5D MK II and date on image.

[walter_strong5]

<p>I've checked my owner's manual and cannot find this information. I'd like to put the date on the images I make. If anybody knows how this is done please respond.</p>

[denisgermain]

<p>the data is in the Exif.... </p>

[walter_strong5]

<p>Uh...................gee Denis, I've looked thru the index of the owner's manual and found no "Exif....". Can ya give me just a bit more info?</p>

[lornesunley]

<p>The timestamp of when the image was taken is stored in the JPEG file or the RAW file by the camera. It is part of a set of data called EXIF data.</p>

<p>Google is your friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchangeable_image_file_format</p>

[walter_strong5]

<p>Thank you Lorne, but that does not tell me how to get the date visible in my images. Do I have to use post exposure software to print that info on the face of the image?</p>

[denisgermain]

<p>You could use a script in PP to do this.. but the real question is WHY would you want to do this anyway?</p>

[Charles_Webster]

<p>It is not a function on that camera to embed the time/date stamp in the visible image. It is only placed in the embedded EXIF data.</p>

<p><Chas></p>

[g dan mitchell]

<p>To say in plainly, the camera won't embed a visible form of the date in the photograph. You can do this yourself in post, and I wouldn't be surprised if some Photoshop action or similar will do it automatically.</p>

[walter_strong5]

<p>OK, I've got it. Thank you.</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>Many specialized backs did this on EOS and other film cameras with LEDs or some such ( see http://www.photo.net/modern-film-cameras-forum/00YHjD ), but like the others I know of no way to do this on the image itself for digital.</p>

<p>There are specialized set ups for images for forensic usage that are supposed to make it possible to lock in the data so that it can be shown to have been taken on the site, without later modification. I suspect that any of these could be broken, but maybe some hardware/software solution on those lines will provide something better than an affidavit... </p>

[Glenn McCreery]

<p>I have a Casio Exlim point-and-shoot digital camera that will put a date stamp on images. So, it can be done in-camera. Keep in mind that if the stamp is on the image, there is no way to remove it other than by cropping or, with effort, by clone-stamping, etc., in Photoshop. EXIF data is much friendlier. I can look at it instantly in Apple Aperture just by placing the cursor over the image file.</p>

[dan_south]

This is a common feature in point and shoot cameras. My old point and shoot film camera did it by default. It was

really annoying when I changed the battery but forgot to turn off the date option. Of course with film you didn't realize

that it was happening until you developed the entire roll, and by then it was too late to do anything about it.

 

More advanced cameras tend not to feature a date-on-the-print option. Lightroom might have this option in it's print

module. It would be useful for documentary applications such as forensic evidence photos that will be used in court

proceedings.