Anatomy of the EOS 7D’s Menus

If you have jumped directly to the Canon EOS 7D from an ancient model like the EOS 30D, you’re in for a pleasant surprise from a menu perspective. Like all recent EOS cameras, this model abandons the time-consuming scrolling through one endless menu in favor of 11 individually tabbed menus, each with a single screen of options (so you won’t need to scroll within a menu to see all the entries). The menus are much cleaner, too.

If you’ve used another recent EOS model, you’ll find the 7D’s menu system familiar, but with a more attractive look that includes “shaded” menu tabs (see Figure 7.1). Some menu items have been moved around and/or renamed. With the current system, just press the MENU button, spin the Main Dial to highlight the menu tab you want to access, and then scroll up and down within a menu with the Quick Control Dial or multi-controller. What could be easier?