Changing the File Name. Canon EOS 5DS, EOS 5DS R

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Changing the File Name

The file name has four alphanumeric characters followed by a four-digit image

(Example)

BE3B0001.JPG

number (p.199) and extension. The first

four alphanumeric characters are set upon factory shipment and unique to the camera. However, you can change them.

With “User setting1”, you can change and register the four characters as desired. With “User setting2”, if you register three characters, the fourth character from the left will be appended automatically to indicate the image size.

Registering or Changing the File Name

1

Select [File name].



Under the [

5

1

] tab, select [

File name

], then press <

0

>.

2

Select [Change User setting*].

3

Enter any alphanumeric characters.



For User setting1, enter four characters. For User setting2, enter three characters.



Press the <

L

> button to delete any unnecessary characters.



Press the <

Q

> button. The text palette will be highlighted with a color frame, and text can be entered.

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Settings

3

Changing the File Name



Operate the <

5

> dial or <

9

> to move the and select the desired character. Then press <

0

> to enter it.

4

Exit the setting.



After entering the correct number of characters, press the <

M

> button, then select [

OK

].

 The registered file name will be saved.

5

Select the registered file name.



Select [

File name

], then press <

0

>.



Select the registered file name, then press <

0

>.



If User setting2 is registered, select

“*** (the 3 characters registered) + image size”.

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Changing the File Name

The first character cannot be an underscore “_”.

User setting2

When you select the “*** + image size” registered with User setting2 and take pictures, the image-recording quality character will be automatically appended as the file name’s fourth character from the left. The meaning of the image-recording quality characters is as follows:

“***

L

” =

73

/

83

/

1

“***

M

” =

7

K

/

8

K

/

4

1

“***

N

” =

75

/

85

“***

T

” = b

“***

“***

S

U

” =

” =

7 c a

/

8 a

/

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When the image is transferred to a computer, the automatically appended fourth character will be included. You can then see the image size without having to open the image. RAW or JPEG images can be distinguished with the extension.



The extension will be “.JPG” for JPEG images, “.CR2” for RAW images, and “.MOV” for movies.



When you shoot a movie with User setting2, the file name’s fourth character will be an underscore “_”.

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