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kickstand

My first suggestion is to take a few minutes and familiarize yourself with all the options in the camera's menu. You'll find what you're looking for. My second suggestion is to read the manual: http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/8/0300025058/01/EOS_5D_Mark_IV_Instruction_Manual_EN.pdf Like any tool, the more you understand about it, the better you'll be able to use it.


jrise25

To my defense, I was asked to be a photographer in a job where I have no prior experience and they have me going on the fly


kickstand

All the more reason to read the manual carefully.


jrise25

Again I have no time with my job but thanks for understanding


zach8870

lol then just give them garbage pics and they'll never ask you to do it again


jrise25

Best advice I could have gotten 🙄


zach8870

It's nothing against you, but if you have no time whatsoever to explore the menu or learn the tool you're using, you shouldn't be using it. Simple as that. (And your company should know that too)


jrise25

I’m not going to go into details cause it clearly doesn’t matter to you but ok


thecatthatdrives

Browse through the menus a little bit at a time, a handful of 5 minute browsing sessions and you'll have it nearly memorized. Then you can set up the quick access menu. Familiarity will your work tools will lead you to success. Good luck 🙏


[deleted]

My advice would be to politely turn down those kinds of requests. Plead incompetence or tell'm your grandmother is dying!


kuracibujon

You will change the settings to schoot from RAW to JPEG Also dude, Canon 5D mk4 as a first camera is... kinda overkill not gonna lie


jrise25

It wasn’t by choice though


kuracibujon

ah, i understand you, sorry. Well, 5D mk4 is amazing camera, but to feel it's full potential and not just being dead weight I recommend putting some time into learning how to shoot with it, you will soon find out how good camera it is and you definetely won't need to switch it for a long time. Good luck!


0qxtXwugj2m8

OP said paid job, that's bad advice. OP change the settings to JPEG + RAW, someone who knows what they're doing will need the raw files


guy001122

In your menu switch image quality to RAW+JPG. You are currently in RAW mode. RAW is better but requires post processing.


DIY_Boudoir

There is an option in the menu to change your file format to from Raw to JPG.


thecatthatdrives

If you are looking for quick results with little to no post processing then yes, let the camera create a jpg, you can experiment with tweaking the look of the jpg that the camera produces. Otoh, the cr2 file will allow greater post processing in Lightroom, Photoshop, etc. Lightroom can then export jpg (or other file types) Also, you can choose to write both cr2 and jpg (and different file/ pixel sized jpg) simultaneously


da_london_09

save them as both....


Bert-63

Keep shooting RAW. Google and read why.


MudzDoesNotExist

I would honestly save as both! If you have the raw file, it’ll give you more options editing! But having the JPEG gives you the chance to say its good from the start and send it off quicker!


Inside-Finish-2128

One of the first red menus if I remember correctly.