Sync Your Cameras | Ask David Bergman

Today's question from Eric J. is, "I shoot events and use two camera bodies. One is for my wide-angle lens and the other for my telephoto. The problem is when I'm editing my images, the photos are never in the right order because the time never seems to be set in the camera. Is there some way to fix that without checking the time before every single shoot?"

Timestamp: Sync Your Cameras
00:00 Intro
01:31 Using two camera bodies
02:17 Culling images chronologically
04:47 Setting the time in your camera
06:05 Fixing the time discrepancy after a shoot

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[Neopulse]

8:30 - That is pretty damn clever with the clock frame to use as a time of reference that you can later alter on your PC. IQ 200

[felixrodriguez]

Well this is just timely subject on how to keep the timeline on one images I from an event with several cameras. It a time saver for tons of images on one event. Great trick to keep in mind. Thanks David

[antwonmaurice]

💛 the tip about capturing a picture of a clock to correct camera time!

[definedphotography]

Thanks for the tip re setting the clock using the Canon Utility software. Will be using that in the future!

[lowerleftside]

I used to have my second photographer and I all take a photo with the lens caps on all at the start of a wedding them adjsut the time stamps with the similar method in Lightroom.

Knowing that the photos were all taken at the same time allowed that to work.

Nowadays before shoots with multiple cameras we have a quick meeting and set the times on all cameras based on our cellphones time.

[stephenelderphoto]

Tips like this are what make me check out Ask David Bergman every time. Thank you David!

[dunnymonster]

Brilliant technique David, a great way to sync the time after the event 👍

[reganalbertson]

Nikon Transfer can be used to sync your date/time.

[davidbailey]

Thanks for that, David. A very elegant solution to a problem that I had never realised even existed!

[MattJylha]

Story of my life David, and I offer another solution... I'm a multi-body event shooter and find that camera time 'drift' is a very real thing. Typically the last shot of the night I put all the bodies into M and MF and sync a shot between them. Then once imported into LR I select one bodies last image frame and it's time taken, and then go body by body sync all those manual images to that first frames time and it works perfectly. It's an extra step but always sorts out perfectly when preparing for culling/edits. I think it's way easier than shooting a clock.

[DarkHorseCom]

I use my Nikon's 'SnapBridge' utility which syncs my camera bodies. Nice feature :) Great video David

[DonaldWMeyers-dwm]

I make sure my bodies are synced with my cellphone, since I use the cellphone for geotagging.

[InfectedChris]

Thank you, David! This was a great workaround for so many people! I'm no pro but when I get there, I'll remember this because I never check my time on the camera.

[berndsczepanski]

I knew this before .... but forgot it .... so great you bring it back to my mind .... thanks from germany

[PaulBawby]

Excellent tip, I almost always remember to sync/change time zones on my cameras until I forget... then it's mess... well not anymore 👍👍

[chazM]

reset every time summer time is changed and back after summer

[pictureeyecandy]

Yep, I forget to check with only two bodies it still gets confusing back in the day.
Great tip on the fix
Thanks

[MichaelScrip]

I'm a nerd when it comes to setting clocks. I have multiple cameras, camcorders, and sound recorders... and I pull them all out when Daylight Savings time changes to make sure they are all set to the correct hour. And I always check and set the time before each event to fix drift. It's my fun little project twice a year! 😎

[mendelsphotography]

You can Use the phone App Also And Sync It With your Phone time Using the
Canon Camera Connect App Its Both on Play Store and Ios and Supports Most Canon Cameras. SO If you forgot To do it On your Pc Just do it On your phone On the Spot. Thanks David.

[barneylaurance]

I went to set the time on my A7 yesterday. Noticed that it has an option for daylight saving time on or off, but no option that I could see to select a timezone. So no idea how DST can work without specifying a timezone.