Passed 10,000 photos, now the new photos are being overwritten
Aug 29, 2012 15:17:58 #
Hope I can explain what is happening. I have a Nikon D300.When the camera went past 10,000 actuations, it started over with sequential numbering. In other words, 10,001 is now the new 1. Which means that newly downloaded pictures have the same numbers as old ones, and look like the old ones until I click on one, and then the correct new picture can be seen. For instance, #10,465 looks like #465 in the thumbnails, but like it is supposed to look (new picture) when I click on it. Click on a picture of a bird and get a picture of a horse basically. What a mess I have! Just caught this problem with the last batch of pics downloaded from my camera, but already there are about 4000+ pics that are messed up throughout my files and folders. What can be done to prevent this with future downloads, and how do I go about fixing it??
Aug 29, 2012 15:26:34 #
Put all of your old pics in a folder called first 10000 or something similar. Then create another folder called second 10000 and download all of your new pics to that folder.
Whenever I go out on a shoot I download my pics to my computer, my camera puts the pics in a folder by date. Once my pics are on the computer I rename the folder to the place/event that I just shot. You have to be diligent though, not doing it a few times the folders can easily get out of control.
Hope this helps. Cheers,
Tim
Whenever I go out on a shoot I download my pics to my computer, my camera puts the pics in a folder by date. Once my pics are on the computer I rename the folder to the place/event that I just shot. You have to be diligent though, not doing it a few times the folders can easily get out of control.
Hope this helps. Cheers,
Tim
Aug 29, 2012 15:36:48 #
Yesterday, I shot a tailgate party at the Royals baseball game. (they won, btw)
I re-number all my photos by date.
I use ACDSee Pro 5 to do all this:
-Download imagesto folder named 120828 Royals Tailgate
-Delete the bad ones
-Re-number images from DSCF### to 120828_### (ACDsee numbers jpeg & raw with the same number, I separate the raw from jpeg and put them in a subfolder titled "raw".)
-Any extra info like names, etc goes in the metadata under keywords.
-All my files are chronological and searchable by keywords.
Been doing this way for years.
(Longhaired Dachshunds rule!)
I re-number all my photos by date.
I use ACDSee Pro 5 to do all this:
-Download imagesto folder named 120828 Royals Tailgate
-Delete the bad ones
-Re-number images from DSCF### to 120828_### (ACDsee numbers jpeg & raw with the same number, I separate the raw from jpeg and put them in a subfolder titled "raw".)
-Any extra info like names, etc goes in the metadata under keywords.
-All my files are chronological and searchable by keywords.
Been doing this way for years.
(Longhaired Dachshunds rule!)
Aug 29, 2012 15:44:53 #
That's the problem. I DO download the new photos to a new folder, but the new photos look like old ones, even in the new folder. Since the pics can't be renamed until downloaded, by then it is too late. ARRRGH!
Aug 29, 2012 15:48:42 #
cybermomm wrote:
That's the problem. I DO download the new photos to a new folder, but the new photos look like old ones, even in the new folder. Since the pics can't be renamed until downloaded, by then it is too late. ARRRGH!
Got me there!!! Hmmm.
Have you reformatted your card lately?
Aug 29, 2012 15:56:14 #
Aug 29, 2012 16:02:28 #
cybermomm wrote:
Every time I take it out of the camera, which is often. After every shoot.
As Spock says, "Fascinating"
Happens with all your cards?
Aug 29, 2012 16:30:38 #
GoofieNewfie:
I just use one pretty much, and reformat all the time. I do have one other one.
I just use one pretty much, and reformat all the time. I do have one other one.
Aug 29, 2012 16:52:13 #
I use a program called Downloader Pro (it was cheap) to download my photos from the camera (or the card) and it renames as it pulls the files over. So I have it rename based on date and time, so every file gets a unique name regardless of what the camera image counter is.
This is also nice if I'm using two different cameras, because it will have all the photos in the order taken, rather than in sequence numbers from two different cameras.
And I don't have to worry about a name conflict like the one you've described.
I think Lightroom has a similar ability, although a bit more limited than Downloader Pro, to be able to rename files as they are imported. I suspect Aperture does too, as well as some of the other tools.
I do like Downloader Pro though and highly recommend it.
This is also nice if I'm using two different cameras, because it will have all the photos in the order taken, rather than in sequence numbers from two different cameras.
And I don't have to worry about a name conflict like the one you've described.
I think Lightroom has a similar ability, although a bit more limited than Downloader Pro, to be able to rename files as they are imported. I suspect Aperture does too, as well as some of the other tools.
I do like Downloader Pro though and highly recommend it.
Aug 29, 2012 16:56:23 #
les_stockton wrote:
I use a program called Downloader Pro (it was chea... (show quote)
So it uses the time stamp?
That would be great!
We sometimes have events where two of us are shooting with 2 cameras each.
Is this it?
http://www.breezesys.com/Downloader/
Aug 29, 2012 16:59:35 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
quote=les_stockton I use a program called Downloa... (show quote)
Actually, it gives you many choices for how to name the files. I'm just choosing to use information related to date/time that the shot was taken. You can choose to use other info from the EXIF to come up with a name.
check it out, with the list of features:
http://www.breezesys.com/Downloader/
Aug 29, 2012 17:00:33 #
les_stockton wrote:
quote=GoofyNewfie quote=les_stockton I use a pro... (show quote)
Will check it out!!!
Thanks
Aug 29, 2012 17:05:32 #
I read online about a professional photographer who got around this problem of shooting 10,000 pictures then having the numbers start over again on his D300. Under the shooting menu go to file naming. Change the DSC to something more meaningful. For example, my initials are SM. I use 1SM for the first 10,000 pictures, 2SM for the next 10,000 pictures and so on. That way none of the pictures have the exact same name. This also has an added benefit if there is more than one photographer in the family. If everyone puts their initials in the file name on their camera, you will always be able to tell who took the picture.
Aug 29, 2012 17:53:35 #
Thanks, shutterbug sue. That just might work. I'll try it by taking a bunch of photos that won't matter, and see what happens.
Aug 29, 2012 17:55:23 #
cybermomm wrote:
Hope I can explain what is happening. I have a Nik... (show quote)
I have a D7000 and it starts over at 001 after 9999. The default file name is DSC, but it can be changed. I use WM1, my initials, and the number 1. When it reaches 9,999, I will change the file name to WM2 and so on. I do not know if that can be done with a D300, but it would be worth your time to check your manual and see.
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