P: "Debug Capture Time" appears in dialog

[KasiaR]

Hello.

What exactly is "Debug Capture Time"?

[dj_paige]

Please help us out. What software are you talking about? Where in that software do you see this "Debug Capture Time"? Can you provide a screen capture? Please use the "Insert Photos" icon to include your screen capture in your reply. Do not attach files.

[KasiaR]

Sorry.

I posted in Lightroom Classic so I thought it is clear. But let me explain:

- App: Lightroom Classic

- Metadata Panel

- Camera Info

[Rahul Agrawal]

Hi @KasiaR . Thank you for reaching out to us. Can you share the config.lua file with us. You can find the same here
On Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/config.lua
On Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\scouten\Application Data\Adobe\Lightroom\config.lua

[John R Ellis]

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I believe it is a debugging feature used by the developers that was mistakenly added by the developers to the user-visible list of fields. There are other "Debug" fields that plugins can display:

But Debug Capture Time is the only one available when you click Customize.

[KasiaR]

Hi.

That was a little tricky as Documents and Settings folder does not exist in Windows 10. But I think this should be the correct one:

C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom

Anyway, there is no config.lua file in my filesystem. Why do you need this file? I'm not sure what this file is used for, but for what I could find on adobe help pages, it is not used by default. Is it somehow related to metadata settings?

My system.info displays only this entry related to config.lua file:

Config.lua flags: None

\Metadata\DefaultPanel.lua:

list = {

"com.adobe.captureDateTime",

"com.adobe.dateTimeOriginal",

"com.adobe.dateTimeDigitized",

"com.adobe.dateCreated",

"debug.captureTime",

"com.adobe.originalFilename",

"com.adobe.filename",

"com.adobe.folder",

"com.adobe.megapixels",

"com.adobe.combinedCameraName",

"com.adobe.lens",

"com.adobe.creator",

"com.adobe.copyright",

"com.adobe.copyrightState",

"com.adobe.rightsUsageTerms",

"com.adobe.creatorCity",

"com.adobe.creatorCountry",

"com.adobe.creatorWorkEmail",

"com.adobe.creatorWorkWebsite",

"com.adobe.title",

"com.adobe.caption",

"com.adobe.userComment",

"com.adobe.scene",

"com.adobe.GPS",

"com.adobe.location",

"com.adobe.city",

"com.adobe.state",

"com.adobe.country",

"com.adobe.isoCountryCode",

}

[KasiaR]

Thanks for your replies. I can understand that Debug Time shouldn't be actually visible (used only by developers) but why lightroom sorts photos using this field instead of Capture Date/Time? 

If create date is different than debug create time, then it is sorted by debug create time as shown in below photo:

Why this behaviour?

Kasia

[John R Ellis]

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"why lightroom sorts photos using this field instead of Capture Date/Time?"

It's a longstanding LR bug -- LR behaves inconsistently when Date Time Original (the EXIF field where cameras record when the shutter was pressed) is blank.  The values displayed in the Metadata panel for Capture Date/Time, the values shown in the Filter bar's Date column, and the order in which photos are sorted won't match.

Adobe tried a couple times years ago to fix this but never got it right, and it's self-evidently not a priority for them. See this bug report:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-still-inconsistent-capture-date-time-for-pho...

[John R Ellis]

Also, the workaround is to use the Metadata > Edit Capture Time command to assign explicitly a capture time to such photos. That will fill in Date Time Original and avoid the inconsistency.

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Greetings all,

Updates for the Adobe Photography Products have been released.  The February 2024 updates contain an update for this issue. 

If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by hitting [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

Thank you for being so patient.

[John R Ellis]

I verified that Debug Capture Time no longer is available via the Customize button in the Metadata panel.