Nikon 3700 - Manual (Page 33)

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Basic Photography
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 in the monitor, 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 created automatically by the camera and named with a
three-digit folder number followed by an identifi er: “INTVL” for pictures taken using in-
terval timer photography (
75), “P_” plus a three-digit sequence number for pictures
taken using panorama assist (e.g, “101P_001”; 30), and “NIKON” for all other pho-
tographs (e.g, “100NIKON”). Folders can hold up to 200 pictures; if you take a picture
when the current folder contains 200 pictures, a new folder will be created by adding
one to the current folder number. A new folder is created for each sequence of pictures
taken using interval-timer photography or panorama assist. If you take a picture 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 (
99) or a new memory card inserted.
The picture displayed when the button is pressed is the picture with the highest fi le
number in the highest-numbered folder.
Type
Still picture
Identifi er Extension
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.MOV
.JPG
.MOV
INTN
DSCN
DSCN Original Movie
Time-lapse movie
DSCN .WAV 55 Voice memo (appended to original still)
Cropped copy
90
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89
.JPG
.JPG
.JPG
SSCN
RSCN
FSCN Copy Retouched copy
Small copy
Audio
fi le
SND_ .WAV 55 Voice memo (appended to copy)
DSCN .WAV 39 Voice recording (independent recording)