Minolta Dimage A1 - Manual (Page 137)

FOLDER NAME
All recorded images are stored in folders on the memory card. Folder names come
in two formats: standard and date.
Standard folders have an eight character name. The initial folder is named
100MLT16. The first three digits are the folder’s serial number, which will increase
by one each time a new folder is created. The next three letters refer to Minolta,
and the last two numbers indicate the camera used; 16 indicates a DiMAGE A1.
A date folder name also starts with the three digit serial number and is followed by
one register for the year, two register for the month, and two registers for the day:
100YMMDD. The folder 10130723 was created in 2003 on July 23rd.
With the date folder format selected, when an image is recorded a new folder with
the day’s date will be created. All images recorded that day will be placed in that
folder. Images recorded on a different day will placed in a new folder with the cor-
responding date. When a new folder is created, the serial number in the image-file
name is reset to 0001 unless file number memory is active. For more information
on folder organization and file names, see page 152.
100MLT16
10130723
(Standard)
(Date)
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SELECT FOLDER
This option allows the selection of existing folders. In quick view or playback mode, the images in the
selected folder can be viewed or edited. In recording mode, the folder-name option on in section 2 of
the setup menu must be set to standard form in order to select the folder in which to place the sub-
sequent recorded images.
Except for the all-frames-C cancel-print options in section 3 of the playback menu, changes made
with menus only affect the images in the selected folder. To make changes to all images in multiple
folders, each folder must be selected and the menu operation repeated for each folder. Folders can
be selected temporarily with the view-folder option in section 1 of the playback menu (p. 120).
Formatting a memory card in section 1 of the playback menu, erases all folders regardless if they are
selected or not.