authorizeduser Loc: Monroe, Michigan

I now have a Canon 80D and I am unable to find a feature my old Nikon D700 had.

I use to be able to change the first 3 letters image file name on my D700

Is there such a feature on my Canon 80D.

I have search the web and manual and do not see it ..................

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I believe you've encountered a limitation of this product tier. Canon's single digit (more advanced / more expensive) models have this feature, but not the 80D. Nikon is similar in sprinkling / limiting features across the product tiers, where the 700D would be consider a more advanced and feature-laden product tier, over the D7xxx that maps to the xxD Canon models.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

There is no way to select the file numbering of the 80D. It only changes a little when certain settings are used.

All still photos are named "IMG0001", etc. when you have sRGB color space. If you instead use Adobe RGB color space, the first character is replaced with an underscore and will appear as "_MG0001", etc.

The suffix changes depending upon the type of file saved.... "JPG" for JPEGs or "CR2" for RAW files. I suppose video file suffixes would be "MOV" or "MP4" (I don't shoot video with my DSLRs, so confirm this, if it's a concern to you).

Within the "DCIM" folder on the memory card images are automatically saved into folders called "100CANON", "101CANON", etc. Each folder can contain up to 9999 images.

You can create custom named folders if you like, with a computer. The first 3 digits have to be numbers between 100 and 999.... but the remainder can be any five letters or numbers you wish. You can change what folder images are saved to, while using the camera. Again, each folder can contain up to 9999 images.

You also can change file numbering to be automatically reset to 0001 whenever a new memory card is installed, to be continuous from 0001 to 9999 (after which it will reset to 0001), or you can manually cause the camera to reset to 0001.

I think all the above info can be found around page 184 of the 80D User Manual.

After the images have been downloaded to your computer, you're free to change the file names in any way you wish.

For example, I change all of mine to reflect the date on which they were taken: YYYY_MM_DD_xxxx, where the last four digits are sequence 0001 to 9999. I also add suffixes to them sometimes, such as subject keywords or other short reminders.

There are any number of software programs that can change file names after download. A free one I've used is FastStone Photo Resizer (which also can re-size photos, add watermarks, and do a number of other batch processing operations): https://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm.

I now use Lightroom to rename my image files.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

You can rename after copying to your hard drive.....https://www.advancedrenamer.com/download

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

If memory serves me, using the EOS Utility to download from camera to PC, you can proscribe the naming and numbering of files saved in the PC.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Thats great for Windows Users! Thank you for posting that.

And for Mac users there is Name Mangler:
https://manytricks.com/namemangler/

I have been using Name Mangler for many years it is an integral part of my workflow.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

CHG provided the answer.

You will have to rename after downloading. It is fast and easy to rename photos if you have a renaming program. See the posts above for suggestions for Windows and Mac programs for renaming.