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From: PeoplesChoice on 7 Aug 2010 21:41
This might be a little off-topic, but I don't know where else to go for
help. I have a digital camera and there is a ton of metadata attached to
each file. One of these is "Date Created". I assume this is the date
the photo was taken. When these files are copied from the SD card to a
folder on my hard drive, that date changes from the date the photo was
taken to the current date. The "Date Created" on the card remains the
same - but once I copy the files to the hard drive, I can no longer sort
them by "Date Taken" (because, now, the date is that of the day they were
copied over to my hard drive). In other words, the dates are all the
same. Is there some way around this phenomenon?
From: fillyflash on 7 Aug 2010 22:05

I just copied the contents of a CF card to my hard drive. The date
the picture was taken is there. If you look at the properties of a
file, the date created would be the date that the file was saved to
the hard drive. Bur if you look at the details window, the date will
be the actual date that the picture was taken by the camera. You can
sort by the date the picture was actually taken. Windows 7 64 bit
Ultimate.



On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:41:54 -0500, PeoplesChoice(a)Chicago.net wrote:

>This might be a little off-topic, but I don't know where else to go for
>help. I have a digital camera and there is a ton of metadata attached to
>each file. One of these is "Date Created". I assume this is the date
>the photo was taken. When these files are copied from the SD card to a
>folder on my hard drive, that date changes from the date the photo was
>taken to the current date. The "Date Created" on the card remains the
>same - but once I copy the files to the hard drive, I can no longer sort
>them by "Date Taken" (because, now, the date is that of the day they were
>copied over to my hard drive). In other words, the dates are all the
>same. Is there some way around this phenomenon?
From: tony cooper on 7 Aug 2010 22:40
On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:41:54 -0500, PeoplesChoice(a)Chicago.net wrote:

>This might be a little off-topic, but I don't know where else to go for
>help. I have a digital camera and there is a ton of metadata attached to
>each file. One of these is "Date Created". I assume this is the date
>the photo was taken. When these files are copied from the SD card to a
>folder on my hard drive, that date changes from the date the photo was
>taken to the current date. The "Date Created" on the card remains the
>same - but once I copy the files to the hard drive, I can no longer sort
>them by "Date Taken" (because, now, the date is that of the day they were
>copied over to my hard drive). In other words, the dates are all the
>same. Is there some way around this phenomenon?

You haven't mentioned what software is doing the sorting and how your
software names the images.

When I upload images from the SD card, my images are named by the
software (Adobe Bridge, in my case) as a number representing the date
the actual image was taken. ie: 20100707_001. I use FastStone Image
View for sorting, and it sorts by file name so my sort is by date
taken.

If I later alter a file in Photoshop, the file name remains the same
and I still sort by date. If I create two versions from the same
image, I name the second version 20100707_001a. I still can sort by
date.

If your software names the file the same as the shot date, whatever
else you do to the file doesn't change that.



--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: PeoplesChoice on 8 Aug 2010 11:41
That is what I am looking at - the Details! Now what? Any other
recourse? What could I be doing wrong? Thanks.......

On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:05:08 -0400, fillyflash(a)yahoo.com wrote:

>
>I just copied the contents of a CF card to my hard drive. The date
>the picture was taken is there. If you look at the properties of a
>file, the date created would be the date that the file was saved to
>the hard drive. Bur if you look at the details window, the date will
>be the actual date that the picture was taken by the camera. You can
>sort by the date the picture was actually taken. Windows 7 64 bit
>Ultimate.
>
>
>
>On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:41:54 -0500, PeoplesChoice(a)Chicago.net wrote:
>
>>This might be a little off-topic, but I don't know where else to go for
>>help. I have a digital camera and there is a ton of metadata attached to
>>each file. One of these is "Date Created". I assume this is the date
>>the photo was taken. When these files are copied from the SD card to a
>>folder on my hard drive, that date changes from the date the photo was
>>taken to the current date. The "Date Created" on the card remains the
>>same - but once I copy the files to the hard drive, I can no longer sort
>>them by "Date Taken" (because, now, the date is that of the day they were
>>copied over to my hard drive). In other words, the dates are all the
>>same. Is there some way around this phenomenon?
From: PeoplesChoice on 8 Aug 2010 11:42
I will reply after looking into this a little more. Thanks.....

On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:40:43 -0400, tony cooper
<tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:41:54 -0500, PeoplesChoice(a)Chicago.net wrote:
>
>>This might be a little off-topic, but I don't know where else to go for
>>help. I have a digital camera and there is a ton of metadata attached to
>>each file. One of these is "Date Created". I assume this is the date
>>the photo was taken. When these files are copied from the SD card to a
>>folder on my hard drive, that date changes from the date the photo was
>>taken to the current date. The "Date Created" on the card remains the
>>same - but once I copy the files to the hard drive, I can no longer sort
>>them by "Date Taken" (because, now, the date is that of the day they were
>>copied over to my hard drive). In other words, the dates are all the
>>same. Is there some way around this phenomenon?
>
>You haven't mentioned what software is doing the sorting and how your
>software names the images.
>
>When I upload images from the SD card, my images are named by the
>software (Adobe Bridge, in my case) as a number representing the date
>the actual image was taken. ie: 20100707_001. I use FastStone Image
>View for sorting, and it sorts by file name so my sort is by date
>taken.
>
>If I later alter a file in Photoshop, the file name remains the same
>and I still sort by date. If I create two versions from the same
>image, I name the second version 20100707_001a. I still can sort by
>date.
>
>If your software names the file the same as the shot date, whatever
>else you do to the file doesn't change that.
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