New folders all the time ?

[MICHAEL B]

Hi there! I´m a happy owner of a 20D, have had it for almost a month now
and I´m deadhappy about it...:D
Have 2 questions which annoys me though...

1). WHY do I end up with a new folder of pictures on my CF-card everytime..( 124CANON, 125CANON etc..) Even when I empty them I don´t seem to get rid of them... At first not a big problem, but now when I have empty ones all the way from 115CANON up to 150CANON it starts to annoy me.... WHAT TO DO ????

2). When shooting in RAW-mode... Why do I get the autofocus button where my thumb is and not in the triggerbutton as it is when I shoot jpg... Annoying that I have to remember to set the focus first, then press the trigger...
MUST BE POSSIBLE TO CHANGE OR ???? CAN´T FIND IT IT THE MANUAL?

Would be happy if you guys/girls whom seem to know all the hidden secrets
in the manual could help me out with this...
By the way, I just ordered the STRAP....
Will be nice to have against the neck when the summer arrives...
Hopefully I wont get scratch marks all over as usual..
Great Work !!:)

[swoop1156]

The folders seperate the pictures by every 100 shots. I was confised about that as well, but I figured it out after looking at it for a while. The other, I have no clue, I have a Kiss Digital.

[Ikinaa]

1). WHY do I end up with a new folder of pictures on my CF-card everytime..( 124CANON, 125CANON etc..) Even when I empty them I don´t seem to get rid of them... At first not a big problem, but now when I have empty ones all the way from 115CANON up to 150CANON it starts to annoy me.... WHAT TO DO ????

2). When shooting in RAW-mode... Why do I get the autofocus button where my thumb is and not in the triggerbutton as it is when I shoot jpg... Annoying that I have to remember to set the focus first, then press the trigger...
MUST BE POSSIBLE TO CHANGE OR ???? CAN´T FIND IT IT THE MANUAL?



Hi Michael,

1. Canon stores 100 pictures per folder. So every 100 pictures the camera creates a new folder. Format the card in your camera when you have downloaded the pictures to your computer, then empty folders will disappear.

2. the focus is on the '*'-button when custom function #4 is set to 1.

To learn more about the custom functions, read the manual that came with the camera or try searching the forum for custom functions.
Here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=46965) is a thread about custom function #4

[tim]

Get DIM from alanlight.com and your problems will disappear :)

[Kennymc]

Have you tried formatting your card every time you have downloaded your images...