resetting picture sequence numbers in to 0001

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rocketman122

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A friend asked me and not something I care about since I do this when I edit in ACDC pro. but basically he wants to reset the camera to frame 0001 so when he shoots a wedding he doesnt have to deal with renumbering them after the fact. I put images from both cameras in one folder then arrange by date taken and then output it starting with the first image as number one. he wants to do it in the cameras and I dont know how so im asking for help.

for instance if you shoot 237 images and the last image is DSC-0237, then the next wedding he shoots, the first image will be DSC-0238 but hed rather it start new and be DSC-0001

anyway to do this in the camera?

he has a D3 like me. if you dont have a D3 then im certain it can also be found quite easily in any camera since the menu systems are quite similar between them all.
 
Scott Murray

Scott Murray

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rocketman122 said:
A friend asked me and not something I care about since I do this when I edit in ACDC pro. but basically he wants to reset the camera to frame 0001 so when he shoots a wedding he doesnt have to deal with renumbering them after the fact. I put images from both cameras in one folder then arrange by date taken and then output it starting with the first image as number one. he wants to do it in the cameras and I dont know how so im asking for help.

for instance if you shoot 237 images and the last image is DSC-0237, then the next wedding he shoots, the first image will be DSC-0238 but hed rather it start new and be DSC-0001

anyway to do this in the camera?

he has a D3 like me. if you dont have a D3 then im certain it can also be found quite easily in any camera since the menu systems are quite similar between them all.
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Have a look here - https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2556/~/image-file-name/-numbering-sequence - it may help you and be what your friend is after.

To ensure that images in each of the camera's folders have unique names, the camera will assign each image a file name containing a four digit number, starting from 0001 and increasing numerically with each shot taken. By default when a new card is inserted in to the camera a new folder is created on the card and the file numbering will begin again at 0001.
D-SLR cameras have a custom setting that enables the camera to "remember" the last file number on the current card and continue numbering sequentially when a new memory card is inserted in the camera (called sequential numbering). The benefit of this is that no two images will have the same file name when downloaded to computer, having duplicate file names can cause images to be overwritten.​
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By default sequential numbering is set to "OFF"
Sequential file numbering OFF - When a new card is inserted the current folder and file numbers are not continued, file numbering starts again in a new folder.
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Sequential file numbering ON - When a new card is inserted the camera can continue numbering files in sequence from the last file number on the previous card.
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J-see

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I checked mine and I can change the first three letters used but for some reason can't find any reset to restart it at 0001. If I change DCS_2512 into anything else, like AAA, the next shot is named AAA_2513.

That's answered above I see.

I think I'm going to use the 3 letter change from now on. I'm beyond 9999 shots so I start getting double file names.
 
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rocketman122

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god damn you guys are fast!

im always in awe how tightly nit people are from this community. I got to stop being such a douche and be more involved!

that works great Scott! thank you J-see for the help also.
 
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FastGlass

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I've always thought when having file sequence number "off". The images would start with 0001 after formatting the card. In fact that's why i choose to turn file sequence on because I had a ton of images that had the same 0001,0002 file name.
 
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Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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Problem solved but I'm going to toss out a handy tip for re-numbering files for those who might not be aware of it and because I find it really handy. It's a Windows thing but I think it's pretty handy. If you have, say, 200 files and you want to number them sequentially you can use Ctrl+A (select all), RIGHT-click on the first file, re-name it and press Enter.

Example: Original file names are DSC_100 - DSC_200. You want to rename them to, say... "Wedding - 24 June 2015". Using this method you re-name the first first file to "Wedding - 24 June 2015" and what you'll wind up with is this:

Wedding - 24 June 2015 (1), Wedding - 24 June 2015 (2), Wedding - 24 June 2015 (3) ... Wedding - 24 June 2015 (200).

I know it's not what the OP is asking for, I just thought I'd pass it along because I find it a really useful thing to know.
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J-see

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I used a small program called bulkrename for that. I select all, define the prefix and suffix and it renames and numbers them (how many digit and what number to start with).
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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Blade Canyon said:
You guys don't use a DOS command window for batch rename? Lol, I'm so old...
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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I changed the first 3 digit to Don after I hit 9999 the last time but have been rethinking it. I might start changing it to the year instead. I guess I will need to do that when I import. That would make sorting them later a lot easier.
 
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J-see

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Don Kuykendall said:
I changed the first 3 digit to Don after I hit 9999 the last time but have been rethinking it. I might start changing it to the year instead. I guess I will need to do that when I import. That would make sorting them later a lot easier.
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That's a good idea, I think I'll start using the last digit of the year and the other two of the month. 503 would be this month. I first need to check if I can use digits.
 
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aroy

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I use DOS batch file to rename once they crossed 9999. From DSC to ESC to FSC and then to GSC. Here is what it contains

ren DSC_*.NEF FSC_*.NEF
ren DSC_*.MOV FSC_*.MOV

This is in a file name A.BAT. Just have this file in the directory where the files are, double click on it and your files are renamed. For resequencing it is slightly more complicated. So I use "IrfanView" Batch file convert/rename option. That way
. I choose the files to be renamed
. Choose the Prefix - say 2015-04-12 (date)
. Choose the delimiter "-"
. Choose the starting sequence number
. Choose the output directory

Then run the batch and your files are renumbered.
 
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Slipperman

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i was about to ask this very same question until luckily i did a search on 'dsc sequence' and found this thread. i prefer the internal DSC number restart from 0000 after formatting mainly because it's another indicator of how many shots i took on the latest shoot when i start the import process with Nikon Transfer. which brings up another point. because Transfer allows you to not only name the destination folder but also the file name and sequence number, there's pretty much no chance that any duplicates will occur and overwrite something. this is because when naming the destination folder, Transfer gives you the option of prepending the date to the folder name guaranteeing the folder names between different days shoots will be unique. as far as the file name, i use the same name as the folder (minus the date) and reset the sequence number to 1 each time. so after reading the link, i set the d6 option to Off. Frankly i'm surprised nobody else has mentioned using Transfer - such a nice automated way of creating your destination dir and importing/renaming the files.
 
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