My image name template is <datetime original> "camera name" ###, which pretty much guarantees that even if I copy images from several cameras into a folder, I won't get duplicates. (I''ve just realised that this implies I never have two of the same camera, but that's never been a problem!). At present, I have several saved templates, and I choose one depending on the camera I'm uploading from. I specifically did not use the <Camera Info: Model> meta data because it makes the filename too long, so I have the camera model hard coded in each template.
So here's my question: Since the 2018 version, when I connect a camera to upload images, a dialog box opens to ask me to choose which device to upload from (always from a list of one, but never mind) in which it has a nice short description of the camera, like "D500". If that short form was available as meta data, I could use a single template, and more importantly, not have to spend twenty minutes recreating all of my templates each time I buy a new version of ACDSee. Is there some place this information is hiding, or could it be made available, even if I had to provide a lookup table to translate from the long form to a short form? Maybe in a future release?

This is a snapshot from a batch rename illustrating the longer text that results - I want P7100, D800, ASUS, D500 etc.
Thanks
So here's my question: Since the 2018 version, when I connect a camera to upload images, a dialog box opens to ask me to choose which device to upload from (always from a list of one, but never mind) in which it has a nice short description of the camera, like "D500". If that short form was available as meta data, I could use a single template, and more importantly, not have to spend twenty minutes recreating all of my templates each time I buy a new version of ACDSee. Is there some place this information is hiding, or could it be made available, even if I had to provide a lookup table to translate from the long form to a short form? Maybe in a future release?
This is a snapshot from a batch rename illustrating the longer text that results - I want P7100, D800, ASUS, D500 etc.
Thanks
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