERENT SCREEN! THE SCREEN IN QUESTION NO LESS, WOW!"

Anyway, lol, sorry. But I did figure it out! The problem that I was having, was because the new eyecup that I recently replaced, was setting off the face proximity sensor over the viewfinder. The default info-and-settings screen that the camera boots into(as opposed to the live view screen) stays off when your face is close, so you don't set off the touchscreen/ruin your night vision. I'd check to see if your sensor is obscured!

Re: EOS Rebel SL1 How to access mode settings

normadel — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 22:52:34 GMT

Maybe we'll find out what the fix was for the original poster, maybe not.

But in any case, you certainly are rude.