Numbering your photos (Page 2): DSC = Digital Still Camera.

Fred Harwood Loc: Sheffield, Mass.

DSC = Digital Still Camera.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Gene51 wrote:

I just rename my images on import - I keep the camera's numbering, but add the serial number and date from the metadata. It's a custom preset in Lightroom that I set to run on every import.

Yep, best to start organizing by getting organized right at the beginning.... set up a system and stick with it. 50,000 images later you see the payoff ;)

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Fred Harwood wrote:

DSC = Digital Still Camera.

HA! Years have passed and I did not make that association. Thanks!

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Dngallagher wrote:

Yep, best to start organizing by getting organized right at the beginning.... set up a system and stick with it. 50,000 images later you see the payoff ;)

JD750 Loc: SoCal

JimBart wrote:

How do each of you keep track of your individual photos.
I have a Nikon 7100 and just hit DSC 9999 my next shot reverted back to DSC0001 not DSC10001
How can I continue to shoot DSC file name and automatically keep the numbers increasing instead of rolling over.
If I change the DSC file name does it do anything to the camera settings
Thanks for your input.

You are getting lots of advice. Here is my 2 cents. First thing I do is rename the images. Then they are all unique.

You can make each record unique by using the following naming convention:

DATE-CAMERA_FILE_NAME

Even if it rolls over to 0001 the date will be different. And there are some advantages to keeping the camera file name as part of the record (image) name. Using the date first, the images will sort easily according to date.

There are other naming schemes, such as DATE-SUBJECT-CAMERA_FILE_NAME, DATE-PLACE-SUBJECT-CAMERA_FILE_NAME but you get the idea.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

DSC_0001 was good enough in 2000. Still good in 2020. Let the good times roll.

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

My Canon DSLRs came with an "EOS Utility". This is used (among other things) to transfer the un-copied photos from camera to computer. You can set the destination in "preferences" as well as file names. It even distinguishes between my T2i and 80D offering seperate settings for each. While the cameras don't support file names with numbering above 9999, the utility does. Then again, the Canon supplied DPP4 (editing program) can batch rename files that have already been transferred.

BillFeffer Loc: Adolphus, KY

The D7100 and other Nikon cameras allow the user to customize the first three characters in the camera applied file name.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

I have a special ID for each of my cameras. D500 is D5C and Z7 is Z7a
My catalog is by Yr/mo/ shoot

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

Personally, I don't worry about it. Each shooting gets its own folder and I rarely cross store unless there's a good reason. And... when I do that I give the export image a unique name after PP. I'm pretty sure I can change the file name prefix from my 7d2 and 6d2, maybe even the SX60, but I've never bothered. If on a workshop where I'm shooting a "bunch" like recently in Costa Rica. Each night a backed up using a filehub to folders carrying the same name as the source camera. If the camera managed to rollover its numbering, I sort by date and time and batch rename. May not be the best, but works for me.

Fayle Loc: Seward, Alaska and Rionegro, Colombia

JimBart wrote:

How do each of you keep track of your individual photos.
I have a Nikon 7100 and just hit DSC 9999 my next shot reverted back to DSC0001 not DSC10001
How can I continue to shoot DSC file name and automatically keep the numbers increasing instead of rolling over.
If I change the DSC file name does it do anything to the camera settings
Thanks for your input.

I use the YearMMDD_Place_or_Event_# as the following example shows.
20200123_cartagena_colombia_0119.jpg

This system works well for me and its extremely easy to batch rename in LightRoom.

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Using Nikon cameras I use the first 3 alpha characters - the first character identifies my camera the next two start out as AA. When the sequences gets to 9999 I up the second alpha character to B, and so on. If I get to ZZ I'll shift to lower case - aa and get another 490,00+ images; I get to that point I just move the camera identifier to the 2nd place, get there again the camera ID moves to the 3rd place.
I store in a sub-directories: directory - Cities and towns: sub-directory - Baltimore - sub, sub- directories - the dates of my shoot
Not being a professional I have no pressing need to find anything

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

JimBart wrote:

How do each of you keep track of your individual photos.
I have a Nikon 7100 and just hit DSC 9999 my next shot reverted back to DSC0001 not DSC10001
How can I continue to shoot DSC file name and automatically keep the numbers increasing instead of rolling over.
If I change the DSC file name does it do anything to the camera settings
Thanks for your input.

(I didn't read all the replies that came in, so I apologize if someone else already said this).
I have never paid any attention to the number the camera assigns to the photo.
I store all my photos in folders (File explorer, separate folder per subject).
When I need to find a particular photo, I'll (usually) remember what the subject was (e.g.Jamaica vacation, Grandson birthday). Go to Explorer, click on: View -> Sort by, and in a matter of seconds I've got the photo I want.

PS - If you intend to have photos from different cameras in the same folder, make sure the dates and times on the cameras are synchronized before starting to take the photos, otherwise you'll end up with one fantastic rat's nest!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

BboH wrote:

Using Nikon cameras I use the first 3 alpha charac... (show quote)

Using upper and lower case in two positions and four places of 0-9 will get you 10,240,000 image numbers.
That's a lot of images.

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Longshadow wrote:

Using upper and lower case in two positions and four places of 0-9 will get you 10,240,000 image numbers.
That's a lot of images.

Thanks - I knew my math was wrong but didn't know how to do it right.