G-CPTN
9th Feb 2012, 00:30
My Pentax camera records images on SD cards into folders specific to the date of exposure, but the folder title is prefixed by a sequential number in the sequence 100, 101, 102 etc, thus a typical sequence is:-
100_3110
101_0111
102_0211
and
103_2111
Where the initial three-digit number is sequential and the second four digit number is the day and month of the date (though the year never features).
The initial problem is that, when copied to the laptop, Windows records that date of transfer rather than the original date of exposure.
It is possible to have folders with identical numbers taken a year apart.
New SD cards (or re-used ones( will start with a 100_DDMM folder).
I could copy the individual files (and they will retain their date of exposure), but there is yet another problem when the file number reaches 9999 it reverts to 0001 (and digital photographers take very many shots).
What I am seeking is a method to retain the date of exposure allocated to the folder when it is copied over from the SD Card - whatever the date of transfer.
Is there a way of ensuring this?
Presently I cannot sort my folders into sequence that represents date of image exposure.
I suppose I could manually rename the folders using a sequential numerical format, but this would be tedious as I would need to open each folder in turn to ascertain year that the images were exposed. In addition, when the image numbering changed over from 9999 to 0001, two folders with identical dates were created, so there are many folders with titles starting 100 (as well as 102, 103 etc.) So far the highest prefix number is 122.
Oh and each folder can only contain 500 images, so it's possible to get the second suffix DDMM to be the same (though with a difference prefix) :- 121_1109 and 122_1109 . . .
100_3110
101_0111
102_0211
and
103_2111
Where the initial three-digit number is sequential and the second four digit number is the day and month of the date (though the year never features).
The initial problem is that, when copied to the laptop, Windows records that date of transfer rather than the original date of exposure.
It is possible to have folders with identical numbers taken a year apart.
New SD cards (or re-used ones( will start with a 100_DDMM folder).
I could copy the individual files (and they will retain their date of exposure), but there is yet another problem when the file number reaches 9999 it reverts to 0001 (and digital photographers take very many shots).
What I am seeking is a method to retain the date of exposure allocated to the folder when it is copied over from the SD Card - whatever the date of transfer.
Is there a way of ensuring this?
Presently I cannot sort my folders into sequence that represents date of image exposure.
I suppose I could manually rename the folders using a sequential numerical format, but this would be tedious as I would need to open each folder in turn to ascertain year that the images were exposed. In addition, when the image numbering changed over from 9999 to 0001, two folders with identical dates were created, so there are many folders with titles starting 100 (as well as 102, 103 etc.) So far the highest prefix number is 122.
Oh and each folder can only contain 500 images, so it's possible to get the second suffix DDMM to be the same (though with a difference prefix) :- 121_1109 and 122_1109 . . .