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Like to be right on time? You are in luck! In this quick tutorial with the Photographer David Bergman and AdoramaTV we will explore an easy way to sync the time stamp on your images when shooting with multiple cameras!
David explains: “There are a lot of situations where you may have photos shot at the same time from two or more cameras. You might want to have bodies with different lenses ready to go or you could be working with a second shooter at a wedding or other big events. When you’re ready to go through all of those images it’s really helpful to look at them in chronological order. Ideally you’ve set the proper time on every single camera ahead of time! You can do this in the camera menus or by connecting it to a computer and using the manufacturers software….”
“But look let’s be honest you probably haven’t done that! I set mine fairly often but it’s still a pain to do and I find that it drifts a little bit over time. If you don’t do it then after a shoot you might find yourself with thousands of images completely out of order.”
“Simply use each camera to take a picture of a clock. If your phone doesn’t show the seconds on it then just go to a website that shows the time and take a picture of the screen. You can do this before the shoot during the shoot or even afterwards. It really doesn’t matter you just need an image of the clock at some point from each camera body.”
“After the shoot, you want to change the time stamp of all your images based on that clock image that you shot. Personally I use photo mechanic, but this function exists in Lightroom and probably a lot of other programs.”
“Also in photo mechanic you just sort all of your images by serial numbers, so that each camera is separated. Select all of the images from one of those, and go to adjust->capture dates, and times. Look at the image of the time you shot with that body, and then use the function to change the existing timestamp, so it matches the time you photographed it.”
“Hit ‘adjust photos’, and all your images will be changed to the exact time that they were taken. Redo that process with all your cameras, and presto! Your images will have the correct time. After that you can just sort chronologically and everything will be completely in order. The whole process really takes less time than it took me to give you this tip!”
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