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Offline RobC

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Difference between creation time and capture time.
« on: August 22, 2012, 02:43:59 PM »
I synchonise times on my Canon 5D11 and 7D cameras but after ingest the files are not in exact  order of how they were taken.

Is this to do with creation/capture times?

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Re: Difference between creation time and capture time.
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2012, 06:55:25 PM »
Are you sorting by capture time?

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Re: Difference between creation time and capture time.
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2012, 01:28:14 PM »
Yes, I sort by capture time.

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Re: Difference between creation time and capture time.
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2012, 02:31:02 PM »
Are you sure your cameras are set to exactly the same time?
If you inspect the file info (use the info text and appropriate variables), what do the capture times say?

Capture time sorting should just work, so it's likely something is set incorrectly…

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Re: Difference between creation time and capture time.
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2012, 03:46:48 PM »
Does the time stamp applied to the images experience a shift because of how long they are held in the buffer before actually being written to the CF card. This is why I am mentioning capture time and creation time.

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Re: Difference between creation time and capture time.
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2012, 01:25:25 AM »
Capture and creation times should generally be the same but this should not influence what you are seeing. You haven't answered my earlier question yet though: are the camera times exactly the same (and I mean down to the second)

Also if you're shooting multiple frames in a row, multiple images will have the same capture time in seconds. Depending on the camera model, subseconds are recorded as well. To be able to sort including subseconds, create a custom sort and sort on {datesort}{timesortlong} this should do the trick (I use his feature all the time)

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Re: Difference between creation time and capture time.
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2012, 07:52:58 AM »
I know this sounds weird, but is there any chance you shoot raw and generate jpegs after ingesting images?