Changing the filenames in Canon 20D

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Do anyone know if its posible to change the filename _MG_0xxx.JPG that
the camera generate?
It would be nice to be able to rename the MG to the photographers
letters in advanse and even better to add info in the EXIF.
ex: photographers name, phonenumber, e-mail, etc.

So if you give your CF card to the journalist to take to the paper the
info is already there and you get the correct credit.

Hope someone kan help :-)

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On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 18:18:24 -0000, "Canongirly" <me@me.com> wrote:

>not on the camera but you can with most image editing programs such as
>ACDsee, Qimage, PSP or PS-CS
>"han Per" <ervland@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:8b3473c5.0502010937.70018411@posting.google.com...
>> Do anyone know if its posible to change the filename _MG_0xxx.JPG that
>> the camera generate?
>> It would be nice to be able to rename the MG to the photographers
>> letters in advanse and even better to add info in the EXIF.
>> ex: photographers name, phonenumber, e-mail, etc.
>>
>> So if you give your CF card to the journalist to take to the paper the
>> info is already there and you get the correct credit.
>>
>> Hope someone kan help :-)
>
OK.... I need to ask....how is that reply relevant to the question?
It seems to me to be just a short step from saying "print the
pictures then use a sharpie on the back of each print" ;o)...

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ZONED! <no_email@please_post.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 18:18:24 -0000, "Canongirly" <me@me.com> wrote:
>>"han Per" <ervland@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>> Do anyone know if its posible to change the filename _MG_0xxx.JPG that
>>> the camera generate?
[...]

>>not on the camera but you can with most image editing programs such as
>>ACDsee, Qimage, PSP or PS-CS

> OK.... I need to ask....how is that reply relevant to the question?

1. it answers: "No" (which is correct)
2. it hints at a work around.

> It seems to me to be just a short step from saying "print the
> pictures then use a sharpie on the back of each print" ;o)...

Would you like a simple, short 'You cannot' without any other
words better or is your computer unwilling to do repetetive work
as directed?

-Wolfgang

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On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 04:27:30 +0100, Wolfgang Weisselberg
<ozcvgtt02@sneakemail.com> wrote:

>ZONED! <no_email@please_post.net> wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 18:18:24 -0000, "Canongirly" <me@me.com> wrote:
>>>"han Per" <ervland@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
>>>> Do anyone know if its posible to change the filename _MG_0xxx.JPG that
>>>> the camera generate?
>[...]
>
>>>not on the camera but you can with most image editing programs such as
>>>ACDsee, Qimage, PSP or PS-CS
>
>> OK.... I need to ask....how is that reply relevant to the question?
>
>1. it answers: "No" (which is correct)

True, my mistake

>2. it hints at a work around.

I do not consider it a workaround when it is not in the parameters of
the problem. Quite literally the OP asked if it is possible to change
a file name, It most definately is. However I read into the post that
the intent was to set the camera up to generate a different file
prefix such as the Nikon D2h is capable of. I would imagine that most
people (just a generality, mind you) who would be concerned about file
names generated by a digital SLR camera would indeed know how to
change one outside of the camera. Suggesting the answer is a "work
around" seems to suggest the OP does not know the most basic
principles of renaming a file.

>
>> It seems to me to be just a short step from saying "print the
>> pictures then use a sharpie on the back of each print" ;o)...
>
>Would you like a simple, short 'You cannot' without any other
>words better

Yes, why do you ask?

> or is your computer unwilling to do repetetive work
>as directed?

I do not understand the question

>
>-Wolfgang

P.S. I will make every attempt to remember from now on to address my
posts to whom I am posting to so there is no misunderstanding whom I
seek an answer from. Thanks.

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ZONED! <no_email@please_post.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 04:27:30 +0100, Wolfgang Weisselberg
> <ozcvgtt02@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>>ZONED! <no_email@please_post.net> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 18:18:24 -0000, "Canongirly" <me@me.com> wrote:

>>>>not on the camera but you can with most image editing programs such as
>>>>ACDsee, Qimage, PSP or PS-CS

>>2. it hints at a work around.

> I do not consider it a workaround when it is not in the parameters of
> the problem.

That is what a workaround is. Otherwise it would be a
solution, wouldn't it?

> Suggesting the answer is a "work
> around" seems to suggest the OP does not know the most basic
> principles of renaming a file.

I believe --- unless you want to change CF cards --- that
this is the easiest solution there is for now.

>>Would you like a simple, short 'You cannot' without any other
>>words better

> Yes, why do you ask?

Most people consider that as rude as you did consider the answer.

>> or is your computer unwilling to do repetetive work
>>as directed?

> I do not understand the question

It is rather easy to automate the renaming, to the point that
you could shoot a black frame as a marker for the automatic
name changes.

> P.S. I will make every attempt to remember from now on to address my
> posts to whom I am posting to so there is no misunderstanding whom I
> seek an answer from. Thanks.

Please do pay the usual professional rates to the people whom
you want to answer you first. And do fix your email and name,
or you might miss the answer.

-Wolfgang