Sync Up Your Camera’s Time!
There is nothing that I hate more than not having all my camera’s time synced together. I have had this happen to me a couple times either with myself or when working with a second shooter. Maybe I was shooting with two different camera bodies or maybe I just got one back from a repair (they reset EVERYTHING on you BTW) but whatever the case may be, it stinks! It is also something that you can easily forget in the heat of the moment.
So here is what I do:
Go to www.time.gov and use that time to sync up your cameras… Yes all of them. Simply set the time on your cameras to the same thing and then hit the OK button when the time.gov website matches your cameras. Done!
When I am working with a second shooter on-location I just treat my camera like the time.gov site and have them sync up to my time. It’s very simple yet often overlooked.
If you have more than two cameras then have a friend help you our or do a couple at a time.
Now there are EXIF modifier programs out there but it can be a hassle. Do it right the first time and save yourself the headache!
Thanks for stopping by,
~Mike
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Thanks for writing Brian…
Yeah Lightroom is a pain of images aren’t time synced. It makes for a real good time when trying to batch edit them…
Mike thanks! I learned this the hard way last November. Trying to organize photos from my two cameras and the second shooters camera….Not fun. Now that my cameras are synched, once I have them in LR I can sort by capture time and *Poof* they are all in order… Batch rename and were off to editing.
brian