Sony DSLR-A230 User Manual

The image files recorded with your camera are grouped as folders on the 
memory card.

This section describes the process using a Windows computer as an 
example. Step 1 is not necessary if the file name has not been changed.
When you use the supplied “PMB” software, you can copy images easily 
(page 129).

Image file storage destinations and file names

A

Folders containing image data recorded 

using this camera. (The first three digits 
show the folder number.)

B

You can create a folder in date form 

• You cannot record/play back any images in 

the “MISC” folder.

• Image files are named as follows. ssss 

(file number) stands for any number within 
the range of 0001 to 9999. The numerical 
portions of the name of a RAW data file and 
its corresponding JPEG file are the same.
– JPEG files: DSC0ssss.JPG
– JPEG files (Adobe RGB): 

_DSCssss.JPG

– RAW data file (other than Adobe RGB): 

DSC0ssss.ARW

– RAW data file (Adobe RGB): 

_DSCssss.ARW

• The extension may not be displayed 

depending on the computer.

Copying images stored on a computer to a memory card 
and viewing the images