How can we mark the start of each product shoot on a Canon to separate images later?

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We photograph hundreds of fashion items per day, and each product may have 3–10 images. Files are currently saved in a simple sequence, which makes it hard to tell where one product ends and the next begins during import.

We want a low-friction way to mark each new product while shooting so the images can be grouped later on the computer. Ideally this would be done in-camera, such as incrementing a filename prefix or creating a new folder for each product. Another idea is shooting a deliberate marker frame that can be identified later.

Is there a practical Canon workflow for this that minimizes impact on photographer productivity?

user50217 · Answer

Changing file numbers in camera for every product would be tedious and take up to much of the photographers valuable time (photographer productivity).

Perhaps the photographer could change media cards between each product and have an assistant label each card with the product name. ??

Typically catalogue/organizing is done in post processing by using a media cataloging program to assign keywords to to group of photos, so when you use the search function of cataloging program your results show all files with the word or words you have searched for. ( which needs to be done even if you do the cards swap trick anyway.)

How can we mark the start of each product shoot on a Canon to separate images later?

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