Question about filters and organizing files

[AdobAdorable]

Hello

Can I sort photos by exposure? 

For example, if I have a lot of photos in my shooting folder where the flash did not work and these photos are black, I need to quickly select them in order to delete. 

Lightroom has this functionality?

Thank you!

[JohanElzenga · Accepted solution]

Lightroom does not have this sort option. It would not work anyway, because the exposure settings will be the same for all photos, regardless of whether the flash worked or did not work. 

[AdobAdorable]

Thank you!

[selondon]

@AdobAdorable 

Searching by using Facets in the Search Bar may help.

Type in the Facet Name, followed by a colon.

Here's the list of searchable options.

• keyword:
• camera:
• lens:
• location:
• rating:
• flag:
• flash:
• orientation:

• iso:
• type:
• f-stop:
• ss:
• edited:
• media:
• focal

[AdobAdorable]

Unfortunately none of this works in this case.

[JohanElzenga]

Interesting. Why doesn't it work? Do the black photos not have "Flash: None"?

[AdobAdorable]

"Flash: None"  will be in metadata of the photo only if the flash was not used. And in this case, the flash was used via wireless radio synchronizer in the studio but did not work (flash did not have time to recharge, so the frame is black)

[JohanElzenga]

Right! In that case there is indeed nothing in the metadata at all that distinguishes the black images from images where the flash did work.