Downloading an Image to Your Computer
Connect the camera and computer with the cable provided and download the images saved on the memory card inside the camera. For downloading images, start up the camera software "EOS Utility" from DPP and use.
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Select the save destination for the images.
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Select the save destination in the folder area on the left of the main window.
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When creating a folder, see "Creating a Folder for Saving Images".
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Start up EOS Utility.
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Select the [Tools] menu → [Start EOS Utility].
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EOS Utility starts up.
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Connect your camera and computer and turn the camera on.
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Connect the camera and your computer with the interface cable provided with the camera and turn the camera on.
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For detailed instructions on connecting your camera and computer, refer to the "EOS Utility Instruction Manual" (PDF electronic manual).
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The capture window for EOS Utility appears. When an EOS M2 or EOS M is connected, the capture window does not appear. Proceed to step 5.
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Click the [Main Window] button.
The main window for EOS Utility appears.
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Click the [Starts to download images] button in [EOS Utility].
Downloading of images begins.
The downloaded images are saved in the folder selected in step 1 and are displayed in the main window of DPP.
The downloaded images are sorted by date into folders and saved.
Using EOS Utility to download images makes it easier to organize your images as they are downloaded, sorted and saved into folders by date.
You cannot start up EOS Utility in the [Collection] window. (Gathering and Editing Images in the Collection Window)
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When EOS Utility has been started up from DPP, you cannot use the following functions.
Quick check window view
Trimming and adjusting the angle of an image (RAW, JPEG/TIFF)
Digital Lens Optimizer
Compositing images
Creating HDR (High Dynamic Range) images
Dust erasure processing (copy stamp function) (Performing Automatic Dust Erasure Processing (RAW), Manually Erasing Dust (Repair Function) (RAW), Performing Automatic Dust Erasure Processing (JPEG/TIFF), Manually Erasing Dust (Repair Function) (JPEG/TIFF))
Batch change file names (rename function)
Printing using Easy-PhotoPrint EX or Easy-PhotoPrint (Plug-in printing) (Printing Photographs with Canon Inkjet Printers Compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint EX, Printing Photographs with Canon Inkjet Printers Compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint)
Transferring images to Photoshop
Batch saving images (batch processing)
Downloading Images Using Your Card Reader
You can also download images to the computer using a third-party card reader.
Load the memory card into the card reader.
Open [My Computer] → [EOS_DIGITAL] and drag the [DCIM] folder to the [Desktop].
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The [DCIM] folder is downloaded to your computer.
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All images are saved in folder units inside the [DCIM] folder.
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Display the images downloaded to your computer.
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In the [DCIM] folder copied to your desktop, select the folder where the shot images are saved.
Images in the folder are displayed in the main window of DPP.
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By selecting the memory card folder directly in DPP, the images in the folder are displayed in DPP and you can check the shot images.
Copying to your computer may take time when there is a large number of shot images saved in the memory card.
For details on the [DCIM] folder structure and the file names of shot images, refer to "Folder Structure and File Names in the Memory Card" in the "EOS Utility Instruction Manual" (PDF electronic manual).