IMG_9999 - DPChallenge Forums

Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM

09/11/2012 03:11:54 PM · #1

I'm at _IMG_9999 and now my camera is adding _1, _2 etc to it. It's probably somewhere in the manual, but does anyone here know how I can start again with _IMG_0001? (Canon talk here)

IAmEliKatz

Nikon D5

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

09/11/2012 03:39:15 PM · #2

with my nikon, i usually just format my cards and it starts over again.

hajeka

Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM

09/11/2012 03:47:06 PM · #3

Just tried it and it works. Thanks! Saves me some digging in the manual

hajeka

Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM

09/17/2012 05:25:25 PM · #4

H'm, I was too quick with my answer. The number was OK on my camera, but I was still getting the numbers as in my first post in this thread. Found the solution today. It was the download software (EOS utility) that gave the files the wrong numbers. I put the counter back to 1 (an option somewhere) and now I'm getting descent numbers again. Hope this is helpful for someone.

kirbic

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

09/17/2012 06:46:35 PM · #5

EOS Utility?? How quaint! ;-)

Glad you got that sorted out! I've never used EOS Utility for transfer, so I would have never guessed that it would do re-naming.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

09/17/2012 11:49:59 PM · #6

Funny, this just came up in another thread ...

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by Dr.Confuser:
Nikon's image counter has only 4 digits and it flipped over to 0001 in the middle of the trip. Messed me up a bit until I figured out what had happened.

With my Canon, if you look deep into the EXIF you'll see that the counter has more digits which just don't show in the normal display, but which provide each image with an individual "serial number" even though multiple files may have the same name.

In this example, the "107" shows that the image counter has been reset six times (I think it starts as "101"), so this was shutter-actuation 72,108 ...
File: - L:\Photos_YearlyFolders-SG\ ... \IMG_2108.JPG
Make - Canon
Model - Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Image Number - 1072108

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

09/18/2012 09:50:25 PM · #7

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Funny, this just came up in another thread ...

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by Dr.Confuser:
Nikon's image counter has only 4 digits and it flipped over to 0001 in the middle of the trip. Messed me up a bit until I figured out what had happened.

With my Canon, if you look deep into the EXIF you'll see that the counter has more digits which just don't show in the normal display, but which provide each image with an individual "serial number" even though multiple files may have the same name.

In this example, the "107" shows that the image counter has been reset six times (I think it starts as "101"), so this was shutter-actuation 72,108 ...
File: - L:\Photos_YearlyFolders-SG\ ... \IMG_2108.JPG
Make - Canon
Model - Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Image Number - 1072108

Where can I see the EXIF details? I looked Canon Digital Professional Info but does not show any element called "Image Number". I tried couple of third party apps but no luck.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

09/18/2012 10:57:31 PM · #8

Originally posted by pgirish007:

Where can I see the EXIF details? I looked Canon Digital Professional Info but does not show any element called "Image Number". I tried couple of third party apps but no luck.

I use IrfanView, an excellent (free) photo browser, which is also good for "light" (simple) editing; I also use it when I'm going to batch-process some images (e.g. resize and change from JPEG to TIFF).

CTRL-e should show the EXIF of an original JPEG image (don't know if it supports RAW).

Also, I think the newest version of Windows show the EXIF as part of the File Properties (maybe a separate button for "extra" or detailed info?).

09/22/2012 12:56:11 PM · #9

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by pgirish007:
Where can I see the EXIF details? I looked Canon Digital Professional Info but does not show any element called "Image Number". I tried couple of third party apps but no luck.

I use IrfanView, an excellent (free) photo browser, which is also good for "light" (simple) editing; I also use it when I'm going to batch-process some images (e.g. resize and change from JPEG to TIFF).

CTRL-e should show the EXIF of an original JPEG image (don't know if it supports RAW).

Also, I think the newest version of Windows show the EXIF as part of the File Properties (maybe a separate button for "extra" or detailed info?).

I tried but for some reason it does not show "Image Number" in my case. I am running windows XP

09/25/2012 08:06:31 AM · #10

it seems like I am able to see the Image number in the IrfanView application but it shows 0 may be because I downloaded as RAW and then use DPP to convert to JPG. I will try next with just as JPG shot and see what I get in image number.