annoying rear screen info

When I first used my 5DII I could not understand how others could see the camera settings on the rear LCD.

Now, for about a week, I cannot get rid of the same screen. Either my shot images are there or this annoying settings screen. I have no idea what I have done to make it stay up and equally have no idea what to do to get rid of it!

Please Mr Canon, I'd like my dark LCD back please.

Info button?

Lloyd,

Thank you, you are a star.

I've been fiddling with the menu until I'm sick of it. Must have accidentally brushed the info butto or it pressed against my chest.

Don't worry Richard, you are not alone, it happened to me a while back and I went mad pressing buttons to try to get rid of it

artyman wrote in post #15103463
Don't worry Richard, you are not alone, it happened to me a while back and I went mad pressing buttons to try to get rid of it

Ken,

Thanks! I often wish I was more techno minded.

Richard, believe me it hurts me to say this, but I must.

RTFM

Elie,

Someone had to say it I suppose!

Believe me I do try, but I quickly loose the will to live trying to get anything useful out of Canon manuals.

Lowner wrote in post #15103955
Elie,

Someone had to say it I suppose!

Believe me I do try, but I quickly loose the will to live trying to get anything useful out of Canon manuals.

Here is a hint, just use the PDF version of the manual and search for camera settings. At some point, you will be taken to page 190.

The paper version leaves alot to be desired, but searching the PDF is more fruitful.

Lowner wrote in post #15103955
Elie,

Someone had to say it I suppose!

Believe me I do try, but I quickly loose the will to live trying to get anything useful out of Canon manuals.

It is funny the differences between people. I bring my manuals on flights with me for a refresher. I could read those all day.

/engineer...

I bought Canon 40D Digital Field Guide by Charlotte k. Lewis, and Canon 40D The Expanded Guide by Andy Stansfield, and they were both great at explaining the functions of my camera. I keep the Stansfield book in my camera bag because it is smaller than the Lewis book. It doen't look like stansfield had a 5D3 guide out yet. -rick

Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital Field Guide [Paperback] Charlotte K. Lowrie (Author)
http://www.amazon.com …9115/ref=pd_rhf​_se_s_cp_4

Canon's manuals are good. Consise, accurate and well organized.

apersson850 wrote in post #15105092
Canon's manuals are good. Consise, accurate and well organized.

As are well written mathematical proofs. Doesn't mean they're easy to read for a great number of people.

I've been exposed to both, and there's certainly a big difference. Comparing with quite a lot of other user's manuals, Canon's are clearly among the better when it comes to being easily understandable. Sure, there are flaws and omissions, but they do of course also have a target to keep the page count at reasonable levels. Probably the reason why they've started delivering more than one user's manual, each covering different aspects of the camera. Thus everybody doesn't have to wade through all of it, if they aren't using features covered by another manual.

Reading manuals or viewing tutorials has always been especially frustrating for me.

The way I learn best, and also easiest, is to have someone show me how to do it. The old fashioned way - in person! Yes, a real live person sitting down with me and doing something, explaining what they are doing every step of the way. Then they let me try to see if I got it or not.

Am I alone, or is this not the best, fastest, and easiest way to learn something? When I learn this way, the lessons 'stick".

Whenever I do go thru the excruciating process of reading a manual, even when I eventually figure something out, I often have little retention.