Swapping between K100 and K20, with different prefixes didn't matter, the camera just looked at the highest file number and incremented based on that. If you share cards between cameras, and use the file numbering to keep track of number of frames, it'll bollux things up.
On Nov 28, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I am considering what would happen if two Pentax cameras > are using the same SD card (alternating). > Settings both are set to the same storage settings: > folders by date. > I wonder what would happen in the following two cases: > 1. The prefix of the file name is set to the same, e.g. ABC_xxxx.DNG > Will the files shot on the same day by the two cameras be stored > in the same folder? > If so, - would the cameras be able to figure which file came from which > camera, or > would the cameras be incrementing their file number when they see > a file stored (by another one) with a higher number? > > 2. If the prefix of the file name is set to be different, e.g. > ABC_xxxx.DNG and XYZ_xxxx.DNG, would the cameras be saving them to the > same folder? > Would they be incrementing the file number? (I assume, - no) > > > While I can experiment with this, - I may get my new camera just before > leaving for the weekend where I want to use it. So, I'd rather think of > the file naming schema ahead of time. > > Thank you, > > Igor > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
