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philj64650650
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December 14, 2023
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Losing photos to filename

Not sure if this is a Lightroom thing or a Finder/Apple thing...

 

When having a particular catalogue open in Lightroom, it seems that it is changing photos with similar filenames to the same photo. For example 0G7A9500.CR3, 0G7A9500-2.CR3, 0G7A9500-3.CR3 have all become the same photo. In the file where the original files are saved, they've changed as well. 

Problem only seems to be happeneing whilst Lightroom is open.

 

I should also say I don't know why the same file name came around so quickly as these were taken only days apart.

Any help hugely appreciated..! Thanks!

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Bob Somrak
Bob Somrak
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December 16, 2023

You are probably using an import Rename like this

 

 which will give you imported filenames like this

 

 

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GoldingD
GoldingD
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December 16, 2023

What specific camera?

 

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philj64650650Auteur
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December 16, 2023

Canon R3

GoldingD
GoldingD
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December 16, 2023

So the default file name syntax in the Canon R3 is IMG_nnnn.CR3 (for RAW) where nnnn are the sequential number 0001 thru 9999.

 

To get 0G7A9500.CR3 you would have to change that in camera settings. Did you? Or is this a LrC or other post processing change as in rename file??

 

Bob Somrak
Bob Somrak
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December 14, 2023

@JohanElzenga 

On Canon cameras you can change the first 4 letters of the filename that the camera records so it could be 0G7Afilenumber.

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JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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December 14, 2023
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@JohanElzenga 

On Canon cameras you can change the first 4 letters of the filename that the camera records so it could be 0G7Afilenumber.


By @Bob Somrak

 

Bob,

I know that but you're completely missing the point. I'm not talking about the first four letters of the file name, I'm talking about the file number suffix. What I am saying is that even Canon cameras will not save three images that are all called '0G7A9500.CR3'. They would normally be called '0G7A9500.CR3', 0G7A9501.CR3' and '0G7A9502.CR3'.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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December 14, 2023

I'm not sure I understand what exactly you did. Such file names are not normal file names coming out of a camera, so "these were taken only days apart" does not seem logical.. It looks like these are three copies of one and the same photo.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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philj64650650Auteur
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December 14, 2023

As far as I am aware, they all came out of the camera as 0G7A9500.CR3, then the computer has recognized the same name and added the -2, -3. They were different photos, but now they have become the same photo. 

JohanElzenga
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December 14, 2023
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As far as I am aware, they all came out of the camera as 0G7A9500.CR3, then the computer has recognized the same name and added the -2, -3. They were different photos, but now they have become the same photo. 


By @philj64650650

 

I find that very unlikely. Your camera cannot save three different images on its memory card and give them the exact same name. That is technically not possible (unless they were saved in different directories, but cameras don't normally use the same name but different directories). So I think you downloaded the same image three times somehow.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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