Jeff Offline Upload & Sell: On
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charlyw wrote:
It can't be done because the file naming scheme is an industry standard that cameras must adhere to
krautland wrote:
Wow, I did not know that. That explains a lot.
While that's sort of 'technically' true, it's not completely true in context of your question. Unlike most here, I often rely on the unique file name generated in-camera to be able to quickly search for an image, instead of looking for its location (this obviously requires that I know that number, which I usually do when a client needs an image).
As you probably know, you can change the file ID prefix to whatever you want, given the number of digits you have to work with. I use that to add another digit to the beginning of the file name, such that I can have 99,999 unique IDs for a given camera, rather than the paltry 9,999 given by default.
I do this by changing the standard "5DS_" to either "5DS0" or "5D_0", and then after the first 9999 shots, change the "0" to "1", giving you your extra order of magnitude, and so on. This, of course, requires that you change the user ID every 10000 shots, and I usually have to use Bridge to batch rename a few dozen images when it rolls over during a shoot.
It's not as hard as it sounds, it gives you unique file IDs for a relatively long period, and you sort of get used to looking for the changeover. Works well for me.
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