Canon EOS 5D Selecting a Folder, About Folders, Creating Folders with a Personal Computer

3Creating and Selecting a Folder

Selecting a Folder

Lowest file number Quantity of images

in folder

Folder name Highest file number

With the Select folder screen displayed, turn the <5> dial to select the desired folder, then press <0>.

XThe folder where the captured images will be saved will be selected. Subsequent captured images will be recorded into the selected folder.

About Folders

As with “100EOS5D” for example, the folder name starts with three digits (folder number) followed by five alphanumeric characters. A folder can contain up to 9999 images (file No. 0001 - 9999). When a folder becomes full, a new folder with a higher one-up folder number is created automatically. Also, if manual reset (p.75) is executed, a new folder will be created automatically. Folders numbered from 100 to 999 can be created.

Creating Folders with a Personal Computer

With the card open on the screen, create a new folder named “DCIM”. Open the DCIM folder and create as many folders as necessary to save and organize your images. The folder name must follow the “100ABC_D” format where the first three digits is 100 - 999 followed by five alphanumeric characters. The five characters can be a combination of upper- or lower-case letters from A to Z, numerals, and an underscore “_”. There can be no space in the folder name. Also, folder names cannot have the same three-digit number such as “100ABC_D” and “100W_XYZ” even if the letters are different.

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