EOS R6 Mark II: Viewing image filename in playback

[KeithNC]

I have not found a way to display the filename of an image during playback. I do not see it in the default view of the Shooting Information Display, which is accessed by pressing INFO twice when viewing the image only. I also cannot find an option for customizing the Shooting Information Display that includes the image filename. Am I missing a magic trick?

[jrhoffman75]

You can choose what menus display in Playback here:

 Canon : Product Manual : EOS R6 Mark II

[KeithNC]

I appreciate the response, but as I noted, I have been through all the options on that screen and have not found one that included the image filename. There is no way to turn a specific item of information on or off.  There are only the 11 different choices for the makeup of the Shooting Information Display.

[FloridaDrafter]

I'm not sure what I have selected (I believe it's default), but the folder and file name are displayed in the upper right of my LCD during viewing.

Folder 100, file name 9606.

Newton

 

[jrhoffman75 · Accepted solution]

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@KeithNC wrote:

I appreciate the response, but as I noted, I have been through all the options on that screen and have not found one that included the image filename. There is no way to turn a specific item of information on or off.  There are only the 11 different choices for the makeup of the Shooting Information Display.

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Can you post a screenshot of what you are seeing? Every one of the playback options in the manual shows the folder and image number.

Do you have at least one of the display options selected? If you select no option you will get no info.

[KeithNC]

Apparently, the FULL filename is not displayed. When I download a test image, the filename is 383A0411.CR3. On the playback display, similar to yours, I see the only 100-0411. Screenshot from Applie phone is attached. I would like to be able to match the full filename with the downloaded image to make sure it is downloaded before I delete it from the camera.

[jrhoffman75]

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@KeithNC wrote:

Apparently, the FULL filename is not displayed. When I download a test image, the filename is 383A0411.CR3. On the playback display, similar to yours, I see the only 100-0411. Screenshot from Applie phone is attached. I would like to be able to match the full filename with the downloaded image to make sure it is downloaded before I delete it from the camera.

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I have never heard of an instance where the downloaded file was not the same as the camera, but if you want/need to verify that you could open the downloaded file and compare it against the camera. There are instances where downloads can get corrupted but that is not a naming issue.

[KeithNC]

We seem to have a disconnect in defining the issue. Somewhere in the camera playback I would hope to see a COMPLETE filename. For example, 383A0411.CR3. Can you post a screenshot that shows a filename like that? All I see (at the upper right) is a folder number of 100, then a hypen, and then an image number of 0411. Your screenshot showed a number with that format. I have not seen a screenshot that shows the full filename of a downloaded image.

[p4pictures · Accepted solution]

The filename used in the camera is eight characters long, with a three character extension. The filename is comprised of two sections, the first four alphanumeric characters are the filename prefix set in the camera. Usually it is either IMG_ or some four random characters specific to your camera, eg 383A. The next four characters are the image number. This image number is shown on the screen in playback in the photo you took. So for that image it is 383A0411 and the file extension will be either .CR3 /. JPG / .HIF depending on the image type. 

The 100- shown before the file number is the folder number the image is stored in. So in your case your memory card will have the DCIM folder and subfolders eg 100CANON. For the folder names, the first three characters are the folder number, but the last five may be different depending on the camera. My EOS R6 Mark II uses a folder name like 100EOSR6. 

This is because the cameras use the industry standard EXIF filenaming structure.

Also if you select AdobeRGB color profile instead of sRGB then the initial character of the filename will be changed to an underscore, so IMG_0411 will become _MG_0411 

[KeithNC]

I appreciate the detailed explanations. I simply wanted a way to match the image I see in playback to the filename of the image stored I keep on a cloud as a final safety check before deleting the image on the camera card. The last four digits of the filename will work fine!