topic Re: EOS R5 Mark II How to change live view magnification from 6X to 3X in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS R5 Mark II How to change live view magnification from 6X to 3X

paprika_pm — Sat, 10 May 2025 12:48:09 GMT

Is there a way to change default setting of 6X in life view magnification to 3X. 6X is always too big for my liking. Thank you for any solutions.

Re: EOS R5 Mark II How to change live view magnification from 6X to 3X

Waddizzle — Sat, 10 May 2025 13:00:15 GMT

Welcome to the Canon Community.

I am uncertain as to what setting(s) you are referring to from your brief description. Are you referring to these manual focusing settings? If so, then I believe that they are fixed.

Re: EOS R5 Mark II How to change live view magnification from 6X to 3X

rs-eos — Sat, 10 May 2025 13:44:51 GMT

I checked and I don't see a setting that drives the magnification used in live view.

Re: EOS R5 Mark II How to change live view magnification from 6X to 3X

paprika_pm — Sat, 10 May 2025 20:43:25 GMT

Thank you Waddizzle. I was referring to the second highlighted setting in point 3. You see there are 6X, 15X, 1X and I would prefer something of a sort 3X, 10X and 1X. I shoot primarily with rf 800mm f5.6 and rf 600mm f4 and 3X or 4X would be ideal when I check for focus on a perched bird or a nest.

Re: EOS R5 Mark II How to change live view magnification from 6X to 3X

paprika_pm — Sat, 10 May 2025 20:47:18 GMT

Thank you Ricky. It's a shame that end user doesn't have a control of this setting especially in digital era. I guess one less code that software engineers need to worry about...