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Customizing the settings/functions of y
our camera
FILE NAME
When you take a picture, the camera assigns it a unique file name and saves it in
a folder. The folder and file name can later be used for file handling on a
computer. File names are assigned as shown in the illustration below.
File name
Pmdd0000.jpg
DCIM
100 OLYMP
P2030001.jpg
P2030002.jpg
P2030003.jpg
P2030004.jpg
All folders
Folder number (100 - 999)
Month
(10, 11, 12 are
numbered A, B, C)
Color space
P: sRGB
_: Adobe RGB
Day
(01 - 31)
File number
(0001 - 9999)
After taking 9999 pictures, the counter is reset
to 0001 for the next picture, the folder number
increments by 1 to name and create a new
folder where the next image (file) is stored.
Folder name
000
OLYMP
AUTO
Even when a new card is inserted, the folder numbers are retained from the
previous card. If the new card contains an image file whose file number coincides
with one saved on the previous card, the new card’s file numbers start at the
number following the highest number on the previous card.
RESET
When a new card is inserted, folder numbers start at 100 and file numbers start at
0001. If a card containing images is inserted, the file numbers start at the number
following the highest file number on the card.
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