Can adding folder names in the SD card be used for saving images from different days/times/locations?

[coleica]

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Hello one and All. Hypothetical situation.  I am on vacation where I will be spending 5 days at an exquisite resort for the rich and famous (my hypothetical, my fantasy).  If I plug the SD used to capture images, into my handy dandy laptop it could show a directory tree like this:  DCIM/100LEICA.  The understanding being the new images will be stored under the 100LEICA directory, and the images inside it will be numbered sequentially; something along the lines of "Leica1001001", "Leica1001002", etc...  Hopefully I am understanding it correctly.  

Now suppose I add a new directory with the path DCIM/200LEICA.  And suppose I start taking additional images the next day.  Will the new images be stored in the 100LEICA directory or the 200LEICA directory?

Thanks in advance.

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[jaapv]

Isn't it much simpler to use separate SD cards and to rename the folders on import by descriptive names like "pool party". "champagne dinner" etc.?

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The point eludes me. You can sort the directory by date and time and then you will see immediately when each photograph has been taken.

[M11 for me]

Do you work with Lightroom Classic? Do you import your images into Lightroom Classic?

Are you aware that with that import you can change the name of your images: As in the exif data you have stored the date and time that an image was taken then you can import images by using that information. For many years all my images are renamed to date and time. An example: "2024-05-14 at 12-13-55.dng". Then you have what you need. In the Apple Finder or in Windows Explorer you see then your list with all those images with their new names.

 

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4 hours ago, coleica said:

Hello one and All. Hypothetical situation.  I am on vacation where I will be spending 5 days at an exquisite resort for the rich and famous (my hypothetical, my fantasy).  If I plug the SD used to capture images, into my handy dandy laptop it could show a directory tree like this:  DCIM/100LEICA.  The understanding being the new images will be stored under the 100LEICA directory, and the images inside it will be numbered sequentially; something along the lines of "Leica1001001", "Leica1001002", etc...  Hopefully I am understanding it correctly.  

Now suppose I add a new directory with the path DCIM/200LEICA.  And suppose I start taking additional images the next day.  Will the new images be stored in the 100LEICA directory or the 200LEICA directory?

Thanks in advance.

adding a new directory via a mac or PC?? i wonder if the camera software will even recognize the new sub-folders.

 

[coleica]

Thank you all for your input.  I will be taking a two week trip later in the year where many images will be taken (I hope).  Based on the responses to my original post, it does seem I over thought what I wanted to accomplish.  Your advice(s) will make my life easier.  Thanks.    

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32 minutes ago, coleica said:

Thank you all for your input.  I will be taking a two week trip later in the year where many images will be taken (I hope).  Based on the responses to my original post, it does seem I over thought what I wanted to accomplish.  Your advice(s) will make my life easier.  Thanks.    

An additional suggestion- I use a separate SD Card for each day (I copy it to the cloud) and then lock it and that way I cannot over-write it. I only format the card after the images are fully edited.