Nikon COOLPIX 5000 Instruction Manual - Page 158

Camera Setup Formatting Memory Cards: CF Card Format The memory card supplied with your camera is already 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 camera assigns each image a file name consisting of "DSCN" followed by a four-digit number assigned automatically by the camera (e.g., "DSCN0001.JPG"). Image files are stored in folders with names beginning with a three digit number between 100 and 999 (e.g., "100NIKON"). When sequential numbering is off, the same file name may be assigned to images 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 contains two hundred files or a file numbered 9999. 144