The Canon SX1 IS doesn't have a date stamp!
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From: Martin Brown on 18 Dec 2009 06:56 RustY � wrote: > "James Egan" <jegan473(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:ytCWm.360105$8m4.111617(a)en-nntp-07.dc1.easynews.com... >> I cannot frigging believe that the Canon SX1 IS I just purchased does not >> have the ability to imprint a date stamp on photos! > > Why did you not check this before you bought it ? Given that all image files have a time date stamp and tools exist to mutilate images with a timedate derived from the Exif file data I don't see what the problem is. I would never degrade any of my images by letting the camera add a time date stamp in the image field of view since it would inevitably land on top of something interesting. Regards, Martin Brown
From: Martin Brown on 18 Dec 2009 06:58 James Egan wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:48:03 -0800, Scott W wrote: > > > The date stamp is an imperative for me. As for software which can add > it, I don't want the additional hassle. The first thing I want to know > when I look at most photos, especially of family members, is WHEN it was > taken. You do realise that on a PC when you hover the cursor over a file it will tell you the date time and size of the file. You seem to have a weird fixation on having the time-date displayed in the image. Why mutilate potentially good images with a poxy time/date display? Regards, Martin Brown
From: RustY � on 18 Dec 2009 14:08 "Martin Brown" <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:O5KWm.1463$yM1.221(a)newsfe11.iad... >> Why did you not check this before you bought it ? > > Given that all image files have a time date stamp and tools exist to > mutilate images with a timedate derived from the Exif file data I don't > see what the problem is. I would never degrade any of my images by letting > the camera add a time date stamp in the image field of view since it would > inevitably land on top of something interesting. > *I understand that but if the OP needed that feature he should have looked for it in potential purchases.
From: NameHere on 18 Dec 2009 16:39
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:14:03 GMT, "David J Taylor" <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >> The date stamp is an imperative for me. As for software which can add >> it, I don't want the additional hassle. The first thing I want to know >> when I look at most photos, especially of family members, is WHEN it was >> taken. > >Use a program such as PIE to view the file - it will put the file date and >time in the corner of the image if you press F1 (F1 IIRC). > > http://www.picmeta.com/products/picture-information-extractor.htm > >Cheers, >David Also capable in many editors. Photoline for one (an exceptional editor that is better than Photoshop in multitudes of ways). There is also a nice utility from Mediachance, called DCE Auto-Enhance, that does this for you with many adjustable parameters, printing anything you want from the EXIF info (as does Photoline), in any level of transparency, fonts, and colors of your choice. Any advanced camera today (as is the SX1) leaves this as a 3rd-party option. Few want their images permanently ruined with a date-stamp applied to the originals. That feature was only available for low-end snapshooter's cameras in the distant past. |