Thanks, Godfrey. I also copy files into the directories named as "YYYYMMDD-event". The problem here is that it all occured more or less within the same event.
I don't like renaming files as a routine process, as depending on the situation, they may be transferred and developed onto two different computers via a few different ways (directly from the SD card or stored to the HyperDrive first). Overall, I am surprised why the manufacturers of digital cameras have reserved only 9999 unique file names for their cameras (even though I understand their desire to stay with 8+3 naming scheme). I wish they would allow the first 3 letters to be user-configured, and then use 5 digits for serial file numbers. This way people with more than one camera from the same manufacturer wouldn't have problems with the file name collisions. Igor Wed Nov 28 18:21:49 EST 2007 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Far as I'm aware, nothing changed in this regard with the *ist DS up > to the last firmware. > > Best solution is to not rely upon the in-camera numbering to always > produce unique file names. It's easy for the camera to get thrown off > by what's on the card. I download files into folders organized by > "YYYYMMDD-event" names to prevent name collisions. Another scheme is > to use a utility when downloading that renames the files based on > some criteria, like perhaps the timestamp of their creation, so that > they look like "YYYYMMDDhhmmss.PEF" or something similar. > > Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
