Chuck ......... thank you for the URL. I'll give the program a try.
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 9:55 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: image date stamping with an E510
> Yes, use any of several utilities that allow complex renaming schemes
> during image download. I use DownLoader Pro from Breeze Systems.
> <http://www.breezesys.com/Downloader/features.htm>
> Your requirements would be a piece of cake for DownLoader Pro. You can
> get a full featured, free trial version that works for 15 days if you'd
> like to try it out.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> John Hudson wrote:
>> Herewith what might be a simple question that will draw a boatloads of
>> DUHs
>> !
>>
>> To some point in the past I was successful, and was certainly so with my
>> E500, in having my E510 date stamp and sequentially number the images on
>> the
>> compact flash card.
>>
>> On the menu list under the second little spanner icon, the fourth
>> sub-menu
>> option is "Edit Filename". The filename default option on my E510 is P
>> followed by seven numerics. I have changed the "P" to "J", being my
>> initial,
>> and change the first numeric after the J to read the number of the month
>> which today reads 6. The second and third numerics seem to increment
>> automatically to record the day of the month. The last four numerics
>> increment by 1 for every image taken.
>>
>> What I am looking for is a solution to have the first numeric after the
>> leading alpha to increment forward to the correct number of the month
>> without having to do this manually every time the month changes. With my
>> E500 the first numeric incremented by one for each month and then for
>> October, November and December changed to A, B and C respectively.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>>
>> John Hudson
>>
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