topic Transferring Photos from Mac to 5d mkii in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Transferring Photos from Mac to 5d mkii

mallard_78 — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:18:42 GMT

Hi 🙂

Does anyone know how to transfer photos from a Mac to the 5d MKii please? I've made some aspect ratio templates that I would like to open on the 5d and then mask off the screen so that I can shoot in different aspect ratios and know what I will have to crop in post.

I've tried putting jpg images on the card but the camera says that it can'y open them. Has anyone found a solution please?

Thank you so much,

Jon

Re: Transferring Photos from Mac to 5d mkii

RobertTheFat — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:42:59 GMT

Wouldn't it be a lot more straightforward to just measure the cropping positions on the screen masks? Nothing more complicated than 4th-grade math is involved.

Re: Transferring Photos from Mac to 5d mkii

kvbarkley — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:15:14 GMT

I suggest you do your editing in DPP since it can make a JPEG the camera cannot understand. The camera is not guaranteed to understand any other flavor of JPEG.

Re: Transferring Photos from Mac to 5d mkii

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 20:02:21 GMT

Give Canon a call at 1-800-OK-CANON to be sure, but I do not think it is possible to upload a JPEG and view it in camera. (At least I couldn't make it work when I tried for a friend.)

Re: Transferring Photos from Mac to 5d mkii

mallard_78 — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:39:25 GMT

Thanks Bob, as the screen on the 5d is quite small compared to the final film I was hoping to be as accurate as possible. I'll take your advice and get my ruler out.

Thanks again, Jon

Re: Transferring Photos from Mac to 5d mkii

mallard_78 — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:39:57 GMT

Thanks for the reply, I'll try it out 🙂

Re: Transferring Photos from Mac to 5d mkii

mallard_78 — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:41:11 GMT

Thanks John, appreciate the reply. Could be something that Magic Lantern can do. If not I might try a hotshoe LCD. All the best, Jon 🙂

Re: Transferring Photos from Mac to 5d mkii

kvbarkley — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:17:09 GMT

Just create a 3x4 (ratio, not size!) poster and mask that and shoot it.

Use something like this:

http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/lens_sharpness.html

and you can check your lenses, too.