Problem with Lexar Firewire CF Reader

PhilH #111039 · Mar 9, 2003

I'm now on my 4th Lexar FireWire CF Reader.

The problem I've noticed is that on a Macintosh under OSX 10.2, the date-time of all the pictures on the CF card is 5 hours earlier than the actual time the picture was taken. Under OS 9.2, the correct time is displayed. What's interesting is that my offset from GMT time is 5 hours.

Lexar is trying to blame this problem on Canon - Since all my cameras are made by Canon (D60 and S45), I have no way to know if they are correct or not. It sounds like BS to me.

Was wondering if anyone has noticed this problem?

Al Goldis · Mar 9, 2003

It has nothing to do with either Lexar or Canon. It's Apple's fault; it's an OS X problem.

PhilH said:
I'm now on my 4th Lexar FireWire CF Reader.
The problem I've noticed is that on a Macintosh under OSX 10.2, the
date-time of all the pictures on the CF card is 5 hours earlier
than the actual time the picture was taken. Under OS 9.2, the
correct time is displayed. What's interesting is that my offset
from GMT time is 5 hours.

Lexar is trying to blame this problem on Canon - Since all my
cameras are made by Canon (D60 and S45), I have no way to know if
they are correct or not. It sounds like BS to me.

Was wondering if anyone has noticed this problem?

PhilH #111039 · Mar 9, 2003

I guess you've noticed this same problem.

Any solution or work-around?

Al Goldis said:
PhilH said:

I'm now on my 4th Lexar FireWire CF Reader.
The problem I've noticed is that on a Macintosh under OSX 10.2, the
date-time of all the pictures on the CF card is 5 hours earlier
than the actual time the picture was taken. Under OS 9.2, the
correct time is displayed. What's interesting is that my offset
from GMT time is 5 hours.

Lexar is trying to blame this problem on Canon - Since all my
cameras are made by Canon (D60 and S45), I have no way to know if
they are correct or not. It sounds like BS to me.

Was wondering if anyone has noticed this problem?

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Tim Chong · Mar 9, 2003

PhilH said:
I guess you've noticed this same problem.

Any solution or work-around?

None... tried write in at:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
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Al Goldis · Mar 9, 2003

Nope, no solution that I know of as yet, or I would have offered it.

PhilH said:
I guess you've noticed this same problem.

Any solution or work-around?

Toshi · Mar 9, 2003

PhilH said:
Any solution or work-around?

Can't you just set the time on your camera ahead 5 hours?

Tim Chong · Mar 9, 2003

BTW, FYI: the date/time on file's EXIF is correctly set, even though the date/time on the file is not in the Finder.

nanomatrix · Mar 9, 2003

Have you tried operating the Mac in Classic mode?

PhilH said:
Any solution or work-around?

Al Goldis said:

PhilH said:

I'm now on my 4th Lexar FireWire CF Reader.
The problem I've noticed is that on a Macintosh under OSX 10.2, the
date-time of all the pictures on the CF card is 5 hours earlier
than the actual time the picture was taken. Under OS 9.2, the
correct time is displayed. What's interesting is that my offset
from GMT time is 5 hours.

Lexar is trying to blame this problem on Canon - Since all my
cameras are made by Canon (D60 and S45), I have no way to know if
they are correct or not. It sounds like BS to me.

Was wondering if anyone has noticed this problem?

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PhilH #111039 · Mar 9, 2003

Yes - as my original post indicated - it works fine under OS 9.2

What I'm curious about is if this problem has been discussed somewhere previously - maybe on DPREVIEW??

nanomatrix said:
PhilH said:

Any solution or work-around?

Al Goldis said:

PhilH said:

I'm now on my 4th Lexar FireWire CF Reader.
The problem I've noticed is that on a Macintosh under OSX 10.2, the
date-time of all the pictures on the CF card is 5 hours earlier
than the actual time the picture was taken. Under OS 9.2, the
correct time is displayed. What's interesting is that my offset
from GMT time is 5 hours.

Lexar is trying to blame this problem on Canon - Since all my
cameras are made by Canon (D60 and S45), I have no way to know if
they are correct or not. It sounds like BS to me.

Was wondering if anyone has noticed this problem?

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

--
'There's nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept'
-Ansel Adams

evil-doer · