Why would you need to change the prefix? You certainly aren't going to
be putting every file over your entire career into a single folder,
you'd normally be filing them by shoot or by date. It's only when you
start taking ten thousand pictures per day or per shoot that you'd have
to worry about duplicates.
Van
On 16/09/2010 05:37, Andrew Darlow wrote:
> Hi Larry:
>
> Having the ability to add a prefix is a great option. The only problem with the system you've chosen is that you need to remember to change the 0 to 1, 2,3,4, 5, then 8 after each 9999 photos.
>
> The system I came up with avoids that, while allowing you to have a different letter or number for different cameras.
>
> After hearing some people's comments about 8 characters being an unchangeable part of the standard file naming protocol, I wrote this article outlining a way to make the system work in 8 characters:
>
> http://imagingbuffet.com/2010/09/14/response-to-comments-on-my-recent-open-letter-on-file-naming/
>
> I welcome comments on it.
>
> All the best,
>
> Andrew
>
> Andrew Darlow
> Editor, The Imaging Buffet
> http://www.imagingbuffet.com
> Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques:
> An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers - http://www.inkjettips.com
> and
> Pet Photography 101:
> Tips for Taking Better Photos of Your Dog or Cat - http://www.PhotoPetTips.com
>
>
>
> On Sep 16, 2010, at 7:59 AM, Larry Berman wrote:
>
>> I have my D700 set to use DSC7 as a prefix instead of DSCN so that I
>> can tell the D700 files from my previously used D3 files. The only
>> problem I ran into is when I hit 10,000 images and they started over.
>> So I changed the prefix to DS70 so I'm good for 100,000 before
>> duplication in file names. The Nikon cameras, at least the top of the
>> line, allow you to specify how the file name prefix is generated.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>> So I'm looking for a downloader that recognizes the camera, and tags the
>>> file name appropriately since my cameras can't, so no files overlap and
>>> get overwritten in the download process. I may go back and batch rename
>>> in Bridge a name with the project, and camera name, but i would prefer
>>> not to have to do this extra step. I'd rather just keyword them in
>>> Lightroom.
>> ******************************
>> Larry Berman
>> 412-401-8100
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>>
>>
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