Canon EOS 650D

Camera Menus

Aside from a very minor icon update, the Canon EOS 650D menus are indistinguishable from those of the 600D, using Canon's familiar layout with camera settings separated across a series of sensibly ordered, color-coded tabs. The range of options is extensive, offering a pretty high level of customizability for an entry/mid-level DSLR.

	This is the full, 11-tab menu as experienced in P, Av, Tv, or M modes. Most of the other settings on the mode dial present a simplified sub-set of these tabs with fewer options available.

Shooting section (red)

The shooting menus provide access to image quality settings and adjustments. They are also context sensitive, with different options provided depending on which shooting mode you're in. In the novice-oriented Auto and scene-based exposure modes you get a simplified sub-set of menus compared to P, Av, Tv and M modes. Switch to movie mode and two new tabs appear in the red shooting menu section. Attach an external flash and you gain an additional set of submenu options to control its output.

Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Shooting tab 1
Quality	• JPEG Large Fine  • JPEG Large Normal  • JPEG Medium Fine  • JPEG Medium Normal  • JPEG Small 1 Fine  • JPEG Small 1 Normal  • JPEG Small 2  • JPEG Small 3  • Raw+JPEG Large Fine  • Raw	- JPEG Large = 5184 x 3456 - JPEG Medium = 3456 x 2304 - JPEG Small 1 = 2592 x 1728 - JPEG Small 2 = 1920 x 1280 - JPEG Small 3 = 720 x 480 - RAW = 5184 x 3456
Beep	• Enable  • Touchscreen mute  • Disable	Enables beep for AF confirmation and self timer. You can enable/disable beep for touchscreen operation only.
Release shutter without card	• Enable  • Disable	Allow shot to be taken without memory card inserted.
Image review	• Off  • 2 sec  • 4 sec  • 8 sec  • Hold
Lens aberration correction	• Peripheral illum. Enable  Disable  • Chromatic aberration *  Enable  Disable	Corrects vignetting and chromatic aberration depending on the attached lens.
Red-eye reduction	• Enable  • Disable
Flash control	• Flash firing Enable Disable  • E-TTL II meter Evaluative Average  • Flash sync speed in Av mode Auto 1/200-1/60 sec auto 1/200 sec (fixed) • Built-in flash function setting Built-in flash Normal firing Easy wireless Cust wireless Flash mode E-TTL II Manual flash Shutter sync 1st curtain 2nd curtain Flash exposure compensation +/– 2.0 EV *  • External flash function setting Only with flash connected  • External flash C.Fn setting Only with flash connected  • Clear flash settings Clear built-in flash setting Clear external flash setting Only with compatible flash Clear ext. flash C.Fn setting Only with compatible flash
Shooting tab 2
Expo. comp./AEB	• +/–5 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 EV steps (C.Fn I-1)  • Bracketing - 3 frames in up to 2EV steps.	Configures auto exposure compensation and bracketing.
Auto Lighting Optimizer	• Off  • Low  • Standard  • High	Press Info button to disable during manual exposure
Custom WB	• Set custom WB	Select image for custom WB.
WB Shift / BKT	• Shift: B9–A9, M9–G9  • Bracket: BA+/–3, MG+/–3	Configures WB shift and WB bracketing.
Color space	• sRGB  • Adobe RGB
Picture Style	• Picture Style Auto Standard Portrait Landscape Neutral Faithful Monochrome User Def. 1 User Def. 2 User Def. 3  • Detail set Sharpness (0-7) Contrast (-4-+4) Saturation (-4-+4) Color tone (-4-+4)	Press Info button to access Detail Set mode
Metering mode	• Evaluative metering  • Partial metering  • Spot metering  • Center-weighted average
Shooting tab 3
Dust Delete Data	• Cancel  • OK
ISO Auto	• Max.: 400  • Max.: 800  • Max.: 1600  • Max.: 3200  • Max.: 6400
Long exposure noise reduction	• Off  • Auto  • On	When enabled, NR is applied to exposures of 1 sec. or longer
High ISO speed NR	• Off  • Low  • Standard  • High  • Multi shot NR *	In Multi shot mode, 4 successive images are captured and merged to average out noise. The camera must be set to a JPEG only mode.
Live view tab
Live View shoot.	• Enable  • Disable
AF method	•  + Tracking (face detect)  • FlexiZone - Multi  • FlexiZone - Single  • Quick mode	Multi AF mode uses a 31 point AF area. Quick mode employs phase detect AF with live view disabled during focus acquisition
Continuous AF *	• Enable  • Disable
Touch Shutter *	• Enable  • Disable	Enable to release shutter by pressing the screen.
Grid display	• Off  • Grid 1  • Grid 2	- Rule of Thirds Grid  - 6x4 grid
Aspect ratio	• 3:2  • 4:3  • 16:9  • 1:1
Metering timer	• 4 sec  • 16 sec  • 30 sec  • 1 min  • 10 min  • 30 min
Movie tab 1
AF method	•  + Tracking (face detect)  • FlexiZone - Multi  • FlexiZone - Single	Multi AF mode uses a 31 point AF area.
Movie Servo AF *	• Enable  • Disable	With movie servo enabled, lens operation may be audible
AF w/shutter button during movie rec.	• One shot *  • Disable
Grid display	• Off  • Grid 1  • Grid 2	- Rule of Thirds Grid  - 6x4 grid
Metering timer	• 4 sec  • 16 sec  • 30 sec  • 1 min  • 10 min  • 30 min
Movie tab 2
Movie rec. size	• 1920 x 1080 (30/25fps)  • 1920 x 1080 (24fps)  • 1280 x 720 (60/50fps)  • 640 x 480 (30/25fps)	Selects movie recording size and frame rate. Frame rates of 30/60fps are recorded in NTSC mode, 25/50fps in PAL.
Sound recording	• Sound recording Auto Manual Disable  • Rec. level (1-5)    • Wind filter Disable Enable  • Attenuator * Disable Enable	Sound recording levels are displayed underneath the settings. Attenuator can be enabled to reduce distortion in very loud environments.
Video snapshot	• Enable  • Disable  • Snapshot length 2 sec. movie 4 sec. movie 8 sec. movie  • Album settings Create a new album Cancel OK Add to existing album Make selection	Short videos of pre-determined length can be saved and grouped into albums.

