Just made a disappointing discovery....

kittycarr

About a year or so ago, I quit using the rechargeable battery that came with the camera - I've had it for years.  It just wasn't holding a charge.  So I use two regular AA's.  I was loading pictures the other day and noticed the date these photos were taken.  January 2003. 

When I'm too old to remember, the kids won't have any idea when these pics were actually taken.  I really liked the date stamp on the photos.  

goodheartedmommy

You can switch it back to put the date on!

kittycarr

Right, but apparently I need to do that every time I change the batteries in the camera.  WHich has been a lot in the last year.  I'm just frustrated over the pics with a 01/2003 date - I can't remember when when those photos were taken.  The only thing pointing to "around when" the pics were taken are how they're organized in Shutterfly.  I have albums named "Ethan 4 to 5" and "Summertime Fun 2009", etc, I'd just really rather they have the date the pics were taken.

AZ_Erica

do you print them to make photo albums for your kids or just have them all on the computer?  I print some from each month and put in an album and i write the date on the back of those.  That way I have a pretty good idea of when the rest were taken by comparing how the kids look.

goodheartedmommy

Oh, I get it. I upload pics about once a month, so hopefully that's enough (probably not). My mom always wrote on the back of our pictures, but people don't really have many hard copies of pictures these days!

kittycarr

From now on, I'll just have to remember to either change the date in the camera from one battery change to the next or just upload pics often enough that I remember when it was done, like unloading the camera each week or whatever. 

I have most in Shutterfly but I mainly have photobooks I've made - just none lately.  It's so time consuming.  I need to better manage my time.  But it seems like when I have sat at thecomputer to do stuff, someone is dragging me away.

RoseandLevi

I'm late but if you save the pictures on your computer in "my pictures" if you right click it tells you the date taken.

1ht

kittycarr

RoseandLevi:

I'm late but if you save the pictures on your computer in "my pictures" if you right click it tells you the date taken.

1ht

Even if the date in the camera is wrong?  

MrsCali_Bride

kittycarr:

RoseandLevi:

I'm late but if you save the pictures on your computer in "my pictures" if you right click it tells you the date taken.

1ht

Even if the date in the camera is wrong?  

If the date on the camera is wrong, the date on the pictures will be wrong as well.  What I do is try to make sure that I upload all of the pics on the camera at least once a month.  I then put them into a file folder labeled by month so that even if the camera is giving them the wrong date, I know that they're organized with the correct month. 

Good luck!

RoseandLevi

I think even if the date on the camera is wrong it does it right on my HP. I run Vista if it makes a difference. I messed up the date on my camera the day after Kolton was born but on my computer it still shows the correct date. I just labeled the pictures on the back and took the time stamp off. Sorry I posted so late I have not been by the computer all day.