Large scale productions might also still follow the REEL format, but that is beyond the scope of 99% of all productions. The traditional system is to divide each day into scenes or setups. Since you can’t organize your clips in camera, the only way is to do it while you are ingesting (copying to a hard drive). One system of setting up folders for better organization Confusing, so be careful when you delete clips in camera.Įither way, except for shooting stills, the folder organization system is pretty much useless. The next one after that will be called 3, and the next one after that will be called 6, and so on. When you press record, the next clip will NOT be called 6, but 2. E.g., if you have five clips called 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and decide to delete 2 and 3. Important: When you delete clips in-camera, newer shots will first be written to these serial numbers before carrying on.

the date form follows this system: xxxxMMDD, where MM is the month and DD is the date.įor MP4, whatever you create becomes xxxANV01. x is a digit.

the standard form follows this system: xxxMSDCF.To finish off, you can assign two sets of folder names: Unfortunately, you can only record stills and MP4 files into folders, and not XAVC S! What a shame. Select REC Folder allows you to select which folder to record to: The menu for file organization can be found here:įile Number selects how you want to ‘start’ numbering your files. RAW stills are in the proprietary *.ARW wrapper, and JPEGs are in *.JPG.

All video footage, regardless of codec, is stored in a *.MP4 wrapper. This structure is fixed and cannot be changed. The thumbnails for video footage are stored in the THMBNL folder. It’s a messy way to work, which was why I recommended you avoid AVCHD. You have to open it in Quicktime (or another app) to view the contents inside. XAVC S is stored under PRIVATE > M4ROOT > CLIPĪVCHD files are all under that one ‘file’ called AVCHD: The green folder, MP_ROOT, is for MP4 only, and it can also hold sub-folders. You can create sub-folders within it (next section). The A7s records stills, AVCHD, MP4 and XAVC S.

In this lesson I’ll walk you through the file organization and metadata capabilities of the Sony A7s.

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