Late bug report: Can't change file nos from L...

[scott kirkpatrick]

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I like to give a different first letter to each body that I use.  But my attempts to use the filename editor to start files with anything but L have failed so far in my new EV1.

Edited yesterday at 06:46 AM by scott kirkpatrick

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[Knorp]

That's strange. The instructions in the manual (p76) really don't work ?

 

EDIT FILE NAMES

→Select Camera Settings in the main menu

→Select Edit File Name

• A keyboard submenu is displayed.

• The input line contains the factory setting “L10” at

the start of the file name. The first three characters

of the file name are editable.

→Enter a letter of your choice (see p. 48)

→Confirm

Notes

• The change to a file name applies to all subsequent

files or until a new change is made. The sequential

number will not be affected; but it will be reset when

a new folder is created.

• After a reset to factory settings, the start of the file

name will automatically revert to “L10”.

• Lower case letters are unavailable.

[Carrot]

I had no trouble changing the filename.

[scott kirkpatrick]

I'm using a card which was used before. I did reformat in the camera, but it seems to see the older numbers and does not start at zero.  That must be a factor.  I'll back up the little bit of shooting done so far (selected jpegs are in the picture thread), clean the chip several times and try again.

By the way, notice the confusion (which is long-standing) in the instructions.  It says that you can edit the first three letters in the filenames but the only change you can make is in the letter.  When you edit the filename in the camera you must first erase the 3rd, then the 2nd digit, then you can provide a new (capitalized) letter for the new camera's files.  Until you do that, the confirm button in the lower right corner of the EV1's screen is lit, but as soon as I change the file letter, it goes dark and will not accept the new letter.  Probably all of this doesn't happen with a brand new, clean large SD card, but I don't have one of those. 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by scott kirkpatrick

[lct]

I could change the first 3 letters (MEV) with no problem under firmware 2.6.0.

[Knorp]

Mm, I don't get it, Scott. What has the card to do with it ?

[scott kirkpatrick]

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Why am I talking about the card?  Well, that's where I start with a new camera.  Charge the battery, insert a clean card, and identify that camera by setting a first letter for the filename of all shots done with that camera. Previous M's and SL's have been distinguished in my records in that way.  I haven't yet owned 25 digital Leicas, so this should keep working for a while, but I do have several at the same time and this helps in tracking any issues that occur when I process that files.  I shoot DNG-only.

[scott kirkpatrick]

2 hours ago, lct said:

I could change the first 3 letters (MEV) with no problem under firmware 2.6.0.

Did you start with a fresh card, not used before?

[Stephen.s1]

I had no problem with the first three letters.  No card used.  2.5.2 Firmware

[lct]

1 minute ago, scott kirkpatrick said:

Did you start with a fresh card, not used before?

Just a used card formatted in the camera or with SD Card Formatter, i don't remember sorry.

[scott kirkpatrick]

Got it working.  I did clean out the card first, although I usually don't bother.  I stuck to tapping on the camera screen to move around, and for the first time it didn't discard my changes.  I reduced the first three chars to just a letter not used before, and it is now labelling files with that letter, followed by its usual "100" (which probably doesn't change when you  reach 9999 images).  

I like LCT's solution, but what will he do if he reaches 9999 exposures?  The instructions say that you can only set the first character in the string, so it is nice to see that might not be true.

Now, for my library, where do I request a nice black-covered booklet with the full set of instructions for this first in the MEV series?

Edited 19 hours ago by scott kirkpatrick

[lct]

19 minutes ago, scott kirkpatrick said:

I like LCT's solution, but what will he do if he reaches 9999 exposures?

From MEV09999 to MEV10000 i guess but i have no experience with that.

[scott kirkpatrick]

45 minutes ago, lct said:

From MEV09999 to MEV10000 i guess but i have no experience with that.

I've watched that event.  With the current M11 firmwares it doesn't rollover, just starts around again.  This usually escapes even dedicated beta testers.  And I got there honestly.  Didn't edit an existing filename into 09999.

Edited 18 hours ago by scott kirkpatrick

[Edax]

The 9999 limit seems a bug, but it is not. Every other camera brand has the same limit.

The reason is that Leica and other camera manufacturers conform to the Design Rule for Camera File system (DCF) specification of the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA).

According to this specification only the last 4 digits of the filename are to be used for numbering.