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File Naming convention for the G7

Started Oct 7, 2015 | Questions thread
stokey Contributing Member • Posts: 652
Re: Nice method....

Guy Parsons wrote:

stokey wrote:

I have been caught out by this empty folder "feature" before - viz: I copied all the files from nnn_PANA to my PC, deleted all the images in nnn_PANA then did a "No. reset" thinking to step on the file names to nnn+1_PANA, but no the camera didn't step the folder and images were stored with nnn_PANA file names duplicating those on my PC.

Yes, you did it backwards, the No. Reset (and one shot?) needs to be done before deleting the images is my guess.

Quite right , there needs to be an image in the camera when using "No. reset", this was how I found that out.

The software required to create a decent file system is simple compared to that required to implement many of the gimmicks found on digital cameras, I could never understand why Panasonic has continued with such a crude scheme. The Olympus image naming has some flexibility but again it is lacking as there is no facility to create sub-folders under DCIM.

BTW Irfanview's batch facility is an excellent way to rename and organise photos once copied to the PC.

Bob

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