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Setting a card’s volume label, Switching between card slots, Checking the remaining recording time on a card – Canon EOS R5 C VR Creator Kit with RF 5.2mm f/2.8 Dual Fisheye Lens User Manual

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Preparing Recording Media

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NOTES

• If you set an assignable button to [Initialize Media] (

A

121), you can press the button to open the [Initialize

Media] submenu.

Setting a Card’

s

Volume Label

You can set the volume label for CFexpress cards and SDXC cards, when recording RAW/XF-AVC clips, in order
to make it easier to identify and organize them later.

1

S

elect

> [

Æ

Recording/Media

S

etup] > [Volume Label] > De

s

ired option.

2 Initialize the card (

A

35).

3 If nece

ss

ary,

s

et the RAW/XF-AVC clip file name’

s

metadata element

s

(

A

40).

4 Record clip

s

on the card.

• The card’s volume label changes when the first RAW/XF-AVC clip is recorded on a just initialized card.

Option

s

[Canon]:

The card’s volume label will be “CANON” regardless of the clip file name settings.

[Canon + Metadata]:

The card’s volume label will be “CANON”, plus the camera index number and the reel number
(

A

40).

Switching Between Card Slot

s

If both slots contain a card, you can switch the card used for recording/playback as necessary.

1 A

ss

ign the [

S

lot

S

election] function to an a

ss

ignable button (

A

121).

2 Pre

ss

the a

ss

igned button during record

s

tandby mode (

S

TBY) or on the index

s

creen.

NOTES

• You can also use the

> [

Æ

Recording/Media Setup] > [Main Recording Destination] setting.

• You cannot use the button assigned to [Slot Selection] to switch between card slots while recording or playing

back.

• You can also perform this function remotely using Browser Remote (

A

179).

Checking the Remaining Recording Time on a Card

The display on the upper left of the screen shows the card icons and the remaining recording time* (in minutes)
on each card (

A

50).

On the [

Æ

Recording/Media Setup] status screen (

A

203), you can check the total space, used space and

approximate remaining recording time* of each card. The approximate remaining number of photos (SD card B
only) and speed class will be displayed as well.

* Remaining recording times are approximate and calculated based on the current video configuration used.