The 5D Mark II offers the widest range of adjustments, with nine levels for contrast, saturation, and color tone and eight adjustment levels for sharpness. Whether you customize an existing style or create a new one, you have sufficient latitude in setting parameters. Figures 4.13 through 4.18 show the differences in Picture Styles by using a similar scene. You can also modify the settings to suit your preferences, and you can create up to three user-defined styles based on one of the Canon Picture Styles. All Picture Styles have specific settings for sharpness, contrast, color saturation, and color tone. The 5D Mark II offers six Picture Styles, and it uses the Standard Picture Style as the default style.
Picture Styles are the foundation for how the camera delivers tonal curves, color rendering, color saturation, and sharpness in the final images. The 5D Mark II attaches a Picture Style to every image you shoot. Having the ability to create three distinct customized Picture Styles and recalling them quickly for different shooting situations is a huge timesaver. From this menu, you select one of the six preset styles or create your own style and save it as one of three customizable Picture Style settings. Picture Styles have risen in popularity with so many photographers that Canon has given the 5D Mark II a dedicated Picture Style button on the back of the camera.
