Release Shutter Without Card - Canon EOS 5D Mark III Instruction Manual

Installing and Removing the Card
Card selection icon
CF card indicator
SD card indicator
The camera cannot use Type II CF cards or hard disk cards.
Although the camera does not comply with the UHS (Ultra-High Speed)
speed class standard, UHS SDHC/SDXC cards can be used.
SDHC/SDXC memory cards can be used with the camera.
Ultra DMA (UDMA) CF cards can also be used with the
camera. UDMA CF cards enable faster data writing.
The number of possible shots depends on the remaining capacity of the
card, image-recording quality, ISO speed, etc.
Setting [z1: Release shutter without card] to [Disable] will prevent
you from forgetting to insert a card (p.354).
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Close the cover.
3
Possible
shots
Close the cover and slide it in the
direction shown by the arrows until it
snaps shut.
When you set the power switch to
<1> (p.34), the number of possible
shots and the loaded card(s) will be
displayed on the LCD panel.
The images will be recorded to the
card with the < > icon next to the
respective card's indicator.