Picture Style

The Picture Styles are a range of pre-programmed image parameter sets intended to deliver the best results in different situations. Each Picture Style has its own preset mapping for tone and color response as well as providing the ability to tune sharpness, contrast, saturation and color tone for each. For instance the default sharpening for the Standard Picture Style is level 3, if you prefer a more subtle effect you can just adjust it downwards. Sharpness has 8 levels, contrast, saturation and color tone all have have 9 levels.

Playback Section (blue)

The playback menus is where you'll find controls for post-capture editing, image rating, slideshow operation and image navigation options.

Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Playback tab 1
Protect images	• Select images  • All images in folder Select folder  • Unprotect all images in folder  • All images on card Ok Cancel  • Unprotect all images on card	Protect mode, allows you to browse images either in a single image or thumbnail view and mark each image as protected (or un-protect). This simply sets the read-only flag on the SD card file system.
Rotate	(Left/Right to select image, SET to rotate)	This option allows you to rotate an image on-screen by 90 or 270 degrees. It doesn't actually rotate the JPEG file, but marks its orientation.
Erase images	• Select and erase images  • All images in folder Select folder  • All images on card OK Cancel
Print order	• Select images  • By folder Mark all in folder Clear all in folder  • All images  • Set up Print type Standard Index Both Date On Off File no. On Off	Allows you to create a DPOF print order file, for use with compatible printers or photo finishers.
Photobook Set-up *	• Select images  • All images in folder Select folder  • Clear all in folder Select folder  • All images on card OK Cancel  • Clear all on card OK Cancel	Allows you to create an EOS Utility-compatible photobook.
Creative filters *	• Grainy B/W  • Soft focus  • Fish-eye effect  • Art Bold effect  • Water Painting effect  • Toy camera  • Miniature	Press Set to access filter choices and then a second time to adjust individual filter settings
Resize *	• M (8MP)  • S1 (4.5MP)  • S2 (2.5MP)  • S3 (.03MP)
Playback tab 2
Histogram disp	• Brightness  • RGB
Image jump w/ main dial	• 1 image  • 10 images  • 100 images  • Date  • Folder  • Movies  • Stills  • By Image Rating (1 star to 5 star)
Slide show	• Select files All images Date Folder Movies Stills Rating  • Set up Display time 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 5 sec 10 sec 20 sec Repeat Enable Disable Transition Effect Off Slide in 1 Slide in 2 * Fade 1 Fade 2 Fade 3  • Background music Only if music files are avail.  • Start
Rating	• 0 - 5 stars
Ctrl over HDMI	• Disable  • Enable	Allows control of camera over HDMI using compatible remotes