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Django Boletus
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June 28, 2019
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Lightroom Classic Issue - "Photo is Already in Catalog"

  • June 28, 2019
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I've been using Lightroom desktop for years, and have recently started running into an issue when importing new photos. I'll put in my SD card, but in almost every case, a large number of pictures will be greyed out and not able to import, as Lightroom sees them as already being in the catalog.

I've restarted Lightroom many times, formatted my cards, and tried almost everything else I can to fix this, but I've hit the end of my ability to troubleshoot this.

Does anyone have any input?

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Correct answer dj_paige

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Django+Boletus  wrote

They are brand new photos

Every now and then, people report something like this, especially in the case where the user has the camera re-number each photo shoot to start with photo number 0001. If that's what you are doing, I consider this a bug in Lightroom, and a simple solution is to rename the photos, for example, by placing the letter A into the file name..

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DdeGannes
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DdeGannesCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 28, 2019

Check the file naming convention you have set for you image captures in your Camera. Numbering can start repeating, just a thought.

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
Just Shoot Me
Just Shoot Me
Legend
June 28, 2019

Is this a New Camera???

I see image numbers like 0004 and 0586.

Do you have the camera set to restart image count every time the card is formatted in camera?

IIRC the Canon image numbering goes up higher than 4 digits. That would only get you 9999 picture before the numbering resets back to 0001.

Is the clock in the camera set correctly?

Bob Somrak
Bob Somrak
Legend
June 28, 2019

The numbering on my Canons are only 4 digit so it does roll over every 10,000 pics. I eliminate this issue by renaming after import with a file name like 5D2A-1234 where the first three characters are the camera model , the fourth is A,B,C etc that changes after a rollover and the 4 digits are the original file number.  This eliminates any duplicates of filenames and works well for me.  It beats dates and times for filenames for me.

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dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
June 28, 2019

Are these new photos from your camera, or photos that were on your hard disk for a while?

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Django BoletusAuthor
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June 28, 2019

They are brand new photos

dj_paige
dj_paigeCorrect answer
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June 29, 2019

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Django+Boletus  wrote

They are brand new photos

Every now and then, people report something like this, especially in the case where the user has the camera re-number each photo shoot to start with photo number 0001. If that's what you are doing, I consider this a bug in Lightroom, and a simple solution is to rename the photos, for example, by placing the letter A into the file name..

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