On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 03:16:39PM -0400, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: > I'm about to exceed the 9999 image file number and do not want to > duplicate the numbers on existing image files. I'm assuming it will > rollover to 0001. What have others done when faced with this > concern. I have a K20D but I don't believe this is unique to this > body. > > Suggestions sought.
It may not surprise people that I've put some thought into how to handle large numbers of photo files. There are two things I do. First, I set the four digit file ID to LRC0, LRC1, LRC2 etc. incrementing the number when (or shortly after) the counter rolls over. I also have each photo shoot stored by date, in an organized directory tree. 2011a has directories 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106 2011b has 1107, 1108 ... 1112 Each time I go out shooting, I store the related photos in a directory named by date: 130412_marie, 130517_beach, 130517_MGBGT When I import them into lightroom, it prepends the date to the file, so a picture of the mgbgt would be photo/130517_MGBGT/1305/130517_LRC38754.PEF So, even if something happens and there are two files LRC09547.PEF (one from the K20, another from the K-5) when I search for them I can tell by the directories when I shot each one, and roughly what it is a photo of. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
