Counter (Re-)Set for CFV ditital back (raw-file-number)

[peter_97]

For all owners of a CFV, where there isn´t a functionality in the menu of the digi back (like for H-systems) I´ve found out a way to reset or set the counter for the raw-files.

These Numbers increase at each shot by one.

(The method is based on an information, I got from Douglas Fairbanks and was adapted for CFV-Backs)

1. Take an empty CF-card, put it into the CFV-Back
2. format it
3. Make one shot
4. Take the CF-card out and connect it to an PC/MAC
5. Edit the name of the raw-file to A9999999.3FR
6. Insert the card into the CFV-Back and shoot a picture.
7. The new raw file will be named A0000000.3FR - if there isn´t any file on this device with a higher counter! - That was the reason for proposing an format in step 2
8. If you want to set the counter to an specified number: make the following steps
9. Take the CF-card out and connect it to an PC/MAC
10. Edit the name of the last raw-file to A<number_minus_one>.3FR and ensure, that there isn´t a raw file with a higher number on the medium.
11. Insert the card into the CFV-Back and shoot a picture.
12. The new raw file should have the file-name: A<number>.3FR

I did it yesterday, as my CFV-back from inspection at Hasselblad Sweden (change of the battery for remembering settings and date/time) had a count of about A8xxxxxx.3fr.

Peter

 

[Douglas Fairbank]

The method you describe works for the CF card using Hasselblad digital backs.