EXIF time adjustment extension

Currently LR allows only for some kinds of time adjustments in selected sets of images, but in situations in which more than one person, or more than one camera are being used in the same event, the problem is often that the time recorded by the cameras might be off sync in relation to each other.
I would like to suggest an extension to deal with this type of situations. I would like to be able to say something to the effect: Image A1234.raw Camera A was shot after B3456.raw camera B. LR should than take the exif times from A1234 and B3456 and find out the time offset to be applied on A1234, or even on a selected set of images made with a camera A.
Currently I use Exiftool to do it manually, throw all images out from LR and reimport them after the EXIF adjustment, because "sync folder" does not reflect changes done to exif time by Exiftool..
Thomas

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I'm not sure how you have changed the date/time in iPhoto - but using smart albums you can identify photos form a specific camera - or many other attributes
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Hello to everybody,
Being new in this forum, I would like to introduce myself as an photo-fan working regular with Aperture. That does not mean, I know that program in all details.
So here is my first question: in mobile me, I published my fotos in a gallery. A friend uploaded his photos as well. Now I recognised, that fotos are not in correct order. Error was on my side, since my time settings in my 5D where 1 hour too early, e.g. 10.30 where it should have been 11.30.
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Found the solution!
Very easy:
Go in "Metadata"
Select "Change Date and time"
Adjust the time setting
Very intelligent: if you choose e.g. 60 pics, Aperture applies a relative time change, e.g. 2h and 40m are added to all pictures. Mighty feature to get fotos from different users with different time settings in right order.
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I have been frustrated for a very long time and did some reading on the web - The solution: Sorry it is a bug
in PSE* and cannot be fixed!!!!!
The problem: Once I have imported images into PSE8 Organizer the EXIF time is converted to exactly two hours earlier, i.e. to GMT whereas I am at GMT+2. Note that the time on my Canon 7D and my computer (on windows 7) are correct!!!!!! If I do not use organizer, I do not have the problem!
From what I have read it is a bug in PSE and there is no permanent fix, but really.... How can Adobe not solve the problem?
Will it help if I purchase another copy of PSE8, is there a PERMANENT fix available and if so, what?
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Wonderful! This EXIF standard, 2.2, http://www.kodak.com/global/plugins/acrobat/en/service/digCam/exifStandard2.pdf explains to me that the original form of the material digitized could be a "slide", "paper", "map" and so forth; so it's a standard for many types of digital still "cameras", not just a standard for typical, portable consumer cameras. EXIF time recording is first described on page 55.
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Thanks!
PS: re-reading my post, I don't want anyone to think I was really getting RAW data from my Sony. It's a great little pocket camera but it only produces JPG's.

Applying time adjustment twice.

I guess the time adjustment works on what is showing, not on the original photo time. I used Batch Change twice on some photos because some of them weren't imported with the time adjustment, so I thought, what the heck I'm just telling it the camera time (always UTC) and the local time zone, so if I do it again it shouldn't matter (I'm assuming Aperture is looking at the original photo time capture). But Aperture does the shift twice. I see this as a bug, but maybe my thinking is wrong.
This happens frequently for me because I use two camera's and also my girl friends pictures, and when I'm importing I sometimes forget to set the time adjustment.
Update:
I dug into the library and the original photo has not been change and "Date Time Original" and "Date Time Digitized" are still the correct UTC zone. (But we all knew that since Aperture never changes the original.) Why can't I use this as the basis for resetting the "Image Date"?
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could anyone be so kind and explain to me the meaning / impact of the "Exif Time Stamp Error" that was introduced in the 1.4 update for lightroom?
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Times ten extension

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Printing problem linked to EXIF time data for JPEG images.

For some years I have been using Photoshop Elements 8.0 with no problems of any kind. My computer runs on XP Professional with a system comfortably in excess of the minimum requirements to run Elements 8.0. I load my images into Elements from a card reader which is the same one since I got this version of Elements. I shoot mostly in JPEG with a Nikon D300. I print to one of 2 Epson printers, an SX100 and a PX700W. I don't use the wireless feature of the PX700W, connecting it via USB.
About a year ago I suddenly began to experience printing problems. If I tried to print an image Elements crashed just at the point where printing would begin. By trial & error I discovered that if I adjusted the time in the EXIF data of the image in Elements, whether by advancing or retarding it by hours or days and then adjusted it back to the original time I had no problems printing that image thereafter.
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Though I'm not sure, but see if Catalog repair and optimize helps resolve the issue.
For doing this, click File >> Catalog and selec your catalog and then click "repair' button.
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Printing Problems with Elements 8.0 and EXIF time data

I've been using Premiere Elements 8.0 in Windows XP Professional for a couple of years with no problems. I shoot mostly in JPEG. I've always imported my images using a card reader (the same one). About a year ago suddenly I ran into printing issues. When I imported my images and tried to print them Elements crashed just at the point where it should begin the actual printing. By chance I discovered that if I adjusted the time EXIF on the images in Elements by either hours or days, back or forward and adjusted them back to the original time/date the problem disappeared. If I had shot in RAW and edited these images there were no problems with the resultant JPEG.
I noted the discussions about Elements changing the time in the EXIF and checked for this but this hadn't happened. The EXIF in camera and in Elements were the same. I also checked this against the time settigs of the camera and they were the same. I shoot with a Nikon D300.
I backed up my images and did a complete re-format of my computer so that it was back to its ex-factory settings, re-installed Elements, restored my catalog from the backup and the problem still arose. I'm reluctant to upgrade to Elements 10 until I (hopefully) I find out if (a) anyone else has the same problem; and (b) if anyone who had it has fixed it.
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Miceal,
I am confused. Do you mean Photoshop Elements? Premiere Elements does not have a Print function. On can Export/Share, but not Print. For Photoshop Elements, you will want the PSE Forum.
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EXIF date adjustment - how to adjust years?

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Is there anything I can do? Adjust Time Zone doesn't help here - that adjusts only few hours, but I need to change date in EXIF by several years...

You could try "A Better Finder Attributes" - part of a great OS X utility:
http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderAttributes/index.html
I believe you would have to do this BEFORE importing into Aperture, but its date options are quite nice.
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The message you see is Informational, not necessarily an error. It is just an indication that your ACD reporting may be slightly off vs. ICM reporting.
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