Chapter 12

Locating Pictures and Videos on a Card

Pictures stored on SD/MMC Cards use a standard agreed upon by many camera manufacturers. This lets you use the cards in different cameras. If you use a card reader to retrieve your files, the following file structure may be helpful.

MISC folder—contains the order files created when you use the Share feature to tag files for printing, emailing, and as favorites.

SYSTEM folder—used for updating camera firmware.

DCIM folder—root level folder, contains the 100K4530 folder. When you turn on the camera or insert a different card, empty folders in the DCIM folder are removed.

100K4530 subfolder—contains all the pictures on the card.

Card File Naming Conventions

mPictures are named 100_nnnn.JPG, and are numbered in the order in which they are taken. The first picture is named 100_0001.JPG; the highest number allowed is 100_9999.JPG.

mWhen a card contains a picture named 100_9999.JPG in the \DCIM\100K4530 folder, subsequent pictures appear in a new folder (\DCIM\101K4530), beginning with picture 101_0001.JPG.

mEven if you transfer pictures to the computer or delete pictures from the camera, the camera continues to use consecutive numbers for all subsequent pictures. For example, if the last picture taken was

100_0007.JPG and you delete it, the next picture you take is named 100_0008.JPG.

mWhen you insert a different card into your camera, the next picture number is defined by incrementing the higher of the last picture taken by the camera, or the highest existing picture number in the folder.

mIf you use the card in a camera other than the Kodak EasyShare DX4530 zoom digital camera, and that camera manufacturer adheres to this file structure standard, the \DCIM folder contains a folder named by that camera.

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Kodak DX4530 manual Locating Pictures and Videos on a Card, Card File Naming Conventions