Filing system?

[DrEntropy]

It was getting 'messy' to keep track of what image came from what camera. I've now settled on what I ~think~ will serve to keep an order to all the images with different cameras, modes, retrieval. etc.

File names reflect which camera used in the first, second and/or third characters. The "mode" used will now be replacing the third character.

So, a file name like 8xx_xxxx is a D850. 81x or 82x denotes which body. 82A would be "A" mode setup. B, C and D are available as well. The APS-C bodies are a bit different, as we have two each of the D7500's and D7200's. Herself will be 7R1-xxxx for mode U1, 7R2_xxxx for U2. Mine 7S1_xxxx, 7S2_xxxx. The D7200's as 71x_ for one body, 72x_for the other. The 'x' for User modes. MAYBE that will allow us to sort which camera has a problem if/when encountering any issues.
Obviously the metadata file keeps lens and exposure info, so no issue there.

Still a work in progress. Sorting the previous IMG_xxxx and DSC_xxxx stuff is still going to be a challenge.

 

[GregW]

I've read this about four times and I still don't understand it. With your mode notes, some are letters and some are numbers?

 

[DrEntropy]

I've read this about four times and I still don't understand it. With your mode notes, some are letters and some are numbers?

Yes. The difference is determined by which format is used; FX or DX. The mode designations with the D850's by default are letters: "A,B,C,D". The APS-C cameras' mode designations are U1 or U2 on the dials, so just using the number.

The 850 will allow me to change the mode designations, but that just seems unnecessary.

Hope that makes the scheme more defined. Sorry for the cofusion!

 

[GregW]

I'm going to guess the U1 vs alpha's is linked to time of production. my 610 has U1 & 2. In the end, what makes sense to you is all that counts. I'm sure my chilli recipe is different from yours. I don't rename any of my files until they have been deemed print or postable.

 

[DrEntropy]

I don't rename any of my files until they have been deemed print or postable.

The "print or postable" file(s) get renamed at the end of the original filename. Add "G" for GIMP or "A" for Adobe, and "cr" as cropped, "sc" for scaled, etc.

It became apparent with the second 850 body that finding a particular shot from a specific event when looking through all files was an issue. Time consuming. Even once the editing is done, there can still be ±100 images to hunt thru. Someone wants "the photo of me with Colonel X at the ~whatever/whenever~ event" gets ugly quick, with images from two shooters and three cameras, IYSWIM. If the image is posted on one of our site pages, it has a filename for us to search for and folks are shown where to find it and are asked for that. Six months after some shoot, it helps to chase down the requested image quickly.

The whole "recipe" is so any image can be searched/retreived, for any reason. Any flaw or mechanical issue is easily traceable to which camera/lens is at fault as well.

 

[DrEntropy]

I'm going to guess the U1 vs alpha's is linked to time of production. my 610 has U1 & 2.

Ah. The 850's have menu choice modes to define, by default. They're alpha designated. I chose not to change them to numbers, avoiding one more confusion. The D7xxx bodies have U1/U2 on the dials.