File Naming convention for the G7

Guy Parsons wrote:

Just now found out a trap that I forgot to mention.

After resetting the camera back to 100-0001 with a fresh card and fiddling it up to 103 - 0001, I then put my old card being used back in and checked its number, the last shot taken on that card was actually 110-0566, so guess what the next shot was when I took it now? It became 101-0001.

What I now have to do is repeat my instructions over and over on this card until I am at 111-0001 before I continue with real shots. The file system looks for the first non-existent folder which because of my earlier reset makes it under the existing 110 folder. It does not take the top folder and number on from there if there's vacant folders numbers available, it starts with folder numbers as low as it can go.

But once I have made all the folders from 101- to 110- then a fresh card will start again from 110- folder number as it thinks all the rest have been used up.

So to force the folder numbers up, all folder numbers must be there on the card. You can't simply rename folder 101- to folder 135- or whatever and expect it to carry on, it will just next make 102- .

Like I said, it's not easy.

Regards.... Guy

I always delete my empty lower numbered folders by routine.  Maybe that helps?  The Ricoh system is basically simpler as it only uses a single folder and not the multiple sub-folder system like Panasonic does.

I would think that this method of setting up separate numbering systems would probably be the same on all camera brands.  I only tried it on Panasonic because I had a crying need for it and I knew (thanks to your good self) that it worked for Ricoh.

But I don't think it is quite as complicated as you describe.