Setting up EOS R5 Mark II

[elliotres]

i recently purchased a R5 Mk 2 and would like some advise setting up my camera for stills and video using back button focus and the three custom modes, two for stills and one for video (for street and architectural and travel). 

[Waddizzle]

I suggest searching YouTube for “EOS R5 Mark II back button focus”

[elliotres]

Where can I find advice to make all initial settings including AF?

[Waddizzle]

I have already told you what to do.  You are asking for a lot. I suggest that you download the User Guide, too.  

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

Exactly what Waddizzle referenced. Creators like  like Points In Focus.  Josh Sattin, DeafDirector.(Bryan) All have great set up and walk throughs. 

The best way to learn about your camera is to use it.  Read the manual (cover to cover) and watch videos.  Challenge yourself.  😀

[p4pictures]

The way to setup your camera is ultimately down to you. If you ask three people on this forum for the best way to shoot a particular subject they will likely have three different answers. Reality is that each photographer has different levels of subject knowledge and skills in visualising a shot before they press the shutter. All these play a factor on that work for you. 

A friend of mine does wildlife photography and has a selection of wildlife photographers they follow on YouTube. He created a spreadsheet to work out the different choices of settings, and there was little that was common between them. 

Take street photography for example. Do you shoot in manual exposure mode, aperture priority? Do you see the scene pre focus and wait for a person to walk in to complete the composition, or do you track a person as they walk through the frame until they reach the perfect point. Both choices are valid and need different settings. 

[elliotres]

Hi Brian, sorry to be unclear about my use case and objectives. Use case is street photography, architectural, basic travel. Coming from recent Nikon Z menus, in addition to basic global settings, I want to map previous autofocus settings from Nikon to this Canon camera using same 3 Custom User settings (U1-U3). U1 was back button, AF-C Continuous AF, Wide Area AF (9x7), subject detection set to Auto plus in iMenu had the ability to change modes. Then customized three buttons for 3 different autofocus modes; AF-Area Mode + AF On + 3D tracking (this will use 3D tracking within the 9x7 area), then AF On+ Auto Area AF for fast moving sujbects; then AF Area Mode + AF On + Single point AF using joystick to move focus points.. then saving these setting to User Profile U1.. U2 for handing my camera to a novice with focus on shutter release with simply Auto Area AF and saving that to U2, finally U3 for Video with focus mode AF-F (full time), Subject Tracking AF, auto focus speed -2, tracking sensitivity +5, then setting a front button to Focus Mode using dial to switch between subject tracking, wide area, or single point and saving those settings to U3. 

[Waddizzle]

Sounds like you have some serious work to do. Time to roll up the sleeves and take a deep dive into the user guide.

I really don’t know what you’re expecting here.  Not speaking for anyone else, but myself. I don’t know Nikon gear well enough to help you translate Nikon AF settings into Canon AF settings.