Setting Crop/Aspect Ratio (EOS 5DS / EOS 5DS R)

Normally, images are recorded at the sensor size of approx. 36.0 mm x 24.0 mm (full-frame shooting). You can record only the center of the image magnified approx. 1.3x (equivalent to APS-H size) or approx. 1.6x (equivalent to APS-C size) as if you were using a telephoto lens (crop shooting) or set the desired aspect ratio before you shoot.

Setting Crop/Aspect Ratio

1. Set the camera’s power switch to [ON].

2. Set the mode dial to [P / Tv / Av / M / B].

3. Press the [MENU] button to display the menu screen.

4. Press the [ ] button to select the [ ] tab.

5. Turn the [ ] dial to select the [ ] tab.

6. Turn the [ ] dial to select [Crop/ aspect ratio], then press [ ].

7. When the [Crop/aspect ratio] screen is displayed, turn the [ ] dial to select the desired option.

[Viewfinder shooting]

Turn the [ ] dial to select [Fullframe], [1.3x (crop)], [1.6x (crop)], or [1:1 (aspect ratio)].

Live View shooting

8. If you would like to change the shooting area display, with the screen displayed in step 7, press the [INFO.] button. If you will not change the shooting area display, press [ ] and go to step 11.

9. When the [Shooting area] screen is displayed, select either [Masked] or [Outlined], then press [ ].

Viewfinder shooting

With [ ] set in [1.3x (crop)] or [1.6x (crop)], the shooting area in the viewfinder cannot be magnified.

Example

With [1.6x (crop)] ・ [ ]

With [1:1 (aspect ratio)], ・ [ ]

Live View shooting

Example

With [1.3x (crop)]

With [4:3 (aspect ratio)] ・ [ ]

10. The screen shown in step 7 is displayed.

Press [ ] again to proceed to step 11.

11. You can shoot after completing the settings.

Caution

The [ : Crop/aspect ratio] setting does not work with movie shooting and multiple exposures.

The 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios cannot be used with viewfinder shooting.

[ : Add cropping information] can be set only when [Full-frame] has been set for Crop/aspect ratio.

An external Speedlite’s flash zoom (automatic flash coverage) will not work in tandem with the [ : Crop/aspect ratio] setting.

Caution

The image coverage with viewfinder shooting will be as follows:

With [1.3x (crop)]: Approx. 99% vertical/horizontal coverage.

With [1.6x (crop)]: Approx. 98% vertical/horizontal coverage.

With [1:1 (aspect ratio)]: Approx. 100% vertical and approx. 99% horizontal coverage.

When the image-recording quality is RAW, the image will be recorded in full-frame and the Crop/aspect ratio setting will be appended. During RAW image playback, the shooting area will be indicated by frame lines on the full-frame display. However, in a slide show, only the shooting area will appear.

If you use [ : Custom Controls] to assign [Switch between crop/aspect] to the [M-Fn] button, you can press the [M-Fn] button during viewfinder shooting or Live View shooting to switch the Crop/aspect ratio shooting area.

During Live View shooting, you can use the Quick Control screen to set [Crop/aspect ratio].

Pixels Recorded in Crop/Aspect Ratio Settings

(Approx.)

Image Quality	Full-frame (3:2)	1.3x (crop)	1.6x (crop)
	8688 × 5792 (50.3 megapixels)	6768 × 4512 (30.5 megapixels)	5424 × 3616 (19.6 megapixels)
	7680 × 5210 (39.3 megapixels)	6016 × 4000* (24.1 megapixels)	4800 × 3200 (15.4 megapixels)
	5760 × 3840 (22.1 megapixels)	4512 × 3008 (13.6 megapixels)	3616 × 2408* (8.7 megapixels)
	4320 × 2880 (12.4 megapixels)	3376 × 2256* (7.6 megapixels)	2704 × 1808* (4.9 megapixels)
	1920 × 1280 (2.5 megapixels)	1920 × 1280 (2.5 megapixels)	1920 × 1280 (2.5 megapixels)
	720 × 480 (350,000 pixels)	720 × 480 (350,000 pixels)	720 × 480 (350,000 pixels)

(Approx.)

Image Quality	1:1 (aspect ratio)	4:3 (aspect ratio)	16:9 (aspect ratio)
	5792 × 5792 (33.5 megapixels)	7712 × 5792* (44.7 megapixels)	8688 × 4888* (42.5 megapixels)
	5120 × 5120 (26.2 megapixels)	6816 × 5120* (34.9 megapixels)	7680 × 4320 (33.2 megapixels)
	3840 × 3840 (14.7 megapixels)	5120 × 3840 (19.7 megapixels)	5760 × 3240 (18.7 megapixels)
	2880 × 2880 (8.3 megapixels)	3840 × 2880 (11.1 megapixels)	4320 × 2432* (10.5 megapixels)
	1280 × 1280 (1.6 megapixels)	1712 × 1280* (2.2 megapixels)	1920 × 1080 (2.1 megapixels)
	480 × 480 (230,000 pixels)	640 × 480 (310,000 pixels)	720 × 408* (290,000 pixels)

Caution

The items marked with an asterisk do not exactly match the indicated aspect ratio.

For JPEG image file sizes, see the figures for full-frame shooting in the camera’s instruction manual. The file size of an image taken with the [ : Crop/aspect ratio] set will be smaller than an identical image taken with [Full-frame] set.

The file size and maximum burst of RAW images are the same as those of full-frame shooting.