EOS R5: Displaying Histogram in Viewfinder?

[WideAspect]

At Firmware 2.0

I have asked about LCD / Viewfinder displays in the past. Traveled through the manuals once again.

Since then I have achieved better control but I am no where near mastery. Displaying the Histogram in the Viewfinder remains inconsistent, sometimes I have it and sometimes I don't.

It is on display in the LCD but if I have had to choose while actively shooting I would prefer the viewfinder. Is this an either or prospect, do I have to choose between them?

In another forum someone had the same problem and the solution given to them seemed to solve the problem but the same setting for me has no effect. For me, enabling Exposure Simulation makes no difference in whether the histogram displays in the Viewfinder.

A permanent, stable solution would be highly prized.

Thanks.

[shadowsports]

Greetings ,

Please review this KB article and let us know if it helps. 

https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/s/article/ART178262#Shooting-1_0370_5

You are basically turning on histogram in the shooting info display.  

[WideAspect]

Thanks for your reply.

I'd spent a good deal of time on that page today and no it was not helpful. I have all the settings as described set, but still no histogram. I attached all of 4 images of my settings starting at the top and then drilling down thru the menu settings (4 images).

I think that I am missing something very fundamental, I noticed the term 'toggling' numerous times but not how to toggle through these display options.

This is often the classic failure in Canon documentation, to skip past the obvious and build towards greater detail and complexity.

Is the real question, how do I toggle through viewfinder display options?

[p4pictures · Accepted solution]

While looking through the viewfinder use your thumb to press the INFO button on the camera, this will cycle through the three possible viewfinder displays. This is similar to how the INFO button works when the display is on the LCD. Please note that the view in the EVF and on the LCD are not linked, as there can be more displays for the LCD than the three for the EVF.

The histogram only displays when you have exposure simulation enabled, and a lens fitted to the camera. 

[WideAspect]

Thank you! Resolved.

I am still relatively new to this camera, I often find that the more complex issues I can resolve on my own but the really simple, obvious ones often hang me up.

Canon needs to work on their documentation

[A_Random_Dude]

Thanks, that was very helpful. What I discovered is that if the camera is in Cx mode — I usually have C1 as Av, C2 as Tv, and C3 as Fv — those settings won't take. However, if you change to the actual shooting mode, and then save the settings as Cx, then the settings will work. This seems to be true of quite a lot of functions, actually.

[p4pictures]

I think you have your camera configured not to update the C modes when you make changes to them. From the setup menu find the entry for Custom shooting mode (C1-C3), then press SET and you have a second menu with three items. The third entry is Auto update set. and it will be set to disable - the default. If you change this to enable, then make changes to the custom mode you are using, the changes will be saved. Once you've made the changes you can toggle Auto update set. back to disable if you wish.

[A_Random_Dude]

Actually, on both the R5 and R6 Mk II, I do have auto update enabled, but I have found that for whatever reasons, I seem to need to actually be in, say, Av mode, rather than my C1 Av preset, and then, once I have made the change, re-save my preset and then when I switch back to C1, it takes. Now, that being said, it wouldn't surprise me at all to find that I'm doing something wrong... These are both great cameras, but the menus can be a bit complicated.