Jan’s Camera Setup Guides

Tried, Tested, Perfected

With decades of experience setting up and using cameras from all major brands, I’ve developed precise settings and adjustments to optimize autofocus, usability, and overall performance. These PDF guides remove the guesswork out of setting up your camera, so you can focus on capturing incredible images!

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Set Up Your Canon Camera Like Jan

I have created in-depth setup guides for a wide range of cameras to help you unlock their full potential—quickly and confidently. Each guide walks you through the settings step-by-step, highlighting the ones that truly make a difference. Clear instructions ensure you never feel lost or overwhelmed. Once purchased, simply download the PDF and apply the settings to your own camera. In just a few minutes, you’ll have your Canon set up exactly like mine—ready to capture stunning images right away!

For select camera models, I also include a camera setup file that lets you install my settings with a few clicks!

Starting with the R1 guide, I’ve introduced a completely new design—more intuitive, easier to follow, and featuring a fresh layout.
My earlier guides (white covers) were created in collaboration with my friend Glenn Bartley.

Set Up Your Nikon Camera Like Jan

Once purchased, simply download the provided PDF file and apply my settings to your own camera. In just a few minutes, you'll have your own camera set up exactly like mine!


Note: the Z8 setup guide can also be applied to Z9 cameras, as 99% of the settings are exactly the same.

Set Up Your Sony Camera Like Jan

Coming soon!

Over 4000 Satisfied Customers!

With 4,000 customers and thousands of reviews, here are a few highlights showcasing the high satisfaction

and impact of Jan's bird photography courses.

Easily the best instructional video I have seen

Jan has a natural relaxed presentation style that makes for easy viewing.

I've been photographing birds for a number of years and I regret that I didn't get to see this video years ago, as it would have improved my setups a lot sooner.

This instructional video stands out as an exceptional resource, offering an unparalleled blend of practical advice and insightful tips. It's not just the best instructional video I've seen, it's a comprehensive guide that has significantly influenced my photography journey. .

Gerard Satherley

gerardsatherleyphotography.com

The video you wish you had access to when you started

Jan gives you the video you wish you had access to when you started asking yourself some of those difficult photo questions.

It presents bleeding edge bird photography in an easy to understand, informative style & shows that it’s not the camera or computer equipment but these simple steps and a little bit of creative thinking that will get you where you want to be.

Even if your a walk & stalk kinda guy or girl there are so many transferable skills included here it would be ridiculous not to have it as reference.

Karl Seddon

(IG: @karlseddon)

Anyone wanting to advance their skills in bird photography will absolutely benefit from this

This is a highly informative documentary of exactly how Jan gets those amazing shots.

This honest approach in sharing techniques and skills he has learned and developed over ten years of bird photography is invaluable. Each and every process is clearly explained (not just what he did... but why he does it!).

Having watched this several times now, I highly recommend it. I believe anyone wanting to advance their skills in bird photography will absolutely benefit from this."

Brian Kowald

(IG: @briankowald)

Good Afternoon Jan,

Hi Jan,

I have gone ahead and purchased your Lightroom Masterclass. I have been watching your videos while working on the images, and I must say your stuff is cool and extremely helpful. I have been using Lightroom for a very long time but your instructional videos were really helping to focussing on the important parts, my workflow has significantly improved within a few days of use already! In particular your concept of how to use the masking is great. The combination with your Prosets is also very useful.

I just watched your video. It is really good. Your workflow is perfect and you explain it very well without making it confusing to understand. I was never happy with my Baudin's Black-Cockatoo shots, as my processing was crap I couldn't get rid of that yellow look effectively. I will reprocess them now.

I have used Photoshop for over 8 years, I wish I had watched this video when I started. I have learnt lots of new

techniques that will improve

my bird processing work flow.

Wow, so good! This is a brilliant tutorial that showcases not only the power of Photoshop, but also Jan's amazing editing skills. Easy to understand, this masterclass caters for everyone from novice to those with more advanced photography and editing skills. I think absolutely everyone would gain from this, and it would be the best thing a novice could do for

themselves to get not just an understanding, but more importantly the skills needed to edit images correctly. I can't recommend this highly enough and I will be going back over it again and again to get everything I can out of it.

Well done Jan.

Hi Jan,

Wow, just wow, I don't really know what else to say?

I can tell you that I have paid big money in the past for other people's so called Masterclasses and for me to learn about all the stuff that you covered, I would have to buy two, maybe three, different courses.


I have many courses for PS editing and he makes it very difficult by jumping from mountains to portraits to animals, all over the place and it becomes a very

jumbled mess in your head when you try to put all his information into my chosen subject of Bird Photography.

I recently purchased your new Academy Bundle and have been very impressed. I purchased your old Masterclass and found it to be the most practical and helpful photo guide I owned. Cheers Jesse

Ok, this is fantastic, Jan! Just wanted to say that as a beginner, I found this tutorial to be a revelation, showing me the true capabilities of Photoshop and seeingJan's remarkable editing skills inspred me no end. It's so easy to follow, which helped me progress and i’m just starting out.


This masterclass is something I believe everyone can benefit from if I can and for a beginner like me, it’s probably gonna be an invaluable resource. I got pretty good results but most importantly it equips me with the skills I need to edit images properly and even get better. I can't praise this enough and I already know I'll be revisiting it over and over again to absorb as much as possible.

Thanks

Watching a magician reveal the secrets to his tricks

Perched is a beautifully produced lesson on how to capture crisp, colorful bird images.

It felt like I was watching a magician reveal the secrets to his tricks, but rather than ruining the magic, it made it even more fun.

There was enough content in the episode to give me new techniques to practice for months or years to come.

Marcus

(IG: @marcusbirding)

This is the definitive "how to" on bird photography

So much cheaper than a workshop but you can watch it over and over again.

Everything is explained clearly and I found it easy to follow along.


This is the definitive "how to" on bird photography. I can't recommend this highly enough!

Adam Hunter

(IG: @wildlife_kununurra)

I don't photograph birds but i just like this style so much I wanted to learn

I kept coming across Jan's work online, and I was really drawn to the the artistic nature of the photos he produces. I wanted to understand what he was doing in terms of editing. I wasn't disappointed. At the end of the day, learning from the master is always worthwhile because it can be applied to any genre.

Joe Best


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