help ! Canon M100 keeps creating folder every 100 photos

[zyclonenuz]

hello everyone ! not sure where to post this but I do hope I'm on the right section. oh and sorry for my poor English.

anyway i just recently bought a canon M100. I don't know what is up but every time my stored photo on the sd card reaches 100 it creates another folder. I've checked the settings/menu and I've set the "create folder" is on Monthly.  can anyone help me out ?

here is the screenshot

[lly3988]

Do you have the user manual ?

http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/0/0300027770/01/eosm100-um-en.pdf

You have choice to set the folder and file numbering method.

[zyclonenuz]

hi lly3988! yes that is the current setting of my camera now.

[ebiggs1]

Do you remove the SD card and reuse it without deleting the old folders?  If you do the camera will make a new folder each time.  Folders should start over at 9999 shots.  Also if the folder number reaches 999 the camera will not shoot at all.

[zyclonenuz]

oh i dont remove the sd card and i barely delete the files in it and folder.  the only time i delete files if if the sd card is already full.

my old camera canon G15 doesnt do this and yeah i think it was around 1000 pictures before it creates another folder.

edit
i tried using a new sd card and same result.

[Ray-uk]

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@zyclonenuz

oh i dont remove the sd card and i barely delete the files in it and folder.  the only time i delete files if if the sd card is already full.

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This is not a good practice. Much better to download the files after each session and reformat the card before using the camera again. Deleting the files in-camera has caused problems for some people.

[zyclonenuz]

oh ok. thanks for the tip.

[ebiggs1]

"Much better to download the files after each session and reformat the card ..."

This not just good advice, it is great advice.  I think the practice of storing pics comes from people that use their cameras like they use their smartphones.  But it does depend on how you intend to use your camera.

[coachboz68]

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@ebiggs1wrote:

"Much better to download the files after each session and reformat the card ..."

This not just good advice, it is great advice.  I think the practice of storing pics comes from people that use their cameras like they use their smartphones.  But it does depend on how you intend to use your camera.

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Erasing not enough?  Do the actual FORMAT each time?

[zyclonenuz]

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@ebiggs1wrote:

"Much better to download the files after each session and reformat the card ..."

This not just good advice, it is great advice.  I think the practice of storing pics comes from people that use their cameras like they use their smartphones.  But it does depend on how you intend to use your camera.

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oh for me the reason why i dont really delete photos from sd card before is due to 2 bad experience.

1. i accidentally deleted the wrong folder and i wasn't able to recover the files. so it takes weeks of a month before i delete them just to make sure.

2. my hard drive died (seagate) on me a few days after i transfer my files from the sd card and i wasn't able to recover my files.

but now ill erase/format everytime i upload photos to my pc since i already have a portable drive and google drive. lol !