agustin.benencia Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Hi, I will try to make this story short. Last week I sent my 20D to the Canon Service for a problem with the shutter button. They change it and the 20D is with me again working like the first day. Up to here everything seems to be fine, but after taking a couple of pics, when I download them to my PC, I realize that the number of the pics were very different. When I sent the 20D I was in the picture number IMG_1840 (11840), but after Canon the number was IMG_9456. What happened here? It is possible that the Canon Service took almost 7000 pics in two days with my camera just for fixing the shutter botton? Of course I'll ask them what happened, but first I want to read some of your ideas. Many thanks! AGUSTIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppyDigs Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Yep, sh!t happens. The same thing happened to me when I took my '65 Mustang to the gargage for a tuneup. I merely reset the odometer and all was well. You can do the same. Sometimes the light’s all shining on me. Other times I can barely see. - Robert Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen sullivan Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Check the serial number and make sure you actually got back your 20D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyunyu Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 If they used a CF card that's been used in a different camera, then the auto-numbering on your 20D will pick up from that last card and continue numbering from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosvanEekelen Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 As the previous poster said. Check the archives, it is possible to reset the counter to the number it was before you sent it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstrutz Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Change the file numbering to "reset" (it's in the menu). Reformat your all your cards. Put one of them in the camera, and take a picture. Then change the name of that image file to the number you want, and while you're at it, change the folder name to the coresponding number. (You can do both with the CF card installed in any card reader that is attached to your PC with just about any file management program.) Reinstall your card and take another picture. Change the numbering back to "continuous" before reformatting your card. If you don't reformat all your cards before you start, any one of them that was used in your camera after it was returned will probably reset your numbering to 9456, and you'll have to start over. On the other hand, if you have a card that you have not used in your camera since getting it returned, but you did use not long before you sent it off, you can use that card to reset your camera. Just set the camera to "reset" and format all other cards. Change the camera back to "continuous" and insert your reserved card. Take a picture, and then reformat all the cards again. Or you can just bag this whole idea since you can see how easy it is to change the numbering to anything you want, any time you want, and the ease of doing this makes the whole file numbering system meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Agustin, I had a similar problem, when I mixed the ways how I download pictures (CF direct vs. via CANON SW). The CANON software utility maintains a runnning count, which you need to adjust as well. When I used a CF reader to move pix over, the SW did not increment count. Later when I returned to the SW, I got picture numbering out of synch. Hope that helps. Best, Fredrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneguy Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Hyun is right...They used a different CF card, and it altered the count. I highly doubt Cannon took 7000 pictures with your camera. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agustin.benencia Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Well, thanks for all the information you give it to me. I had no idea about the numbering with differents CF cards. AGUSTIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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