File Naming convention for the G7

TomZacc wrote:

What is the file Naming convention for the G7? I have thousands of pictures from my G3, and I am curious if there will be any conflicts. Being that it's the same brand does the G7 use the same RAW/JPG naming convention as the older models? My G3 was up to _1080266/P1080266.

Like Guy and other good members said, Panny has used the same file naming system since day 1 of its digital camera. For me tracing back to LC5 back 12 years ago.

Except for someone who would love to buy more than 1 camera in approximate time, the conflict in file name might not be very serious. Usually a camera should have more shots than the others.

IIRC, if you worried, under Setup Menu there is "No. Reset" option and each reset would set your next shot addition of 1000(?), i.e., says from P102XXXX to P1030001. Reset it a few time you new camera could start to shoot at P1050001 to have a peace of mind.

Although my wife and I use 4 Panny bodies together (2 main + 2 backup), I never have a problem. Not only because all of my 4 bodies were not bought at the same time so all 4 of them are using their own sequence far away from each other, I also renamed all of them after uploaded onto my PC.

I currently use the free "Bulk Rename Utility" from here. Its a very lightweight but powerful software. Batch rename thousands of files a time just within seconds. I can add/delete/use EXIF etc to rename the images. I rename images to its creation date, eg, like according to the creation date: "20151010 085524.RW2", then by add & delete making them look like "15-10-10_085524_GX7.jpg". Then I could mix up all images from 4 cameras without any identification problem, and could sort in the order of time of shooting. Its just about a few clicks and a few seconds for the job.