File Numbering - new folder every 100 pics?

[bsn321]

Hi there -

I used to have an SD200 that was set to automatically create a new folder every 100 pictures ("CANON100", "CANON101"...) In fact, I believe this may have been the default setting.

On my SD1000 - I cannot find this option, and I'm beginning to think it doesn't exist.

Right now my SD1000 is on Continuous, but it's just creating an endless number of pics in one folder called CANON100...

Can someone please confirm and/or point me in the right direction?

Thanks much!
Brad

[Jon]

Confirm. Canon stopped doing that. I now have to manually (well, Downloader Pro can do it for me) break my downloads up into 100 file folders on my newer cameras (post-20D). You can create new folders though, at will.

[bsn321]

Thanks Jon!

I've seen reference to a few [seemingly different] versions of "downloader pro" - which one do you recommend? Is it the one by Breeze Systems?

Many thanks!
Brad

[Jon]

AFAIK the only "Downloader Pro" around is the one by Breeze Systems. That's what I use.
My folder name pattern in there is:
"C:\DCIM-ALL\DCIM-{T9}\{q}C_{T9}\{file[5-6]}00"
{T9} is a custom-mapped field for the camera model (SX1 or 5D2 instead of SX1 IS or Eos 5D Mark II). {q} is the folder number (the camera uses). {file[5-6]}00 takes the 5th & 6th characters (first 2 digits) off the file name; so IMG_2319.JPG would go in folder 2300.

Files use this pattern:
{q}-{r}_{T9}
{q} is folder number; {r} is file number; {T9} is the custom mapping.

So whatever card I download from, images are sorted out by camera (DCIM-{T9}), then into new folders whenever the camera (or I) start one, then broken into lots of 100 files (00-99) within that. And the file name tells me where it came from, too, for edited versions of the photo.

[bsn321]

Many thanks!