Here's mine for the 5D2:
  1. Custom WB
  2. Format
  3. Live View/Movie func. set.
  4. Highlight tone priority
  5. Mirror lockup
  6. Camera user settings




I'm always fiddling with custom WB, so it goes on top. Live View is there because I switch the "Silent Shoot" setting for various situations, such as reduced vibration on a tripod. Mirror lockup for the same. I have HTP there to enable for ISO 1600 and 3200, and make it easier to disable for ISO 800 or less, since it adds much more noise at those settings (and no noise at ISO 3200).

I use the "Camera user settings" a lot. C1 is always my video setting. I change C2 and C3 for each shooting situation, but usually C2 is flash:

  • Manual
  • 1/200
  • f/8
  • ISO 400
  • single focus
  • single shot




And C3 is natural light continuous:

  • Aperture priMority
  • Wide open
  • ~ISO 800
  • AI Focus
  • AEB +/- 1 stop
  • Continuous shooting




When I first got the 5D2 in December I went through all the custom functions and carefully selected the appropriate settings for myself.