Canon Camera Card Workflow
Organize Canon EOS R5, R6 & R7 Footage
Tame chaotic SD card dumps, prevent duplicate filename overwrites, and sort raw Canon clips into clean date-based folders directly on your machine.
100% Private — Scans directly from your camera card via File System Access API.
Default Canon SD Card Structure
Where Canon puts your raw files vs proxies and metadata:
CANON_CARD/
└── DCIM/
└── 100CANON/
├── _MG_0012.CR3 # Canon RAW Photo
├── IMG_0013.MP4 # 4K C-Log3 Video (All-I / IPB)
└── _MG_0014.JPG # JPEG PreviewWhy Canon SD cards create post-production chaos
- Underscore prefix confusion: Clips shot in wide color gamut or Canon Log start with an underscore (_MG_...) while standard clips start with IMG_.
- Massive 8K RAW and 4K HQ file sizes quickly exhaust standard cloud storage limits.
- Dual card slots: Simultaneous photo and video recording on SD and CFexpress cards requires deduplication.
RECOMMENDED RECIPE Canon Optimized
The Cleanest Folder Organization Recipe
Drop your SD card into FootageKit and apply this recipe to automatically sort your shoot:
{YYYY}/{YYYY-MM-DD}_Canon-R5/{File} Timeline Simulation
_MG_1240.MP4 4K 60p C-Log3
_MG_1241.MP4 4K HQ All-Intra
_MG_1242.CR3 45MP RAW Stills
Zero Uploads, Zero File Size Limits
Whether you have 10GB or a 256GB camera dump, FootageKit reads your SD card directly through your browser's File System Access API. No waiting for gigabytes to upload, and your client footage never leaves your laptop.
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