Canon EOS 5D Mark III: can I delete RAW/JPEG pairs from CF and SD together?
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On a Canon EOS 5D Mark III, I’m recording RAW files to the CF card and JPEGs to the SD card using separate recording/playback settings. In playback, I only see the CF card images, and deleting removes only the RAW file from CF. Is there a way in-camera to view the SD card files and delete the matching JPEG on SD at the same time as its RAW file on CF?
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Change the playback from slot 1 to slot 2. You'll see (and be able to delete) the photos on your SD card.
From the camera, you cannot delete the "paired" files. They are totally separate and the camera doesn't connect them logically.
That having been said, I would caution you against this process. If you need more than 32g for a session, either buy another card, or don't write backups to your SD card. Use it for either originals or backups, or not both. At some point under the pressure of a shoot when you're quickly trying to free up some space to continue shooting, you'll make a mistake. The chances of that happening are far greater than needing a jpeg backup.
My advice would be to go buy another CF card. Until then, record RAW to the CF card until it fills up, and then record RAW to the SD card.
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You can switch playback to the other card slot and view/delete files on that card, but the 5D Mark III does not treat the RAW on CF and the JPEG on SD as a linked pair for deletion.
So in practice:
- Set playback to the SD slot to see and delete JPEGs on the SD card.
- Set playback to the CF slot to see and delete RAW files on the CF card.
- Deleting on one card does not automatically delete the corresponding file on the other card.
The camera records them as separate files, not as a single parent/child item.
If space is tight during a shoot, manually deleting from both cards can be risky and slow. A safer approach is to carry additional card capacity or avoid using the second card as a duplicate if you know you may need the space before the shoot ends.
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