Sony A7iii set-up question (long-ish read)

[Tri Danimal]

Hey All,


The Plan:
I am planning for a trip this weekend to the desert (aka Dark Sky Site). I am planning to do capture 3 different kinds of photography; Landscape/Rock Climbing, Astro, and LandscapeAstro photography. My astrophotography subject is both the Orion and Flame Nebula in the same frame. My LandscapeAstro target is a nice star trail image with a Joshua Tree decently lit in the foreground. My Landscape/Rock Climbing subjects are going to be of our group out bouldering and and just the natural beauty of Joshua Tree National Park.



The Dilemma:
Is there a way I can set up folders on the A7iii so when I start taking photos of a new project it automatically loads the photos into a new folder? If I cant do it automatically can I create new folders manually? My back up solution is to dump each memory card onto an external hard drive before each subject is photographed. i have a few spare memory cards so i wont have any down time.



I hope I have explained my dilemma well enough that someone has a workable solution. Thanks in advanced.

[Stagecoach]

The Dilemma:
Is there a way I can set up folders on the A7iii so when I start taking photos of a new project it automatically loads the photos into a new folder? If I cant do it automatically can I create new folders manually?

Page 74 of the online manual found here https://www.alphashooters.com/cameras/a7iii/manual/ suggests there is an option within the 'Setup' menu to "Select REC Folder" : "Changes the folder selected for storing still images".

In addition, the online help found here, https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/1720/...001629783.html explains how to add a 'New Folder'.

So if this works anything similar to my Nikons, you simply change the current Folder to a new number which then creates a new additional folder that further images are then saved to, leaving all previous shot images in the older folder. Easily checked and confirmed if possible for your camera.

[Tri Danimal]

Awesome thanks. I will have to check it out tonight.

[rpcrowe]

Daniel...

I remember the days when I didn't even bother to read the instruction manuals that came with my gear. Today, I need the manuals because the cameras are so darn capable (capable = complicated) However, IF an instruction manual is included with a camera today, it is usually an abbreviated version with the full manual available on the Web.

I am of an age in which I do better reading hard copies of user manuals rather than viewing them on a monitor or especially on an LCD screen. I printed out the user manual for my Sony A6500. It is quite a large book. I don't know how many pages it contains because the pages are not numbered. But, I have the information at my finger tips in a format which I can digest.

Years ago, I purchased a cheap black and white Brother Laser Printer. Using this printer with generic laser toner (I have been using Linkyo toners in Black and white for my Brother printer and have been very happy with their quality and price point) and buying copy paper from Staples when they have the paper as a loss leader and by printing on both sides of the paper - my cost is in the area of a penny or so a page. So a user manual of a couple of hundred pages is not exorbitantly expensive to produce. Most copy shops will spiral bind my manuals for a couple of dollars.

I also have a document saved as an MS Word Table which I use to list all of the pertinent videos and other information I find on the Internet regarding my equipment.

With the printed manual and the collection of videos, I have a pretty darn good reference system which I fall back upon on many occasions.