Canon Camera Eos 5d Mark Iii User Manual

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3 Creating and Selecting a Folder
 With the folder selection screen 
displayed, turn the < 5> dial to select 
the desired folder, then press < 0>.
X The folder where the captured 
images will be saved is selected.
  Subsequent captured images will be 
recorded into the selected folder.
Selecting a Folder
Number of images 
in folder
Folder name
Lowest file number
Highest file number
About FoldersAs with “ 100EOS5D ” for example, the folder name starts with three digits (the 
folder number) followed by...

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The file name has four alphanumeric 
characters followed by a four-digit image 
number (p.154) 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.
1Select [File name].
 Under...

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3 Changing the File Name
 4Exit the setting.
 Enter the required number of 
alphanumeric characters, then press 
the < M > button.
X The new file name will be registered 
and the screen in step 2 will reappear.
 5Select the registered file name.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select [ File 
name ], then press < 0>.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select the 
registered file name, then press 
< 0 >.
  If User setting2 has been registered, 
select “*** (the 3 characters 
registered) + image size”.
Settings
About User...

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The four-digit file number is like the frame 
number on a roll of film. The captured images 
are assigned a sequential file number from 
0001 to 9999 and saved in one folder. You can 
change how the file number is assigned.
1Select [File numbering].
 Under the [ 51] tab, select [ File 
numbering ], then press < 0>.
2Select the file numbering method.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select the 
desired setting, then press < 0>.
Continues the file numbering sequence even after the card is 
replaced or a new...

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3 File Numbering Methods
The file numbering restarts from  0001 each time the card is 
replaced or a new folder is created.
When you replace the card, create a folder, or switch the target card 
(such as f  →  g ), the file numbering cont inues in sequence from 0001 
for the images saved. This is convenient if you want to  organize images 
according to cards or folders.
If the replacement card or existi ng folder already contains images 
recorded previously, the file number ing of the new images may...

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When you set the copyright information, it will be recorded to the image 
as Exif information.
1Select [Copyright information].
 Under the [ 54] tab, select [Copyright 
information ], then press < 0>.
2Select the option to be set.
  Turn the < 5> dial, select either 
[Enter author’s name ] or [Enter 
copyright details ], then press .
3Enter text.
  Press the < Q> button, and the text 
palette will be highlighted in a color 
frame. Text can be entered.
  Operate the < 5/6 > dial or < 9> 
to move the...

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3 Setting Copyright Information N
When you select [Display copyright 
info. ] in step 2 on the preceding page, 
you can check the [Author ] and 
[Copyright] information that you 
entered.
When you select [ Delete copyright information ] in step 2 on the 
preceding page, you can delete the [ Author] and [Copyright ] 
information.
Checking the Copyright Information
Deleting the Copyright Information
You can also set or ch eck the copyright information with EOS Utility 
(provided software, p.394).
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The range of reproducible colors is called the color space. With this 
camera, you can set the color space  for captured images to sRGB or 
Adobe RGB. For normal shooting, sRGB is recommended.
The color space is set automatically to sRGB in the < A> mode.
1Select [Color space].
 Under the [ z2] tab, select [Color 
space ], then press < 0>.
2Set the desired color space.
  Select [ sRGB] or [ Adobe RGB ], then 
press < 0>.
This color space is mainly used for commercial printing and other 
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Advanced Operations
In the d/s /f /a /F  
shooting modes, you can select 
the shutter speed, aperture, and 
other camera settings to change 
the exposure and obtain the 
desired result.
  AM  icon at the upper  right of a page title indicates that the 
function can be used when the Mode Dial is set to < d/s /
f /a/F>.
* The function cannot be used in the < A> mode.
  After you press the shutter  button halfway and let go, the 
exposure values will remain di splayed in the viewfinder and 
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The camera automatically sets the shutter speed and aperture to suit 
the subject’s brightness. This is called Program AE.
* < d> stands for Program.* AE stands for autoexposure.
1Set the Mode Dial to < d>.
2Focus the subject.
  Look through the viewfinder and aim 
the AF point over the subject. Then 
press the shutter button halfway.
X When focus is achieved, the focus 
confirmation light < o> on the 
viewfinder’s bottom right will light up. 
(In One-Shot AF mode.)
X The shutter speed and aperture...