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Topic starter April 17, 2023 7:12 am  

(I was in the mood for alliteration this morning )

New to Canon and the R5. Love the thing so far, but there have been teething pains. (Much profanity was used until I found out the joystick is off by default... 😡 )

I have C1 set up for landscape/inanimate objects, C2 is "life forms" and C3 is Macro. Since I would want a folder for macro images to be stacked, I made a "Macro" folder and hoped to tie it to the C3 setting. Not sure that's even possible, but figured at the very least, I'd have the folder ready for when I wanted to use it.

I made and named the folder....and now all my images are going to it. I went ahead and created a second folder (I now have "100 Macro" and "101 Macro"). For the life of me I cannot find where to rename the folder - even though I did it once! I also cannot figure out how to delete a folder.

Also, is there a way to add "self timer" (not video self timer) to "My Menu"? I scrolled up, down, back and forth and sideways in the list of items you can add to My Menu...and didn't see it. Would that be something I'd have to go into the drive settings and enable each time? On my Fuji, I just assigned it to the hated Q button.


   
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April 17, 2023 8:04 am  

I didn't see the self timer in the mymenu either. You can program it into the MF button as one of your earlier choices, I believe it is there by default, or it is always under the Q menu. To program the MF button you go to the menu that has the camera with the dots below it (left of star menu) and choose customize buttons, go to the MF button and set it to dial function, then touch info-detail set to choose which functions to have in the MF button. I keep ISO, drive mode, exposure compensation, and AF point selection. Though EC is redundent since it is under the  wheel around SET. 

 

You could also put the drive choice with the self timer under a less used button, for example the light bulb button next to the red record video button. 

 

For the folders I think you can change the name only when you first create the folder. That is wrench 1, folder, create folder, change folder name. 


   
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Topic starter April 17, 2023 11:33 am  

Posted by: @bleirer
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I didn't see the self timer in the mymenu either.

So it's not just me. I feel much better. 😀 

Posted by: @bleirer
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 it is always under the Q menu.

As a side note do the Info/Q menus seem redundant? I mean they're pretty much the same thing except the Info menu is "dumb" - you can't do anything with it, just look at it. If you want to actually change something you have to go to the Q menu anyway, right? Or do people configure each one differently?

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Though EC is redundent since it is under the  wheel around SET.

I just found this, but haven't had a chance to use it yet. Sounds like it might be easier to do it that way than navigate to it via the dial on the top and then using the other dial to change the value.

 

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You could also put the drive choice with the self timer under a less used button, for example the light bulb button next to the red record video button.

Yeah, I've kind of come to the conclusion I'll have to do it that way. Bringing up Drive Mode and then selecting it isn't a one-click solution, but it will do. I don't see me using the Rate button, so that may get repurposed.

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For the folders I think you can change the name only when you first create the folder. That is wrench 1, folder, create folder, change folder name.

...and it's in the camera, not on the card, because it doesn't go away when you format the card. Crud.

 

Thanks!

 


   
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April 17, 2023 12:00 pm  

I think the folder should disappear if you choose 'low level format.' Haven't tested because I always use the deeper  low-level format. 


   
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Topic starter April 18, 2023 9:24 am  

@bleirer

I never even noticed the Low Level option!

I tried that and, oddly it nuked the second folder, but not the first.


   
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April 18, 2023 10:10 am  

Posted by: @bo-gussname
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@bleirer

I never even noticed the Low Level option!

I tried that and, oddly it nuked the second folder, but not the first.

 

The base folder is the one the system generates. The photos have to go somewhere, no? 

 


   
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Topic starter April 18, 2023 10:48 am  

@bleirer 

No, I still have the first "MACRO100" folder that I created. The original system folders are still there, as well, but the second "MACRO101" was nuked by the format.

I'm going to grab another card and see if the folder is still there - meaning it's buried in the software that that folder should exist.

I might try deleting the folder via the computer, just because I like breaking stuff.


   
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