martin_altmann Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 I had to replace my D70 during September/October (the old one wasstolen), now I would like to know if there is any way to put the imagecounter of the new one to a similar value of the old D70? This way, Iwon;'t have images with duplicate numbers, and am not prone toaccidentally overwriting one with the other (well they are stored onCD-copies anyway, but...). I haven't found any hint how to manipulatethe counter in the manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_skomial Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Shutter activation counter and image couter are too different things. The shutter counter you cannot reset, erase, or put back a value there. However, for file number counting, you can program it yourself. You can enter your own custor prefix etc. Just read the Nikon Guide for D70. Furthemore, when you download your photographs to your computer, at that time, you can rename them to anything you like, withing the file naming convention limitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel_pettitt Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 What I've done is: 1) take a picture, 2) put the card into your computer and rename the file to the last number you used, and 3) put it back in your camera and it'll start numbering following this number. I don't have my camera with me to try it. I may be remembering from a different camera. It's worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohammad___.__ Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Another option would be to add a <i>Prefix</i> to the file name in settings of save format. So even if the numbers are the same the prefix will be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennisprice Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 >This way, I won't have images with duplicate numbers, and am not >prone to accidentally overwriting one with the other Martin, just be aware that no matter what settings you make on the camera, the counter only goes from 0000 to 9999, and it "rolls over" every 10,000 shots. So unless you change the prefix every 10,000 shots, you will eventually have to deal with duplicate filenames anyway. If you're careful to use descriptive names and dates for image folders, and regularly backup your files on CD or DVD, you'll be fine for many many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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