'Set Back Now' has disappeared???

[Evad1962]

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Hi all

 

Just got my repaired M8 back from Solms and have noticed that the 'Set Back Now' function has disappeared from the Picture Numbering menu. All I have now when I hit 'Set' in "Picture Numbering" are 2 choices - Continuously or Standard...I've tried re-installing the latest firmware but it makes no difference. At the moment, the camera is numbering the files in sequence starting with L999.... Before the camera left I was up to L150xxxx. I'd like to get the sequence back to L151xxxx and to 'rediscover' the set back now function of the camera.

 

Does anyone have any ideas on fixing this? Thanks in advance for any input.

 

Cheers, Evad

[danyves]

Take on pictures on card. Put card in PC. Do renumber. L 151XXXX. Put card back in M8.Set Contiunously. Take another picture. Should be reset back. If I am not mistaken.

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[Shootist]

1. Set the Picture Number in the menu to "Standard".

2. Format the SD card in camera.

3. Reset the File Number in the menu. It actually says “Reset fold. No”, that is the one you want.

4. Set Picture Number back to "Continuous"

5. Take one image

6. Shut off camera, remove SD card and place in card reader attached to a computer.

7. Access the image in your Finder or Explorer (Mac or PC); rename the image number to whatever file number/image number you want. I would suggest Lyyyxxxx, with "y" being your preferred folder number (See Note Below) and "x" being the frame number you want to start with. (You are making these changes to the file name on the card in the card reader.)

 

NOTE

 

If you want to change the first or second digit of the L100 (Lyyy above) in the file name, like to L200 or 120 or 220, then you have to change the folder name also.

The directory/folder structure on the card when in a card reader is [Drive Letter]:\DCIM\100LEICA\. You need to change the 100LEICA to whatever you want the file number to start with. Like if you want it to be L200xxxx then you need to rename that folder to 200LEICA. If you want L120 then you need to change that folder name to 120LEICA. It would look like this [Drive Letter]:\DCIM\120 or 200LEICA.

 

8. Properly remove card from card reader and return to camera.

9. Turn the camera on and press "Play". The file will now display with newly renamed folder and file number. (Use "Info" to see this data.)

10. Expose another image to confirm and check file numbers.

11. Format SD card, and you are good to go from that point on.

 

 

Although you don't have the set back now or the Reset Folder # it still should work.

[danyves]

Evad,

 

Of course do discard my post. Got it half way. Shootist post is the good process to solve that question.

[Evad1962]

Thanks Shootist for that advice - it worked!! Seems like you need to format a card in the camera before 'set back now' becomes avail., although that's not the way I remember it being.

 

Thanks again.

 

Cheers

Evad.