Time/date camera needed
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ggoin,
Just go on ebay and hunt for a camera that has those features.
My Nikon Coolpix L5 is several years old and works just fine! I bought it when the newer models came out. That's the way to find a great deal. It has a feature that stabilizes the pic in case of any vibration, which is worth its weight in gold for things like receipts.
Just go on ebay and hunt for a camera that has those features.
My Nikon Coolpix L5 is several years old and works just fine! I bought it when the newer models came out. That's the way to find a great deal. It has a feature that stabilizes the pic in case of any vibration, which is worth its weight in gold for things like receipts.
Based in MD, near DC
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Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
I also use a Canon Rebel XT and I downloaded (cost about $15 I think) Gena photostamper. I just love it. Once I have my photos all ready I go to Gena Photostamper click on 'stamp folder' (after selecting the folder) and voila! All my photos are time date/stamped!
There are a number of third party programs that will add time/date stamps. Most can be had for around $10-15.
If your current camera is fine in every other way, the suggestions for the programs makes the most sense. I am curious to why it seems to be more difficult to find cameras with the time/date stamp function. I thought at one time it was standard and it is the easiest of the options. Having a program is also a good back up if someone forgets to turn on the date/time stamp. Not saying it ever happened to me
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I've been using my professional Nikon's and so far haven't had a problem. The time and date don't physically show on the picture, but they are stored in the file and are easy to access. Like I said, so far I haven't had any rejected.
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How do you get the stamp onto the photo?
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
There is one company that has a shop that does require them to physically be on the picture when you submit. Other than that the times seem to be optional. When I read trying to find a digital camera that has them with that feature. Seems to be that most people think it detracts from The quality of the picture, but with digital it's all stored so you can see it. The gas station of the time date requirement, is the most prevalent by me, but given that I have to take a couple extra steps, I wait for the bonus to go up.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2012 01:50AM by Shelly.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2012 01:50AM by Shelly.
LisaSTL Wrote:
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> How do you get the stamp onto the photo?
It's not on the photo but it is automatically stored with the photo's data and easily accessible. If I wanted to get fancy, I could even attach a receiver to the hot shoe and have the GPS coordinates of where I was standing when I took the picture and the direction I was facing embedded in the data.
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> How do you get the stamp onto the photo?
It's not on the photo but it is automatically stored with the photo's data and easily accessible. If I wanted to get fancy, I could even attach a receiver to the hot shoe and have the GPS coordinates of where I was standing when I took the picture and the direction I was facing embedded in the data.
"To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful." Edward R. Murrow
Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.--Branch Rickey
Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.--Branch Rickey
I was asking because of the shop that Shelly mentioned. The date/time stamp must be on the photo or the audit will be rejected.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
LisaSTL Wrote:
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> How do you get the stamp onto the photo?
To expand on what was already said, the program that I use takes what is known as the EXIF (EXchangable Image File) data that virtually all digital cameras embed into the file. All cameras will embed the date, time, camera manufacturer and model, various photo settings, a thumbnail of the image and copyright data, if applicable. If the device has a GPS connection, the camera will also record latitude/longitude of where the photo was taken. Some devices, such as the iPhone, will also embed the ID number of the device that took it.
The date/time stamper I have uses the embedded data from the file and imprints it upon the image itself. It then saves a copy of the photo, so that I still have the unstamped original, and strips any personal data from the EXIF data of the copy (namely, my phone ID...just in case). I'm normally not this paranoid regarding online security. But, this file is leaving my hands, and I don't have direct control over where it could go.
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> How do you get the stamp onto the photo?
To expand on what was already said, the program that I use takes what is known as the EXIF (EXchangable Image File) data that virtually all digital cameras embed into the file. All cameras will embed the date, time, camera manufacturer and model, various photo settings, a thumbnail of the image and copyright data, if applicable. If the device has a GPS connection, the camera will also record latitude/longitude of where the photo was taken. Some devices, such as the iPhone, will also embed the ID number of the device that took it.
The date/time stamper I have uses the embedded data from the file and imprints it upon the image itself. It then saves a copy of the photo, so that I still have the unstamped original, and strips any personal data from the EXIF data of the copy (namely, my phone ID...just in case). I'm normally not this paranoid regarding online security. But, this file is leaving my hands, and I don't have direct control over where it could go.
