topic Re: Order of pic (DSC_0001) file names gets messed up when transferring to SD card - Is this normal? in Z Series

Order of pic (DSC_0001) file names gets messed up when transferring to SD card - Is this normal?

love2travelroad — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 11:26:00 GMT

When my ZR is 75% out of space, it says something like "you have used up 75% of memory, would you like to transfer files to SD card" (in my case it's primarily the photos taking up space, besides apps etc.) I click yes, especially when I am away and want to take lots more pictures. But then when I transfer the photos to my computer, they are completely out of order

e.g lets say I had transfered dsc_0001 - dsc_1000 to the SD card, now I think all new pics are ordered again from dsc_0001 and so on again.

the problem is that when I then move those pics, (which are from a later date) they end up all mixed up, in such a way that

Lets say older pic from months ago was dsc_0001, now the new ones I transfer become dsc_0001_1 and so on.

So then they are out of order, unless I sort them by date. Is there any way that I can keep them going in order?

alternatively is there a trick that when I transfer pics to my pc (windows 8.1) I can automatically rename them in date order?

Thanks.

Re: Order of pic (DSC_0001) file names gets messed up when transferring to SD card - Is this normal?

_alexdon_ — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 13:37:48 GMT

Why don't you set up the camera so it always saves to SD card? This way, after you transfer to computer, it won't restart the counter.

Re: Order of pic (DSC_0001) file names gets messed up when transferring to SD card - Is this normal?

love2travelroad — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:40:40 GMT

Great idea alexdon, i looked briefly but not sure how to do this on ZR, any idea?

Re: Order of pic (DSC_0001) file names gets messed up when transferring to SD card - Is this normal?

Uliwooly — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:08:52 GMT

@love2travelroadtrip

Whenever you transfer the pictures leave the last picture, so next time you take a picture it will be in order.

Re: Order of pic (DSC_0001) file names gets messed up when transferring to SD card - Is this normal?

_alexdon_ — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:33:13 GMT

@love2travelroadtrip Go to camera, tap on 3 dots (settings), tap on the small wheel and under data storage select microSD.

Re: Order of pic (DSC_0001) file names gets messed up when transferring to SD card - Is this normal?

love2travelroad — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 19:46:07 GMT

Perfect! Thank you so much!

I also figured out how to change the file name on windows 8.1 to make them go in order.

Re: Order of pic (DSC_0001) file names gets messed up when transferring to SD card - Is this normal?

_alexdon_ — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:00:04 GMT

Cool,glad we could help.

Re: Order of pic (DSC_0001) file names gets messed up when transferring to SD card - Is this normal?

Totz4Nys — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:31:28 GMT

Hi,
Had similar problem here in regards to photos, but mine is can't be seen and need to take mmc to open it to laptop and photos are scrambled.
And also, what about transferring apps to sd card then all apps can't be open anymore?
Is there anything you can advice?