organizing photos by capture time

[Rob in Oregon]

I'm running PM version 5, build 17671, on an Intel-based iMac, running OSX Yosemite, version 10.10.5. 

I often use two or more cameras when photographing a wedding.  The clocks in the cameras are synchronized. 

After ingesting all the images from all the memory cards into a PM contact sheet, I'd like to rearrange them so they appear in the order of the time they were captured.  Where is the command to do this? 

Thanks...  - Rob in Oregon

[Hayo Baan]

That's easy: select “Capture Time” from the sort type drop down in the tool bar (make sure that it is visible, check the View menu).

Note: be aware that sorting this way may take some time as all your images need to be analysed for the sorting to work. (this is one of the reasons I rename my files at ingest to have the full date and time in a sortable fashion)

[Naftoli]

hit the keyboard shortcut "Cntrl + ," to open preferences. Click on contact sheet, change "defualt sorting method to "Capture time"

[Kirk Baker]

hit the keyboard shortcut "Cntrl + ," to open preferences. Click on contact sheet, change "defualt sorting method to "Capture time"

I wouldn't recommend making this change.  It will cause every contact sheet you access to take a significant amount of time to open and become available for use.  It's easy enough to change the sort popup when you need Capture Time sorting.

-Kirk

[tombearyphotography]

I made this change but want to change it back.... whats the default sorting method i should change it back to?

[Hayo Baan]

The default is to sort by filename.

[tombearyphotography]

thanks