Hi, just purchased Photo Mechanic, using OS X 10.5.6.
My Canon 5D and 1DMarkII only records to nearest second. I name according to: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS
I ONLY want to add a unique number if there is a duplicate filename - this only happens if I shoot more than 1 frame per second. Currently, I rename using these variables: {datesort}_{timesort}{sequence}
Breezebrowser (%u variable) only adds a number if there is a duplicate filename, otherwise leaves it alone. With Photo Mechanic, it appears it has to add a number regardless of whether the filename would be a duplicate and this sequence number keeps incrementing.
Example, if there is a duplicate, then file appends 1, 2, 3, ... as long as YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS will produce duplicates, but this counter resets back to 1 upon encountering NEXT identical filename. If no filename duplicates, then no extra sequence numbers:
20090427_011000
20090427_0123451
20090427_0123452
20090427_012346
20090427_012347
20090427_0123481
20090427_0123482
20090427_0123483
20090427_012350
20090428_1535071
20090428_1535072
20090428_1535073
20090428_1535074
20090428_153809