Re: Time reported +4 hours with Nikon D40

["Todd Slater" <dontodd gmail com>]

Thanks to all for the info. My camera and computer are both set to my
timezone (NY). I think I'll use the script Chris provided to reset the
DateTimeOriginal to the same thing as DateTimeDigitized, then disable
writing metadata to file until the issue is resolved. If I continue to
use flickr, f-spot can send the tags along with it so it shouldn't be
too big a problem.

I need to test that before import to f-spot, the DateTimeOriginal and
DateTimeDigitized are the same. I assume they are, I just want to
check.

Thanks again for the help!

Todd

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Chris Kelly <ckdake ckdake com> wrote:
> Timezones do complicate things but regardless of if you either set your
> camera date/time based on where you are, or you keep it set the same,
> the DateTimeOriginal field in EXIF should accurately reflect what's on
> your camera. (I verified this at least for Canon S200, 10D, 20D, 40D)
>
> However, If you count on f-spot to manage the different times, you're
> out of luck,  especially if you've imported some subset if your images
> multiple times.
>
> -Chris
>
> Bengt Thuree wrote:
>> Works as long as you do not take photos in different timezones...
>> I have photos from about 7 or more different timezones...
>>
>> My photo times are totally f..ked up...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 10:10 -0400, Chris Kelly wrote:
>>> Other option is to let it keep writing metadata so you get to keep your
>>> tags in your files, and use jhead to go in and fix the EXIF info before
>>> you upload the images somewhere (or once fspot is fixed).
>>>
>>> I wrote an example script here: http://ckdake.com/node/225
>>>
>>> -Chris
>>>
>>> Pat Suwalski wrote:
>>>> We've had a big thread on this last month:
>>>>
>>>> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/f-spot-list/2008-April/msg00047.html
>>>>
>>>> The short of it is that the time management in f-spot is really, really
>>>> broken. I suggest you disable writing metadata to the photos until this
>>>> is resolved.
>>>>
>>>> --Pat
>>>>
>>>> Todd Slater wrote:
>>>>> Apologies for not providing details: f-spot 0.4.2 on Ubuntu 8.04,
>>>>> write metadata to file enabled.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Todd Slater <dontodd gmail com> wrote:
>>>>>> Stimulus check, new camera.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I import photos taken with a Nikon D40, the DateTimeOriginal is 4
>>>>>> hours later than the time I took the picture, which according to the
>>>>>> Metadata Browser is accurately reflected by the DateTimeDigitized. I
>>>>>> read the thread here
>>>>>> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/f-spot-list/2005-August/msg00076.html.
>>>>>> It seems that in my case DateTimeOriginal and DateTimeDigitized should
>>>>>> be the same. Is it the camera or f-spot that is causing this
>>>>>> confusion, and is there a solution to get f-spot to display the
>>>>>> correct time?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for any tips,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Todd