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Why don't most cameras store filenames based on date and time?
I notice that when taking photos using my camera phone, the file name consists of the date and time. (e.g. 20131101-110015.jpg)
However, most point and shoot and DSLR cameras do not. Their file name ...
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How to set the starting number for filenames on a SD card with a Sony camera? [closed]
I have a sony HX-series pocket camera. For some reason, the file numbering of videos (and not of still photos) got reset recently and started from zero. This is causing me a nightmare of filename ...
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Lightroom to export list of path-filenames of selected images for external processing
In Lightroom 3.6 I am trying to produce (export) a list of selected files to be processed externally in another application. I do NOT want to export the images.
I am seeking a list that produces the ...
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Lightroom 4 import customization - filename and path
I want my photos to be stored like this
YYYY/YYYY-MM-DD_Name_of_shooting/YYYY-MM-DD_Name_of_shooting_001.nef
(The date is the date of shooting)
Is it possible to setup LR 4 in the way that ...
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Rename files in Lightroom during export
When exporting my images from Lightroom, I want to rename them, based upon the image name and its mapping in a CSV file. Ideally, I would want something like this:
When the user after editing goes ...
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Is it possible to change the Canon 550D file name prefix?
Is it possible to change the file name prefix that the camera uses? A firmware hack maybe. I know I can assign names using the Canon utility to download, but mostly when putting a few pics onto the ...
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How can I make ExifTool rename by camera model when the name contains a slash?
I use ExifTool to batch rename all of my pictures using the following two commands:
"-FileName<${Exif:Model}-(%%f).%%e"
-d %%Y%%m%%d-%%H%%M%%S-%%%%f.%%%%e "-FileName<DateTimeOriginal"
This ...
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Why does my new camera appear to have over 3000 photos taken already?
I just bought a new Canon EOS 60D and a new 8GB SDHC card.
When I started it the first time I realised that the shutter count on Battery-Information-Menu was at 256 taken photos.
I made a few shots ...
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Is there a way to have Lightroom include the cropped aspect ratio in the filename when the file is exported?
I am exporting my files to be printed by an outside service and I know before hand when working in the develop module what size I want the print to be. So I set the crop aspect ratio to be what I ...
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Can the default file name on Nikon D40 be changed?
Is it possible to change the prefix of files on Nikon D40 to something different than DSC_? What about later entry-level Nikon models?
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How do you manage images with duplicate file names in Lightroom?
I've had my camera for about a year, and having taken 9999 images the camera's file naming system has rolled over to 0001..
I usually import my photos to Lightroom, so Lightroom sorts them into ...
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Can I import pictures into Lightroom and retain my existing folder structure?
I already have 30k pictures ordered in the following format: YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD. I would like to continue this format instead of going through and renaming all my folders (besides, I like this ...
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Export filenames in Lightroom 3
I export images from Lightroom to PhotoShelter using the Pact Software plugin. I would dearly like to sort my files in my PhotoShelter galleries in the following order:
rating (descending)
time ...
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How do I get the photo filenames from my LX5 to continue from a given number?
I have a lovely new Panasonic LX5, replacing my LX3. I am using the same SD card as in the LX3, which already has the folders 100, 101, 102, ... 116 (yes, that was a thousand photos per folder...).
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How can I import 2 photos from my 7D that have the same filename?
Canon use only 4 digits in the filename (eg: IMG_1234.jpg)
My camera has wrapped around the file numbering so that I now have 2 photos on the memory card with the same name. Picasa fails to import ...
