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Daylight savings time on cameras
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I am pretty sure if I go look right now, all of the cameras are on the wrong time. I just don't care about the accuracy of time. As long as the date is right.
Of course you could always set halfway between. I did that with a waterproof digital watch that proved far more difficult to set than it was worth. Since I only used it out on the water it was close enough for my needs.
I also don't generally worry about the camera's time. It has had some interesting side effects over the years. When I import images from an event such as Burning Man if the cameras aren't in sync it makes the Lightroom imports interesting. Likewise when I'm shooting a long exposure pano with two cameras it makes stitching the images a game of hide and seek. Not that I even bother under those situations. I just get confused for a bit when I'm editing.
Ah you need them in sync but not necessarily correct....I also don't generally worry about the camera's time. It has had some interesting side effects over the years. When I import images from an event such as Burning Man if the cameras aren't in sync it makes the Lightroom imports interesting. Likewise when I'm shooting a long exposure pano with two cameras it makes stitching the images a game of hide and seek. Not that I even bother under those situations. I just get confused for a bit when I'm editing.
Are all 8 of yours in sync? ?Ah you need them in sync but not necessarily correct....
Not a chance in hell any of mine are anywhere near the right time or in sync.
I tend to keep a lot of my photos in the iCloud Photos alongside my iPhone pics, so that requires me to keep my camera time in sync if I want them to all line up in the library! And since the phone clock is always right, so too must be my camera's. Or at least within a minute or two.
Though DST doesn't matter for that, since (at least with the Canon) it records the time zone alongside the photo. So the iPhone is smart enough to put them in the right spot even if the time is off by an hour.
Though DST doesn't matter for that, since (at least with the Canon) it records the time zone alongside the photo. So the iPhone is smart enough to put them in the right spot even if the time is off by an hour.
I still can't figure out how to set the correct time on my Rochester Optical King camera. :'(
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google sensei points to here: Canon Knowledge Base - Setting or Changing the Date and Time (PowerShot SX730 HS)
Plus a moon or stardial for night photography.
But reading the owner's manual would be a lot simpler, although they are so small in size that sometimes I download the manual, and print only the pages the I need, not the entire manual.
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What, you’re saying you don’t adjust Mr Radar or Mr Coffee? Absurd!