Comments on: DSCF

Question: DSCF

Steven C. Den Beste — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:27:24 -0800

Why are so many image files named DSCF####.jpg? Is there some specific tool which does that? I've always wondered what it was. (And what does DSCF stand for?)

By: lalochezia

lalochezia — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:28:24 -0800

They're files from a digital camera: numbered in the order that the photos were taken.

By: bitdamaged

bitdamaged — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:29:12 -0800

There's actually a particular brand of cameras which do that.

By: obiwanwasabi

obiwanwasabi — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:32:07 -0800

They're shots from one of the cameras in Sony's DSC-F range, like the Cybershot.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:32:15 -0800

Design rule for Camera File system

By: obiwanwasabi

obiwanwasabi — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:33:41 -0800

To be more specific, they're from Sony's Digital Still Camera range. The F series is just part of the range.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:33:43 -0800

the DSCF, as mentioned in the link stands for Digital Storage Compact Flash.

By: obiwanwasabi

obiwanwasabi — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:35:33 -0800

I stand corrected - the letters in Sony's range must be a coincidence (or a deliberate attempt to make everybody think all the pictures on the net were taken with Sony cameras)...

By: Brian James

Brian James — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:37:12 -0800

You can take advantage of the common naming scheme to search Google for random images.

By: krisjohn

krisjohn — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:09:28 -0800

My Fujifilm MX-2700 automaticaly creates files starting with DSCF.

By: ollsen

ollsen — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:46:59 -0800

I also wondered about this and jumped to the conclusion that it has something to do with the camera. My first one was a Sony DSC model, producing files starting with DSC.
Now I have a Canon and it produces pics starting with IMG.

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:07:39 -0800

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:17:02 -0800

[a few comments removed, obi, feel free to repost your comment without the metasnark]

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:20:43 -0800

My Kyocera makes images called KIF_*.JPG, I imagine it's a Kyocera Image Format/File.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:45:45 -0800

My old Sony V1 was DSC_###, not DSCF. My Cannon's pictures are IMG_###

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:46:53 -0800

Er, I mean DSC### on the sony (no underscore)

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:57:02 -0800

I am unconvinced that it stands for "Digital Storage Compact Flash." Is there any other evidence besides an unverified mention in Wikipedia?

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:23:38 -0800

Blimey, you're right Grouse. The spec says you can put what letters you like there, and from Google it looks like DSCF is limited to Fuji (Sony uses DSC0). So it's likely Digital Still Camera Fujifilm or thereabouts.

By: fings

fings — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:24:04 -0800

More camera file names from diddly.com random personal picture finder's about page (http://www.diddly.com/random/about.html).

Camera types and filename structure:

"dcp#####.jpg" - Kodak, range of 0 to 4000
"dsc#####.jpg" - Nikon, range of 0 to 4000
"dscn####.jpg" - Nikon, range of 0 to 4000
"mvc-###.jpg" - Sony Mavica
"mvc#####.jpg" - Sony Mavica
"P101####.jpg" - Olympus, Using default camera date of 101
"PMDD####.jpg" - Olympus, M is in hex from 1 to c, DD is 01-31
"IMG_###.jpg" - Some other camera
"IMAG####.jpg" - RCA and Samsung
"1##-####.jpg" - Canon 1TH-TH## thousands, hundreds
"1##-####_IMG.jpg" - Alternate Canon name. MUCH thanks to Donald
"IMG_####.jpg" - Canon
"_MG_####.jpg" - Canon raw conversion. Thanks to Ira
"dscf####.jpg" - Fuji Finepix
"pdrm####.jpg" - Toshiba PDR
"IM######.jpg" - HP Photosmart
"EX######.jpg" - HP Photosmart timelapse?
"DC####S.jpg" - Kodak DC-40,50,120 S is (L)arge, (M)eduim, (S)mall. Thanks to Pholph
"pict####.jpg" - Minolta Dimage. Thanks to Bram
"P#######.JPG" - Kodak DC290. Thanks to Peter
"MMDD####.JPG" - Casio QV3000 and QV4000. Thanks to Fabian
"YYMDD###.JPG" - Casio QV7000 - M is hex. Thanks to Kimble
"IMGP####.JPG" - Pentax Optio S. Thanks to Matthew
"PANA####.JPG" - Panasonic video camera stills. Thanks to DeAnne
"Image(##).JPG" - Nokia 3650 camera phone. Thanks to usmanc
"DSCI####.JPG" - Polaroid PDC2070. Thanks to David

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:07:18 -0800

obiwanwasabi writes "To be more specific, they're from Sony's Digital Still Camera range. The F series is just part of the range."

vacapinta writes "DSCF, as mentioned in the link stands for Digital Storage Compact Flash"

Despite the authority of Wikipedia, Sony has used DSCF on at least one of their floppy models.

FYI: My Konica Minolta Xt uses PICT#####; HP945 uses HPIM#### which is also used by the M517; Nikon Coolpix CF uses DSCN####; Sony CD Mavica DSC#####; and the Canon S2 labels images IMG_#####.

By: Carbolic

Carbolic — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:07:56 -0800

My Nikons use DSCN. I'm going with cillit and from this moment forward will believe that it stands for Digital Still Camera Nikon.

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:21:13 -0800

The Canon S2 IS also uses ST@_##### for panorama stitch shots where @ is an alphabetical alpha.

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:09:00 -0800

The person who added the info to Wikipedia weighs in. He was not relying on any authoritative sources.