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[Wesley Harp <wesj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well you assumed wrong! That's my fault, I just completely read over the
part about the documentation on the site.

Ok, so having read that, this seems like an oversight of that method. I have
a Canon XSi (450D). The long name from the metadata is Canon EOS DIGITAL
REBEL XSi. It has no numberic characters in the name, thus it doesn't have a
"short name". That's where my confusion is coming from.

Thanks,

Wesley

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Damon Lynch <damonlynch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Wesley Harp wrote:
>
>> Is this supposed to be read from the files, or is this user defined? On
>> the files I'm working with, that ends up being the same as the regular
>> camera name. Another program I have used (
>> http://www.exiflow.org/wiki/Main_Page) requires you to create a config
>> file for each camera you're downloading from and you set several variables
>> such as this in those files.
>>
>
> I assume you have read the documentation, in particular
> http://damonlynch.net/rapid/documentation/#renamemetadata
>
> This may also interest you, taken from comments in the code:
>
>       The short format is determined by the first occurrence of a digit in
> the
>       camera model, including all alphaNumeric characters before and after
>       that digit up till a non-alphanumeric character.
>             Canon "Mark" designations are shortened prior to conversion.
>             Examples:
>       Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL -> 300D
>       Canon EOS 5D -> 5D
>       Canon EOS 5D Mark II -> 5DMkII
>       NIKON D2X -> D2X
>       NIKON D70 -> D70
>       X100,D540Z,C310Z -> X100
>
> More generally, the program does not use configuration files. The goal is
> to configure it only through the use of its user interface. Custom remapping
> is a fine idea, and you are welcome to submit code. Writing this code takes
> some time. For me it is a "nice" but not high priority feature, especially
> compared to some others.
>
> Damon
>
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