I.D. for two M8's file

[LawrenceDuke]

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I bought a M8 to make use of all my Leica years and gear. And like every Photo-ego I may want a M8 back up. Question, is there some way to control files so as not to have files with same numbers. This can be a problem with two camera and file numbers over lapping on a computer.

It happened with Nikon. The computer asked,

"... Do You Wish to Replace DCS##### ? "
and I did, and it did. One Nikon, #2 caught up to Nikon, #1 and images got lost on the computer. All files were burn to disk before loaded into the computer. But it was a lot of hunting for images I knew I had. I now have two very different Nikon file names, LD1#### and LD2#### Works for me.

Can I do the same with the M8 for file numbers ? I have not found any good info on the file naming and I have been all over the 'Net'
Thanks for your time.

Keep shooting and have fun doing it.

 

[Lss]

The easiest is probably to rename the files on import. If you need to know which camera is used, I believe there is a serial number in the EXIF data.

 

[johannielscom]

On the Mac, use a small program called BatchFileRename.

Lets you add prefixes, suffixes, lets you strip a number of characters from beginning or end of file names etc.

First add a prefix to the filenames, then import them from the card to the computer.

I'm pretty sure something similar will exist for Windows too, right?


For total safety, I'd go with a color code on each camera and matching color codes on different cards. That way you can reduce any risk on mixing things up most.

Good luck.

 

[jaapv]

Simple, there are a few options:

!.Reset the numbering on one camera.
Basically, format a card in the camera; take an image ; insert in a card reader ; in the computer change the image number from for instance L102341 to L200001
Reinsert in the camera ; take another image.From now on all image numbers in that camera will start with L2xxxxx.
Afterwards don’t mix up the cards you use in each camera, as inserting a wrong image number will reset the sequence again.

2.I am no expert in Lightroom, but I think you can filter images on camera serial number in the Library and save them as a Collection.

3.You can change the the standard card name.

4.Use a handy little program called ImageIngester.