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File Naming convention for the G7

Started Oct 7, 2015 | Questions thread
MtnBikerCalif Regular Member • Posts: 278
Re: Here's how to do it.

Aha! Found it! On my LX3 there is a No. Reset item in the Setup menu, this makes the next shot taken be 0001 and creates a new folder for it. All Panasonic have this menu item. Ignorant me, I could have used that years ago when I wrote that page.

So here's the real way to increase folder numbers properly up to where you need them.

  1. Freshly formatted card in and take one shot (that should preserve the folder number).
  2. Setup Menu - No. Reset - Yes - OK
  3. Take a shot, a new higher number folder is created.
  4. Go back to step 2 and keep looping until the folder number is up where you need it.

This works on GX8.

But I didn't to do it 42 times so will live with starting over. I just moved from a GX7 to a used GX8 and thought I'd preserve my numbering.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 O.I.S
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