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File Naming convention for the G7

Started Oct 7, 2015 | Questions thread
stokey Contributing Member • Posts: 652
Here's the quick way to force the internal numbering...
1

...for those old enough to remember MSDOS.

On your PC create a batch file "ten.bat" -

md %1%20_PANA

md %1%21_PANA

....

md %1%29_PANA

Create a second batch file "hun.bat" -

call ten %1 0

call ten %1 1

...

call ten %1 9

Type "hun 1" this will create 100 empty folders 100_PANA to 199_PANA, "hun 2" will create folders 200_PANA to 299_PANA and so on.

Copy the two hundred (or three hundred or whatever) empty folders to the DCIM folder on your SD card, put the card in the camera and take a snap, the camera will record the image in whichever folder its internal counter is pointing to. Now go into the setup menu and do a "No. Reset" then take another shot - lo and behold the image is saved in 300_PANA !

You can now re-format the SD card in the camera to get rid of all those unwanted folders, you can even swap cards, the camera will remember whatever you've forced it to.

Believe me it took me longer to type this than to do it.

Bob

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