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Camera Setup
Formatting Memory Cards: CF Card Format
The memory card supplied with your camera is al-
ready formatted for use in the COOLPIX5000. Other
memory cards will however need to be formatted
prior to use. For more information on formatting
memory cards, see “Tutorial: First Steps” (
37).
File Numbering: The Seq. Numbers Menu
When saving photographs and movies, the cam-
era assigns each image a file name consisting of
“DSCN” followed by a four-digit number assigned
a u t o m a t i c a l l y b y t h e c a m e r a ( e . g . ,
“DSCN0001.JPG”). Image files are stored in fold-
ers with names beginning with a three digit num-
ber between 100 and 999 (e.g., “100NIKON”).
When sequential numbering is off, the same file name may be assigned to im-
ages in different folders or on different memory cards, causing confusion when
the files are copied to the same location on a computer. This can be prevented
by turning sequential file numbering on.
File Numbering
When sequential file numbering is off, file numbering will begin again from
0001 whenever the user creates a new folder (
137). File numbering will
also begin again from 0001 whenever a new folder is created automatically,
regardless of whether sequential file numbering is on or off. A new folder is
created automatically if a photograph is taken when the current folder con-
tains two hundred files or a file numbered 9999.