Custom Setting for Crop Mode in the EOS R5?

[MPBACK]

I am curious to know something about the crop setting on my R5 and probably many of the Canon cameras with crop mode.  On my last photography trip I found myself using my RF 16 mm 2.8 lens and often going into the menu to change the setting to 1.6x so I would then have a 24 mm focal length (at a reduced RAW file size).   I found this going back and forth in the menu a bit of frustration to change to crop mode.  So....my question is:   Can EOS camera users with this crop setting, set up their camera to be set to a custom setting in the top dial C1, etc..... mode?  Thanks

[shadowsports · Accepted solution]

Greetings,

You should be able to register crop mode under one of the custom menus C1~C3 giving you the ability to use a smaller portion of the sensor at a reduced capture resolution.  You can also use the "Q" button to quickly change the aspect ratio without registering any settings.  

[MPBACK]

OK, thanks for that info.  I will look into both options.

[jrhoffman75]

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@MPBACK wrote:

I am curious to know something about the crop setting on my R5 and probably many of the Canon cameras with crop mode.  On my last photography trip I found myself using my RF 16 mm 2.8 lens and often going into the menu to change the setting to 1.6x so I would then have a 24 mm focal length (at a reduced RAW file size).   I found this going back and forth in the menu a bit of frustration to change to crop mode.  So....my question is:   Can EOS camera users with this crop setting, set up their camera to be set to a custom setting in the top dial C1, etc..... mode?  Thanks

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I suspect the crop mode is for folks who want JPEGs they can post to the web.

You will get as good or better results by shooting in RAW and cropping in post; there is no magic bullet.

[MPBACK]

I only shoot in RAW.  The one reason why I would shoot in crop mode is for purely compositional reasons.   I actually crop my images visually in camera and rarely in post.   So the in camera crop mode in RAW is only for compositions.  I realize that it can be done in post with likley slightly better results though depending on the amount cropped.  I do find that using an R5 gives the flexibility.  The in camera crop is typically around 20 MP, which is still enough for a decent 12"x18" print.