Hello,

Since I travel a lot I frequently get out of sync with the
calendar and on a recent trip I missed to put the correct
date and time into my cameras.

I use a Leica M8 and Canon 1Ds II. Is it possible to change
the capture time and date in the RAW-Files (.DNG and .CR2)?

If so, how? I´m aware that its easily possible with the extracted
files, but for clarity and "once for all" I´d like to do it with the
original files.

Thank you,

best regards,

Andreas.

Hello,

I already solved the problem. I did use PhotoMechanic to change
the original dates. It works flawlessly.

best,

Andreas.

Another update.

I found out that it doesn´t works with Leica M8 DNG files and the Capture One 4.0 raw converter.
The capture time/date change will be shown in Lightroom, PS CS2 and PhotoMechanic.

Seems that Leica´s firmware really bakes the date pretty tight into the files...

Any other ideas?

best,

Andreas.

I know you can edit the capture date in Lightroom, but that assumes you're using Lightroom for your DAM...

Mike.

Leica DNG files contain the date in two separate tags: DateTimeOriginal and DateTimeDigitized; this is formally ok. Obviously, one of the sofware you are using regards one of the fields, the other software the other field.