K5ii - first photo number?

I'd like my K5ii to carry on the numbering from just after the K7 leaves off - so the first one is IMGP04000 rather than IMGP00001. Is this possible? I thought not after reading the instructions but I'm not entirely sure.

I'm thrilled with the high-ISO noise compared to the K7, and CS4 copes just find with with it's DNG files. I could see from the small JPGs I shot alongside the RAWs that they can clean up very well.

I found, by accident, that when I put in a used SD card into my then new camera (K10D) that the sequence started from the last number on the card +1

Maybe, just maybe, the same will happen

regards
Bernard

That's right, if you put the last card you used in your K7 in the K5ii before formatting the card it should carry on numbering the images from there. I worked when I changed from a K7 to a K5.

One thing to note is that the shutter count (as shown by Photome) insists on displaying the elevated count. Possibly a problem when you come to sell the camera

regards
Bernard

If you want it to start at a specific number, create an image with that number minus 1.

I would suggest a bit of leeway ... if your K7 was at say 3980 start up at 5000 so if you use the K7 for anything you will still retain non-duplication of numbers.

...or, just have another prefix? Page 264 of the manual.

Yup, that's the way I have done it for all cameras that have this option, K52SXXXX.PEF for sRGB and _K52XXXX for Adobe RGB files.

I set up a different file name. Don't want to mess with the actuations count. Thanks all. Now to try some black cat in a coal hole photography, and get the k7 packed up for eBay.