Sony DSLR-A900 User Guide

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.

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 by 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 from 0001 to 9999. The numerical 
portions of the name of a RAW data file and 
its corresponding JPEG image 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