Henning wrote: > On cameras such as the 20D there are various ways in which the > numbering system can change. > > 1. If you take out the battery for a long time it will revert to 0 > > 2. If you set it to reset to 0 (menu item) it will do so. > > 3. If you put in a card that was in another camera with a higher > count, it will start at that count. > > In other words, don't depend on the numbering system to let you know > how many shots you've taken, unless you rigorously keep a charged > battery in the camera, tell the camera to count continuously, and > don't write to the card with another camera.
All of the above is true, as far as I know. However as long as you are careful not to do anything to reset the counter, you can use the file name to determine the count. Nobody has mentioned that the folder number, such as 154CANON, indicates the number of hundreds of photos, with the counter starting at 100 rather than 000. So if you subtract 100 from that number it gives you the number of hundreds of photos. E.g. 5400 in the case of 154CANON. I don't know how high the folder number will go before rolling over. John Dudeck Tel: 704-588-9891 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charlotte, North Carolina -- "What is a magician but a practicing theorist?" -- Obi-Wan Kenobi * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
