I have too many settings available when I press the M-FN button on my EOS R6 Mark II – can it be simplified? Edward Gray, Chichester
BRIAN SAYS… Canon EOS R System cameras in general use the M-FN button to access a multitude of settings, but this does mean it’s necessary to look at the camera screens to determine what setting is selected to be changed. The EOS R6 Mark II takes this to a new level with up to ten possible settings accessible from the one button when set to dial function, although only eight settings are congured by default.
There are two ways to change the M-FN to be more direct, reduce the number of changeable settings itself or select only one setting. Prioritizing a smaller set of options for the dial function is possible, or select one of the more than 50 single function settings that can be assigned to the M-FN button.
Taking the rst option, navigate to the customize buttons menu, and select the M-FN button, then press INFO to determine what settings you want. There are two lines of ve settings; the top line setting is changed by the main dial and the lower line setting is changed by the quick control dial on the rear of the camera. Move to the next column using the quick control dial by the power switch. I would advise grouping the most important settings and removing all that you don’t want to access. Maybe AF area and One Shot and Servo AF makes more sense grouped. If you shoot in the RAW format, then maybe white balance and Picture Style are superuous.
As a long-time user of EOS cameras, I’m used to having an ISO button on the top of the camera and I make the M-FN button an ISO button.