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BobSmithTX
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January 2, 2017
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Incorrect time based filenames in tethered shooting

  • January 2, 2017
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I shoot tethered quite a bit with a variety of Canon cameras.  I prefer to have Lightroom rename my files on import based on date/time.  The time in the file name is always off while the time in the metadata is correct.  This seems to be happening because Lightroom is incorrectly using the Time Zone setting on the camera during tethered capture.  The amount of error exactly matches the time zone correction.  My 6D and 5DS-r both show this problem and both cameras have a time zone setting.  My 5DmkII does not have the time zone setting and does not show the problem.

This problem with time base renaming ONLY happens during direct Lightroom tethered shooting.  Renaming any where else in the workflow works as expected.

I can and do use an EOS Utility to Lightroom workflow for tethered shooting that gets the proper naming results.  There are situations where a simpler (and slightly faster) workflow is needed.  After several months of only using this workflow I just tried to go back to a Lightroom only tethered workflow and was quickly reminded of why I had abandoned it with my newer Canon DSLRs.

I'm posting primarily in hopes that this gets some sort of notice by someone in a position to correct the problem.  Except for this very annoying glitch, tethered shooting has worked quite well for me.

Thanks

Bob Smith

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Matthew36829902lrcb
Participant
October 4, 2024

FWIW, I have the same problem using a Nikon D850.  I've been experiencing this for years when shooting Canon 1Dx tethered as well.  My file naming is 5 hours off and I'm in the Eastern Time zone (UTC+5).  Any update on how to work around this bug?

 

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    art-bye-rolands
    Participant
    November 15, 2024

    Hi I have tested tethered with an 5D and i have found the same bug there. The Metadata of the images importet are correct bat the reaming during tethered shoting hast the wrong name and if i import the same images from card later they are not detected as duplicates.

    Is ther any fix for that. I think only the reaming inside of the tethered function is using the laptop time with wrong timezone. But the reanming have to use the date und time form the file meta data and the it will be corect.

    Just Shoot Me
    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    January 2, 2017

    Why aren't the cameras and your computer set to the same time zone and time? It seem doing that should clear up the problem.

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    BobSmithTXAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    January 2, 2017

    They are all set to the same time and time zone.  Again, the time in the metadata of the file is exactly correct... matches the computer exactly... but the time in the file name is different by the same number of hours as the time zone correction

    ManiacJoe
    ManiacJoe
    Inspiring
    January 3, 2017

    Recheck the camera clock settings to make sure the time zone is set correctly as opposed to the UTC time being set to local time.

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