Canon EOS C300 Mark II, Instruction Manual

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Using Metadata
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Using Metadata
The camera automatically adds metadata to clips while they are being recorded. You can use Canon XF Utility for
XF-AVC to check and search for specific metadata. You can also create and transfer a user memo remotely
using Browser Remote on a connected Wi-Fi device (
A
120, 128).
Metadata components
1
User memo files need to be created using the software and saved on an SD card in advance.
2
Only when an optional GP-E1 GPS Receiver is attached to the camera. While recording, GPS information is recorded
automatically by the camera (
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108).
3
GPS information can only be added to clips already recorded.
4
Recording data is logged automatically by the camera.
Setting a User Memo Created with Canon XF Utility for XF-AVC
Before you can add a user memo, you must first install Canon XF Utility for XF-AVC (
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170). Next, create the
user memo and then save it to an SD card. Once you insert the SD card in the camera and select the user
memo, it will be added to clips you record.
For details on using the software, refer to the instruction manual that is installed with Canon XF Utility for XF-AVC
(
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171).
1 Use Canon XF Utility for XF-AVC to save a user memo to an SD
card.
• For details, refer to
Managing User Memo Profiles
in the Canon XF
Utility for XF-AVC Instruction Manual.
2 Insert the SD card into the camera’s SD card slot.
3 Open the metadata [Setting] submenu.
[
3
Recording/Media Setup]
>
[Metadata]
>
[Setting]
4 Select [SD Card] and then press SET.
5 Open the [User Memo] submenu.
[
3
Recording/Media Setup]
>
[Metadata]
>
[User Memo]
6 Select the file name of the desired user memo and then press SET.
• The
Q
icon appears on the right of the screen.
• Select [Off] to record clips without a user memo.
Metadata
Entering content Checking content
Camera
Canon XF Utility
for XF-AVC
Browser Remote
Canon XF Utility
for XF-AVC
User Memo: clip title, creator, location and description. –
Ü
1
Ü Ü
GPS information: altitude, latitude and longitude.
Ü
2
Ü
3
Ü Ü
Information about the recording: scene and take.
Ü
– –
Ü
Information about camera settings: shutter speed, ISO
speed/gain value, etc.
–
4
– –
Ü
Unique Material Identifiers (UMID): country, organization
and user codes based on the SMPTE standard.
Ü
(
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– – –
Operating modes:
[
3
Recording/Media Setup]
[
Metadata]
[ Setting]
[SD Card]
[
3
Recording/Media Setup]
[ Metadata]
[User Memo]