If you format the cards in the camera, do they not then carry on with the numbering for that specific camera. If you put the card in and carry on as normal, i think the camera takes on the numbering does it not
Dave On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerome wrote: >> Just got off the phone with Pentax USA. My file numbering issue is still >> unresolved, so I thought I'd ask here to see if anyone had a solution to >> suggest. >> >> Scenario: I have two K10D bodies, say Body A and Body B. Suppose they >> have the following # of images each: Body A = 5000 images and Body B = >> 9000 images. To keep the numbers on each camera sequential I have the MENU >> >>> Rec. Mode > Memory > File No. option checked. >>> >> >> Problem is, when I take a card from Body B and put it into Body A, the >> numbering starts in the 9000's. I guess this is good for some because it >> helps to avoid duplication. However... >> >> a) Body B is also starting where it left off (albeit with a different >> card) so I'm going to get duplication anyway, and >> >> b) Now I've lost the ability to keep track of how many images I've taken >> with Body A (because it always skips upward to keep pace with the cards >> from the other camera). For events, I shoot with multiple cards so keeping >> cards exclusive to each camera would be a pain in the neck, by the way. >> >> So far, my questions are: >> >> 1. Using the camera, there is a way for me to figure out the "True" number >> of images taken with either body? >> >> 2. Even if I reset the numbers to zero by unchecking the MENU > Rec. Mode >> >>> Memory > File No. option and using a fresh card, is there a way to >>> >> change my workflow to keep the file numberings exclusive to each camera? I >> guess I want the camera (body) to retain the numbering exclusively >> internally (independent of the card), but that does not seem like an >> option (true / false?) As I've mentioned, using different cards for each >> camera exclusively is probably not an option. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> > > Cards are cheap enough. Buy a couple and keep them with the camera? > > D > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > > -- > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
