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by Ed Cordes on Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:11 pm

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IU installed the new firmware for the R5. One of the great features is the ability to save the camera settings to an SD card so that if something occurred to erase them I can basically install the card and push a button and they will all be reset to my preferences. The question is can I give this to another photog to upload my setting to their camera? It would be nice as a lot of people ask me for my settings. Thanks for your advice.

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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Apr 02, 2021 8:43 pm

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For every camera system I have ever used with this capability, the answer is yes as it allows you to quickly set-up multiple cameras to be the same. Now I have not done this with an R5 but certainly previous Canon camera bodies did exactly what you are wanting.

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by bryantjl on Sat Apr 03, 2021 6:49 am

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It does work. If you have entered the author's name and copyright details in your R5 (yellow menu 6) just remember to change that if you are copying the data to another camera not belonging to you. At least you don't have to concern yourself with AF micro adjustment as you do if you are doing this on a 1DX3 for instance. Lenses are recognized by serial number.

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by Ed Cordes on Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:27 am

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Thanks for the replies E.J. & John. Thanks for reminding me RE the copyrite info. Frankly, I would have forgotten about it.

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