Don't forget to reset the clock on your camera

[mjs1973]

For those of you who are affected by the end of daylight saving time, don't forget to reset the clock on your digital cameras.

[mn shutterbug]

I never would have thought about that. Thanks for the reminder.

[Asylum Steve]

For those of you who are affected by the end of daylight saving time, don't forget to reset the clock on your digital cameras.

There's a clock in my camera? Hmmm, guess that's more important to some than others...

I'll do it in an hour. Or is that an hour ago??? Or does that mean I have to do it now???...

[SmartWombat]

I just keep mine on GMT continually.
Bit of a PITA as I go to Europe and back, or occasional trips to the USA.
I try to remember to take one photo of a clock so I don't have to work out the time difference in my head ...

[adina]

I'm with Steve, my camera has a clock?

Oh well, I didn't spring ahead, I guess I don't need to fall behind...

[Asylum Steve]

I try to remember to take one photo of a clock so I don't have to work out the time difference in my head ...

Ok, Paul, I'm actually being serious here. For once...

Why would it possibly matter that you know what time it was when you took a photo?

[readingr]

Ok, Paul, I'm actually being serious here. For once...

Why would it possibly matter that you know what time it was when you took a photo?

I am only interested in the date that the pic got taken not worried about the time so my clock is on zulu time GMT or UT; could not think of any more acronyms

Roger

[Asylum Steve]

I am only interested in the date that the pic got taken not worried about the time so my clock is on zulu time GMT or UT; could not think of any more acronyms

Roger

Well, this I can see, although the particular date/time stamp my camera puts on a file makes no difference to me.

I always convert my original Canon RAW files to Adobe DNG first thing, and all date/time stamping of files and folders is done by my PC, which I can assure you is correct...

But as for the camera itself, it's like, whatever...

[Frog]

I tried strapping my D80 to my wrist but it was too awkward.

[SmartWombat]

Ok, Paul, I'm actually being serious here. For once...
Why would it possibly matter that you know what time it was when you took a photo?

Because I use two or three bodies, I want the clocks close as possible so when I order by time I can find photos shot in different bodies with different sequence numbers - by the association of subject and time.
Sometimes there are similar races through the day (particularly at Goodwood) and it's important to me to know if it was the professionals practice session, or the amateurs (in the same cars) for captioning.
Where there are driver changes, it's hard out on the track to know who's in the car, but if I know it's the start or the end of the race then I have a better idea of the driver.
Some subjects, where I shot morning and evening, and I'm not familiar (e.g. Hoover Dam) I need the clock to know if it's sunrise or sunset. Without recourse to the map and some mental gymnastics form the shadow angles.

It's just to make my life easier.
Yet also to be lazy and not change from zulu time

[Sebastian]

The easiest way to keep things synchronized is with the manufacturer's software. Canon's allows you to plug in a body and sync it to the system clock.

Steve,

Paul pretty much nails it. The wedding in Ireland netted us 4500 images from four different bodies. It took three days to get things back in chronological order after we discovered that one of the bodies was not only off by 12 hours, but had its clock corrected somewhere along the way. It was a nightmare figuring out where the mistake began and ended and how to correct it. And that was before the editing even started.

[SmartWombat]

It's much harder if it's separate people working on it too, I feel your pain on that score.
I hadn't thought of using the clock sync, if it works on both USB and on firewire, then I can hack* all the cameras of my friends when we shoot at the same race meeting.

* in the sense of the hacking function on a military watch to synchronise.

[Asylum Steve]

It's just to make my life easier...

Thanks for taking the time to explain. Kind of dumb of me to even bring it up.

I figured you had a good reason...

[readingr]

The easiest way to keep things synchronized is with the manufacturer's software. Canon's allows you to plug in a body and sync it to the system clock.

Steve,

Paul pretty much nails it. The wedding in Ireland netted us 4500 images from four different bodies. It took three days to get things back in chronological order after we discovered that one of the bodies was not only off by 12 hours, but had its clock corrected somewhere along the way. It was a nightmare figuring out where the mistake began and ended and how to correct it. And that was before the editing even started.

Good point never thought of that issue which is about to hit me on the 17th at Mike's daughters wedding.

Thanks for the tip.

Roger

[mjs1973]

Bump!

Ok, this thread is a little old, but I thought I would bring it back instead of starting a new one. For those of you who 'sprung ahead' for daylight saving time over the weekend, you may want to reset the clock on your camera, if that information is important to you.