Basic Photography
22
Image File and Folder Names
On the memory card, pictures are identifi ed by fi le names with three parts: a four letter
identifi er, a four-digit fi le number assigned automatically by the camera in ascending
order, and a three-letter extension (e.g., “DSCN0001.JPG”).
When a picture is viewed on the camera, the fi le number and extension appear in the
top right corner of the display. The identifi er is not displayed, but is visible when the
picture is transferred to a computer.
Pictures are stored in folders named with a three-digit folder number followed by a
fi ve-character identifi er (e.g, “100NIKON”). The default identifi er is NIKON; if desired,
folders with other identifi ers can be created and pictures organized by theme (
108).
Each sequence of pictures taken using interval-timer photography,
Ultra HS
, or pan-
orama assist is stored in a separate folder with its own identifi er: “INTVL” for interval
timer photography (
83), “N_” plus a three-digit sequence number for
Ultra HS
(e.g,
“101N_001”;
80), or “P_” plus a three-digit sequence number for panorama assist
(e.g, “101P_001”;
29). Folders can hold up to 200 pictures; if a picture is taken
when the current folder contains 200 pictures, a new folder will be created by adding
one to the current folder number. If a picture is taken when the current folder contains
a picture numbered 9999, a new folder will be created and fi le numbering will begin
again from 0001. If the current folder is numbered 999 and contains 200 pictures or
a picture numbered 9999, no further pictures can be taken until the memory card is
formatted (
104) or a new memory card inserted.
The fi rst picture displayed when pictures are played back is the picture with the highest
fi le number in the highest-numbered folder.
Type
Identifi er
Extension
HI-quality still
30
.TIF
DSCN
Original
49
49
.MOV
.MOV
INTN
DSCN
Movie
Time-lapse movie
Cropped copy
60
.JPG
RSCN
Copy
62
.JPG
SSCN
Small copy
DSCN
.WAV
63
Voice memo (appended to original still)
Audio
fi le
RSCN
.WAV
63
Voice memo (appended to cropped copy)
SSCN
.WAV
63
Voice memo (appended to small copy)
FINE-, NORMAL-, or BASIC-quality still
30
.JPG
DSCN
RAW-quality still
30
.NEF
DSCN