Due to rising incidence of shopper fraud, more and more companies are moving to require original time stamps, rather than "post production" time stamps. This is also a good reason to check the time setting on your camera frequently, as they can get out of kilter.
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
But can't you change that time stamp to anything you want it to be? I know I can on my camera. Probably you can't on smart phones because they pick the time and date from the cell phone towers.
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I got a new Nikon Coolpix S3300 for my birthday last month. It shows the time/date on the screen and on the uploads without problem. I submitted a series of pictures for a gas station audit last week and realized when I was finishing the report that the time was off by an hour. I had forgotten to change the time when Daylight Saving ended. I explained the goof, and luckily, the receipts from the station were correct. They accepted it with no question. No one has questioned or rejected any of my shots since I started using this camera. It was $109 at Best Buy.
Lucky on getting that shop accepted. I thought one particular client would not accept them that way.
You actually can change the time on smart phones. Not the minutes, but the hours on mine can be changed by manually changing the time zone.
You actually can change the time on smart phones. Not the minutes, but the hours on mine can be changed by manually changing the time zone.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
walesmaven Wrote:
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> Due to rising incidence of shopper fraud, more and
> more companies are moving to require original time
> stamps, rather than "post production" time stamps.
Impossible, every company can't know how every camera time stamps the photos. Additionally, get any more restricted and then they fall in the "employer vs ic" territory again.
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> Due to rising incidence of shopper fraud, more and
> more companies are moving to require original time
> stamps, rather than "post production" time stamps.
Impossible, every company can't know how every camera time stamps the photos. Additionally, get any more restricted and then they fall in the "employer vs ic" territory again.
The problem is how challenging it is to find a camera that actually will include the time date stamp directly on the image. My daughter breaks cameras as a hobby, so I have seen many different models over the last few years. The camera models change so quick that even what was available 6 months ago may not show it in the upgraded model. I wish the one company would acknowledge how difficult it is and try to keep a resource list available.
I would have thought almost any general quality digital camera would have this feature. I don't think I've ever owned one that didn't. My current Canon does.
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On all the digital cameras I have the time date is embedded. I can see it when taking the picture on the camera, however, when viewing on the computer it doesn't automatically show up. When you ask people who are knowledgeable in the business they say it used to be a standard feature, but now that you can access the exit file, you don't see it on the picture without adding an extra step of software that puts it on there.
Shelly Wrote:
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> On all the digital cameras I have the time date is
> embedded. I can see it when taking the picture on
> the camera, however, when viewing on the computer
> it doesn't automatically show up. When you ask
> people who are knowledgeable in the business they
> say it used to be a standard feature, but now that
> you can access the exit file, you don't see it on
> the picture without adding an extra step of
> software that puts it on there.
Shelly, thanks for writing about that. I have a Sony camera that does exactly that. I was wondering why it doesn't d/l with the date stamp. I wonder what the extra step is to get it onto the pictures.
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> On all the digital cameras I have the time date is
> embedded. I can see it when taking the picture on
> the camera, however, when viewing on the computer
> it doesn't automatically show up. When you ask
> people who are knowledgeable in the business they
> say it used to be a standard feature, but now that
> you can access the exit file, you don't see it on
> the picture without adding an extra step of
> software that puts it on there.
Shelly, thanks for writing about that. I have a Sony camera that does exactly that. I was wondering why it doesn't d/l with the date stamp. I wonder what the extra step is to get it onto the pictures.
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There are a bunch of applications that you can buy for either you computer or other device that will do it. I haven't done that shop lately and can't remember the app I have on my computer. I only recently found if and was manually adding to each picture which is a pain when you do multiple shops of 20 - 30 pics.
An app is available that includes location also called PhotoEvidDroid.
I agree that it is getting more difficult to find a camera with the date and time stamp on the actual photo. Someone on this site suggested a share ware program called Date me now. I have been using this program for quite a while now and have not had any issues. It uses the date file on the photo and places the time stamp on the picture. It is very easy and can be done in batches.
I would try this solution prior to purchasing another camera.
I would try this solution prior to purchasing another camera.
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