Date editor

martin9887 · 11 Sep 2012 at 16:51

Hi guys, for some reason which I'm still looking into my camera is saving the wrong date on my photos exif information. The date is set correctly on the camera though.

Any programs that I can use to sort this out? I have Lightroom 4 if that can do it, I did have a quick look around the menus but didn't see anything.

Thanks!

BruceLee · 11 Sep 2012 at 17:18

In LightRoom make sure you are in the Library panel, then in the top menus go to Metadata and Edit Capture Time, you get 3 options, fairly straight forward, I normally use option 2 (time zone).

For example, I went on holiday and forgot to set my time to the correct zone, if you select all the images that you want to shift the same amount and then go in to this menu you can adjust all the images at once to the correct time.

martin9887 · 11 Sep 2012 at 19:03

Thank you! sorted them out now

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I noticed it doesn't change the file though, anyway I can get it to do this?

BruceLee · 11 Sep 2012 at 19:10

No it only changes the embedded EXIF I guess, no idea for something to change the file date, but then that wouldn't and doesn't bother me as it's only the EXIF I am worried about. Anyway if you edited one of the shots in Photoshop or something and saved it it would give a new date/time.

As long as LR is correct I wouldn't worry too much about the base file

martin9887 · 11 Sep 2012 at 20:19

That's okay, no worries. Thank you for the help and tips!

I'm going to start using Lightroom a lot more so I won't worry about base files either. I'll see if I can figure out why the camera is using the wrong date instead!

Thanks again.

AHarvey · 11 Sep 2012 at 20:41

if you take a photo today, what date is shown on the photo?

figure out the difference, change the date on camera by that amount and take a photo. See if it shows today's date.

mranderson · 11 Sep 2012 at 20:44

Have you tried MS Live Photo Gallery?

martin9887 · 11 Sep 2012 at 21:25

AHarvey said:
if you take a photo today, what date is shown on the photo?

figure out the difference, change the date on camera by that amount and take a photo. See if it shows today's date.

I took some photos this morning and it set the date as the 10th and time 11PM.

Just took one now and its set the date as the 11th and the time in AM.

The one at the bottom is the one I did a few minutes ago. It's all set on the camera though, with the location set to London.

BruceLee · 11 Sep 2012 at 22:08

So it's 12 hours fast? It must be a setting on the camera you've overlooked. Does the file date/time match with the EXIF before you amend it? Which camera is it.

martin9887 · 11 Sep 2012 at 22:44

When I view the capture time in Lightroom it lists the same time as in explorer.

I just took another and its put the date as the 10th. I'll go through the settings again, it's a Sony NEX-5.

BruceLee · 11 Sep 2012 at 23:23

I found this site: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/NEX5/NEX5MENUS.HTM

The only thing I can see for date/time is "Date / Time Setup" and "Area Setting"

I was going to say reset the camera but on that site it says resetting the camera defaults everything except date and time, so not useful.

martin9887 · 12 Sep 2012 at 09:54

Yeah, I don't know what it's doing it. I just turned the camera on this morning and it had the 10th as the date so I've set it correctly again and will see how it goes from there.