[artshow_photo] Re: Recent open letter to Camera Manufacturers

While I can see what your particular problem is I'm not sure this is a problem that has crippled to many photographers. I have to think that the cost and man hours it would take to change the software would not make this a top priority for the entire camera industry.

I feel you pain but until you can show that the industry is losing money they will not take your advice very seriously.

Rod

--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Darlow <ad@...> wrote:
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> Hi Hellashot:
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> Thanks for your comments. It's not a question of the standard being 4 digits plus 4 other characters, it's about recommending an approach that creates unique file names since many people just don't know how and won't ever rename their files. I've spent 10-15 hours with some clients culling through their images because there were 2-3 files with the same name, and usually 2 were the same, but one was different. It is not fun.
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> All the best,
> Andrew
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> On Sep 14, 2010, at 1:24 AM, hellashot wrote:
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> > --- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Darlow <ad@> wrote:
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> > > Hi folks:
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> > > I just wrote an article on in-camera file naming in the form of an Open Letter for the site Photofocus.com after dealing with this issue for years, and I'm curious how others feel about it:
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> > > http://photofocus.com/2010/09/13/an-open-letter-to-digital-camera-manufacturers-regarding-camera-file-naming/
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> > The 4 digit file number is to follow the current EXIF standard. If you do not like this, try to get the EXIF standard updated.
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> > Most people I know that use compact digital cameras have their photo files renamed automatically when downloaded through their downloading software, e.g. "Franky's 5th birthday 001.jpg"
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> > I don't really see a problem unless you are shooting over 10,000 photos on a card during one shoot. Let users rename the files as they download it where they are able to easily type in the alpha description like the example I gave.
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