Does Canon do the "U" modes like some Nikon cameras?
I know people give Ken Rockwell a lot of shit, and often with reason, but he's so so right that those are a game changer. I don't have to think, I can just move to "U1" or "U2" for my most common shooting scenarios and I'm done. There's also the customizable "Fn" button that gives quick access to a custom menu. Nikon cameras that feature this have easily the best UI in the industry.
Canon came up with that first with the 5D back in 2005, and it came to the semipro lineup with the 40D, and the full pro with the 1Dx. Currently, everything from the 80D and up has this.
Nikon only has had it on their midrange models starting with the D7000. The D6x0 and D750 have it, but the full pro style cameras don't have it.
Not familiar with Nikon but it sounds like this is the custom settings mode. This exist in the Canon world as Custom shooting mode. My very old 40D has C1/C2/C3 which are exactly for this. I agree theyre extremely useful as I stay on these mode 90%+ of the time.
Nikon pro bodies don't have a custom setting selector on the top but has five 'profiles' that you can select using the i button, each bank contains a full config.
I don't really use them except for having a 'basic' setup that reenables focus by half pressing the shutter button in case I hand my camera to someone who doesn't use back button focus.
I know people give Ken Rockwell a lot of shit, and often with reason, but he's so so right that those are a game changer. I don't have to think, I can just move to "U1" or "U2" for my most common shooting scenarios and I'm done. There's also the customizable "Fn" button that gives quick access to a custom menu. Nikon cameras that feature this have easily the best UI in the industry.