There is no way using the FS35's menus to get it to reset its photo number counter back to Folder 100, Photo Number 1, even if one formats the SD card, or resets the FS35 to its "Factory Settings". Hence the following convoluted procedure! The following description is aimed at the linux pc community using the bash shell's command line interface. There are naturally equivalent commands available under MSwindows using the command line window. See, for example: http://www.michna.com/panacount.htm for some hints on how one might do this. I have tried to be overly detailed in the command examples given below for the benefit of inexperienced users of the bash shell. Any such user should be warned that white-space characters can be important to the bash shell, especially around the "[", "]", and "=" characters. The technique relies on the fact that the FS35 tries to create a new folder when the frame number in the current folder reaches 999. And when Folder 999 is full, it wraps around to Folder 100 again. To summarise, the steps are: Save all photos on the SD card. Format the SD card to erase all photos. Get the FS35 to use Folder 999. Fill up Folder 999 and remove all other folders. Take a photo. Erase Folder 999 and its contents. a) Save all photos on the SD card. b) Use the FS35 Setup Menu item "Format" to delete all files and folders from the SD card. c) Take a single photo and find its number using the camera's playback mode. In the following examples it is assumed that the number is: 104-0025 i.e. Photo number 25 in Folder 104. If the folder number is already 999, continue at Step (e). d) Get the FS35 to change to Folder 999. This involves filling up the current folder with pseudo photos, and then creating all folders up to, but not including, Folder 999 as follows. i) Move the SD card to a pc (or use a USB connection). Hopefully it will get "mounted" automatically. If not one will need the "mount" command and, possibly, super-user privileges. ii) Let's assume that the SD card is mounted as (use the "df" command to get the information): /media/315C-0DB0 iii) Fill up the "current" folder with photos: mountPoint=/media/315C-0DB0 # \ folderNumber=104 # > Modify accordingly photoNumber=25 # / folder=$mountPoint/DCIM/${folderNumber}_PANA x=$(expr $photoNumber + 1) while [ $x -lt 1000 ]; do newPhoto=$folder/P${folderNumber}0$(printf %03d $x).JPG echo $newPhoto # An optional command to see things happen touch $newPhoto ((x++)); done iv) Create all higher numbered folders up to, but not including 999: mountPoint=/media/315C-0DB0 # \ Modify accordingly folderNumber=104 # / y=$(expr $folderNumber + 1) while [ $y -lt 999 ]; do newFolder=$mountPoint/DCIM/${y}_PANA echo $newFolder # An optional command to see things happen mkdir $newFolder ((y++)); done v) Dismount the SD card from the linux system (use the umount command, maybe), and insert it into the FS35 again. Take a photo. It should have number: 999-0001 e) At this point, the FS35 is saving photos in Folder 999. We shall now fill up this folder with pseudo photos, and delete all other folders, as follows: i) Move the SD card back to the pc and mount it again as described in Sub-steps i) and ii) of Step d). The card should have the same mount point, but don't forget to check it to be sure ("df" command). So, the mount point in the example below is: /media/315C-0DB0 Assume that the last photo taken is: 999-0001 ii) Fill up Folder 999 with photos: mountPoint=/media/315C-0DB0 # \ folderNumber=999 # > Modify if necessary photoNumber=1 # / folder=$mountPoint/DCIM/${folderNumber}_PANA x=$(expr $photoNumber + 1) while [ $x -lt 1000 ]; do newPhoto=$folder/P${folderNumber}0$(printf %03d $x).JPG echo $newPhoto # An optional command to see things happen touch $newPhoto ((x++)); done iii) Delete all other folders except Folder 999: mountPoint=/media/315C-0DB0 # Modify if necessary folderNumber=100 z=$folderNumber while [ $z -lt 999 ]; do newFolder=$mountPoint/DCIM/${z}_PANA if [ -e $newFolder ]; then echo $newFolder # An optional command to see things happen rm -Rf $newFolder fi ((z++)); done iv) Dismount the SD card from the linux system (use the umount command, maybe), and insert it into the FS35 again. f) The next photo that is taken should be number: 100-0001 g) Once at least one photo has been taken, the Folder 999 can be erased. This is done by moving the SD card back to the pc and issuing the commands: mountPoint=/media/315C-0DB0 # Modify if necessary rm -Rf $mountPoint/DCIM/999_PANA/
David Maden CH-5223 Riniken 22 Nov 2012