SL2 image numbers

[DrM]

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Hi, 

Probably asked before but I could not find the final answer.. After updating my SL2 to firmware 5.0 I'm back at S1000001 as an image number... How do I change that to S220xxxx?

Thx!

Marc

[Photoworks]

rename on the computer.

not sure S220xxxx is a description name anyway.

[DrM]

Yeah tried that, But the numbering goes up only with the foldernames 101LEICA => L101x.. and a "Reset image number" in the camera. Getting to the desired number is just painful and I wish Leica would just allow to set the counter in the camera. The S can be set in the camera and I like to know which camera it is instantly.

[Bikie John]

You could try doing the firmware update with a different card. Make sure there is at least one image on your  normal card, take it out and use a different card to do the update. Put the original card back in and take a shot, and the numbering should be preserved.

Disclaimer - I am pretty sure this works with L100xxxx image file names. I am not sure what it does if the folder name has changed.

John

[hoppyman]

As far as I recall the methods of keeping one file on a separate card and putting that card back in after an update or renaming a file in a computer do not work with this system.

Possibly it may be associated with varying folder numbers?  At least I have never got these methods to work.  I always have 2 cards in the camera at once since I often fill the first in a shoot. The folders I think roll over every 1000 files too not 10000 too? So I often have a new folder every single shoot. I by the way have always used L instead of S as the leading letter, since I used to use the S system as well. That preference is preserved on update. I don't know if that causes any complication either?

I would be interested to learn from anyone who has made these methods work in practice.

I would prefer to retain a contiguous file number sequence and not to rename on import either. I know others view that differently.
In Lr I can sort by use capture date to distinguish from otherwise identically named files

 

Edited October 17, 2022 by hoppyman
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[MrFriendly]

Not sure if this is going to be useful to the OP, but this is what I do.  I completely ignore the image counter in my cameras (I don't need it).  I import the DNG files to my computer and run a script to compute the SHA1 of each and rename it using that SHA1 hash, so I end up with DNG files that have unique names (e.g., b57b576b2db99078590128dceab05346302080b5.DNG).  I then import those DNG files to Capture One, and I know there won't be any collision.

Instead of primitive in-camera image counters, I think every camera should have this feature built in.

[Photoworks]

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37 minutes ago, MrFriendly said:

Not sure if this is going to be useful to the OP, but this is what I do.  I completely ignore the image counter in my cameras (I don't need it).  I import the DNG files to my computer and run a script to compute the SHA1 of each and rename it using that SHA1 hash, so I end up with DNG files that have unique names (e.g., b57b576b2db99078590128dceab05346302080b5.DNG).  I then import those DNG files to Capture One, and I know there won't be any collision.

Instead of primitive in-camera image counters, I think every camera should have this feature built in.

seriously? totally useless if you ask me.

Most finder programs don't display the full name that long and you only shows the beginning ...  so if I want you to send me blahblahblah...40350047b4.jpg how to you find it. 
If it is so complicated most people only give you the last 3 digit, what are you going to do that?

Client_Job_Date_0000001 is it for my jobs. 

the front changes but the last numbers never repeat in one year as they keep going.

for street: NYC-2022-00421068.DNG+JPG combined

[MrFriendly]

8 hours ago, Photoworks said:

seriously? totally useless if you ask me.

Most finder programs don't display the full name that long and you only shows the beginning ...  so if I want you to send me blahblahblah...40350047b4.jpg how to you find it. 
If it is so complicated most people only give you the last 3 digit, what are you going to do that?

Client_Job_Date_0000001 is it for my jobs. 

the front changes but the last numbers never repeat in one year as they keep going.

for street: NYC-2022-00421068.DNG+JPG combined

I'm not talking about JPG outputs.  I'm talking the DNG or the RAW files.  The in-camera counters are limited and name collisions are bound to happen, specially if one uses multiple cameras.  The computed SHA1 is based on the content of each DNG file, which guaranties that each hash will be unique.

Once you import the raw files in to C1, then you can output them using whatever format you want.  I assume LR has similar features.  

Organizing your files by placing date/time/location or whatever category in the filename is not very flexible.  C1, for example, has features for tagging and organizing your files in whatever category, and then you can search for them, like with a database.

[Photoworks]

10 hours ago, MrFriendly said:

I'm not talking about JPG outputs.  I'm talking the DNG or the RAW files.  The in-camera counters are limited and name collisions are bound to happen, specially if one uses multiple cameras.  The computed SHA1 is based on the content of each DNG file, which guaranties that each hash will be unique.

Once you import the raw files in to C1, then you can output them using whatever format you want.  I assume LR has similar features.  

Organizing your files by placing date/time/location or whatever category in the filename is not very flexible.  C1, for example, has features for tagging and organizing your files in whatever category, and then you can search for them, like with a database.

So you give a different name to the JPG on output? that is even more confusing. that may work for you, but when you have multiple people working on a project it is going to be a challenge.

I normally shoot DNG+JPG. I would be interested to know how that would work.

C1 is a great program that I use every day. but DB is not strong for the amount of data that I produce. 
I have been using C1p since 3.7 and regular beta tester.

[DrM]

I think Leica should have some more configurability for the counter and prefix. Multiple camera’s, workflows, etc.  Messing around with folder names on SD cards is just primitive.

 

[Peerayu]

I just found out the way !

Solve the problem after I updated my camera.

I've attached the screenshot to make it more clear.

Thanks to this thread.1. Format card(s) in camera.

2. If last picture was S1001234.DNG (S:100:1234), create folders on the card(s) on the laptop up to one number below the folder you want to start talking pictures in, i.e. DCIM S100, S101.

3. Put one image (can be the same image) in each folder, then rename these to the last number possible in each folder, i.e. S1000999.DNG, S1010999.DNG.

4. The next picture taken should be S1020001.DNG, in folder 102.

5. Rename that image to the number you want to start taking pictures at, minus one, i.e. the same number as the last picture you took ... S1021234.DNG (S:102:1234).

 

Thanks to this thread.

 

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[erudolph]

That is a lot of work to accomplish something that is a lot easier on an M.

[dpitt]

I found that all you have to do is to format the SD card in camera. Then take it out, rename the numbered folder on your computer. Insert it back in the SL and it should now use the number you renamed the folder to as prefix. This worked for me on a SL (typ 601)

 

Edited October 24, 2023 by dpitt