Canon EOS C300 Mark III, Manual

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Preparing Recording Media
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Initializing Recording Media
Initialize cards when you use them with this camera for the first time. You can also initialize a card to permanently
delete all the recordings it contains.
1 Select > [
Æ
Recording/Media Setup] > [Initialize Media].
2 Select [CFexpress A], [CFexpress B] or [SD Card].
3 Select [OK].
• The card is initialized and all the data it contains is erased.
4 When the confirmation message appears, press SET.
IMPORTANT
• SD cards are initialized using the FAT12 / FAT16 file system, SDHC cards using the FAT32 file system, and
SDXC and CFexpress cards using the exFAT file system.
• Initializing a card will permanently erase all data, including photos and protected custom picture files. Lost data
cannot be recovered. Make sure you save important recordings in advance.
• Depending on the card, initialization may take up to a few minutes.
NOTES
• When relay recording is activated, while you keep recording on one CFexpress card, you can initialize another
CFexpress card in the other card slot.
• If you set an assignable button to [Initialize Media] (
A
123), you can press the button to open the [Initialize
Media] submenu.
Switching Between CFexpress Card Slots
The camera features two CFexpress card slots, CFexpress and CFexpress . If both slots contain a card,
you can switch between them as necessary.
Press the SLOT SELECT button.
• The access indicator of the selected CFexpress card slot will
illuminate in green. On the screen, the CFexpress card selected is
indicated with a mark next to the card icon.
• You cannot use the SLOT SELECT button to switch between
CFexpress card slots while recording or playing back.
• You can also perform this function remotely using Browser Remote
on a connected network device (
A
181, 185).