Numbering system / switching CF cards

[gary phillips]

Rookie problem...I'm finding after a day of shooting, I return to the

office for editing & I have a couple cards with photographs having

the same numbers (i.e. 2 cards with DSC_001) one of which may be a

formal before the wedding & the other may be a candid at the

reception just after I've changed cards. Camera is Nikon D100.

 

There has to be a better way to manage these files both in camera and

after download into the computer. So far I've been batch-renaming in

PS7, but then they're often out of order. HELP save me some time,

please. Thanks in advance.

[paul -]

Have you tried changing the setting in the Custom Function for "File Number Sequence"?

[steven_clark]

Try some other program with basic file renaming and use it to copy first one card, then the other onto the computer with the new naming scheme.

[sean de merchant httpw]

Like Paul said, see if your camera will sequentially number the files so that card 1 goes from DSC_001 to DSC_159 and card 2 goes from DSC_160 to DSC_308 or such. This will also solve your whole sequential naming problem.

[klix]

On the D100 it's CSM 5

[robert_martin5]

Rename the files using the EXIF data. Use the format YYYY_MMDD_HHMMSS, where Y is year, M is month, D is day of month, H is hour, M is minute, and S is seconds using the 24 hr time scheme. My son has the Nikon D70 and the Nikon software that came with the D70 willl rename the files using this format when they are downloaded to the computer. This will automatically put them in the correct order and you can put them in the same folder.

[basscheffers]

That's probably only when downloading from the camera, not a usualy much faster card reader.

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<a href="http://www.breezesys.com/Downloader/">Downloder Pro</a> is a pretty popular utility that does the same, but works on any source, including card readers and portable storage devices.

[robert_martin5]

The Nikon software is not limited to just renaming the file when downloaded from the camera. My son does not have a card reader, so have not tried that, but he did rename files when downloaded from a CD. I had his files stored on a digital wallet and supplied him with a CD containing his NEF files and he renamed them using the Nikon software as they were copied from the CD to the computer. I think this would also work if downloaded from the digital wallet.