At 5:27 PM -0500 1/31/07, Bill Gillooly wrote:
I just shot a couple of frames on my 10D and I'm getting
IMG_9967.JPG, could that really mean that the camera has taken
almost 10,000 shots?
I just did a check and I can only account for about 3,900 files on
my hard drive that came from this camera. I think this number is
accurate +/-500 (I don't really do a lot of "dry-shooting").
You know what, this system doesn't work. The first shots I have
from the camera start at file IMG_1571.JPG, but the next folder the
files are in the 01xx range (I'd gues that I reset the counter) but
the next folder are nubered 9xxx. Explain that?
Mr. Bill
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.
--
* Henning J. Wulff
/|\ Wulff Photography & Design
/###\ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com
*
****
*******
***********************************************************
* For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see:
* http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm
***********************************************************
