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Image/Sound File and Folder Names
Pictures, movies, or voice memos are assigned file names as follows.
•
Files are stored in folders named with a folder number followed by a five-
character identifier: “P_” plus a three-digit sequence number for pictures taken
using
Panorama assist
71) and “NIKON” for
all other pictures (e.g. “100NIKON”). When the number of files within a folder
reaches 9999, a new folder will be created. File numbers will be assigned
automatically starting with “0001.”
•
Voice memo file names have the same identifier and file number as the picture
to which the voice memo is attached.
•
Files copied using
Copy
>
Selected images
are copied to the current folder,
where they are assigned new file numbers in ascending order starting from the
largest file number in memory.
Copy
>
All images
copies all folders from the
source medium; file names do not change but new folder numbers are
assigned in ascending order, starting from the largest folder number on the
destination medium (
•
A single folder can hold up to 200 pictures; if the current folder already contains
200 pictures, a new folder, named by adding one to the current folder name,
will be created the next time a picture is taken. If the current folder is numbered
999 and contains 200 pictures, or a picture is numbered 9999, no further
pictures can be taken until the internal memory or memory card is formatted
(
154), or a new memory card is inserted.
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Identifier (not shown on camera monitor)
Original still pictures (voice
memo attachment included)
and movies
DSCN
Small copies (voice memo
attachment included)
SSCN
Cropped copies (voice memo
attachment included)
RSCN
Copies created using editing
function other than small
picture and crop (voice memo
attachment included)
FSCN
Extension (signifies the file type)
Still pictures
.JPG
Movies
.MOV
Voice memos
.WAV
File number (assigned automatically in
ascending order, starting with “0001”)
