Nikon D90 - Manual (Page 189)

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Active Folder
Create, rename, or delete folders, or choose the folder in which subsequent
photographs will be stored. This option is available in all modes.
• Select folder: Choose the folder in which subsequent photographs will be stored.
• New: Create a new folder and name it as described below.
• Rename: Select a folder from the list and rename it as described below.
• Delete: Delete all empty folders on the memory card.
❚❚Naming and Renaming Folders
Folder names can be up to five characters long. To
move the cursor in the name area, press the
W button
and press 4 or 2. To enter a new letter at the current
cursor position, use the multi selector to highlight the
desired character in the keyboard area and press the
X
button. To delete the character at the current cursor position, press the O button.
Press J to save changes and return to the shooting menu, or press G to exit
without creating a new folder or changing the folder name.
D Folder Names
On the memory card, folder names are preceded by a three-digit folder number assigned
automatically by the camera (e.g., 100NCD90). Each folder can contain up to 999 photographs.
During shooting, pictures are stored in the highest-numbered folder with the selected name.
If a photograph is taken when the current folder is full or contains a photograph numbered
9999, the camera will create a new folder by adding one to the current folder number (e.g.,
101NCD90). The camera treats folders with the same name but different folder numbers as the
same folder. For example, if the folder NIKON is selected for Active folder, photographs in all
folders named NIKON (100NIKON, 101NIKON, 102NIKON, etc.) will be visible when Current is
selected for Playback folder (pg. 162). Renaming changes all folders with the same name but
leaves the folder numbers intact.
Current folder
NCD90
(default folder)
Other folders
(in alphabetical order)
Keyboard
area
Name area