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Storage folder, Naming and renaming folders – Nikon D3100 User Manual

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Create, rename, or delete folders, or choose the folder in which subsequent
photographs will be stored.
• 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, rotate the
command dial. 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

J.

To delete the character at the current cursor position, press the

O button. Press the X

button to save changes and return to the setup menu, or press

G to exit without

creating a new folder or changing the folder name.

Storage Folder

G button

➜ B setup menu

D

Folder Names

On the memory card, folder names are preceded by a three-digit folder number assigned
automatically by the camera (e.g., 100D3100). 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., 101D3100). 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
Storage folder, photographs in all folders named NIKON (100NIKON, 101NIKON, 102NIKON,
etc.) will be visible when Current is selected for Playback folder (

0 129). Renaming

changes all folders with the same name but leaves the folder numbers intact. Selecting
Delete deletes empty numbered folders but leaves other folders with the same name intact.

Current folder

Other folders (in alphabetical
order)

D3100 (default folder)

Keyboard
area

Name area