KODAK DX3500 Digital Camera — User's Guide

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10 Appendix

Picture File Naming Conventions

The camera maintains separate and sequential numbering sequences for the pictures in both the internal memory and on a Picture Card. Pictures are named DCP_nnnn.JPG, and are numbered in the order in which they are taken. The first picture is named DCP_0001.JPG; the highest number allowed is DCP_9999.JPG.

File Naming Conventions on a Picture Card

• When a Picture Card contains a picture named DCP_9999.JPG in the \DCIM\100K3500 folder, subsequent pictures appear in a new folder (\DCIM\101K3500), beginning with picture DCP_0001.JPG.

• Even if you transfer pictures to the computer or delete pictures from the camera, the camera continues to use consecutive numbers for all subsequent pictures. For example, if the last picture taken was DCP_0007.JPG and you delete it, the next picture you take is named DCP_0008.JPG.

• When you insert a different Picture Card into your camera, the next picture number is defined by incrementing the higher of the last picture taken by the camera, or the highest existing picture number in the folder.

• If you use the Picture Card in a camera other than the DX3500 camera, and that camera manufacturer adheres to this file structure standard, the \DCIM folder contains a folder named by that camera. For more information, refer to the documentation that accompanied that camera.

File Naming Conventions in Internal Memory

• The camera's internal memory contains your stored pictures, with no folders or subfolders.

• When you format the internal memory, the numbering sequence restarts at DCP_0001.

• When the internal memory contains a picture named DCP_9999, the next picture taken is named with the lowest unused number. For example, if the internal memory contains DCP_0002, DCP_0004, and DCP_9999, the next picture taken is named DCP_0003.

File Naming Conventions After a Copy

Your camera maintains separate numbering sequences for the pictures in the internal memory, and for the pictures on the Picture Card. When you copy a picture, it is renumbered sequentially in the new location.

For example, in the Before Copy list below, the two pictures in the internal memory are copied to the Picture Card. After Copy, the copied pictures are renumbered on the Picture Card as DCP_0004 and DCP_0005. Additionally, if DCP_0005 is deleted, the next picture copied to the Picture Card is named DCP_0006. In the internal memory, the original pictures and their numbers are unchanged.

Before Copy		After Copy
Internal Memory	Picture Card	Internal Memory	Picture Card
DCP_0001.jpg DCP_0002.jpg	DCP_0001.jpg DCP_0002.jpg DCP_0003.jpg	DCP_0001.jpg DCP_0002.jpg	DCP_0001.jpg DCP_0002.jpg DCP_0003.jpg DCP_0004.jpg DCP_0005.jpg

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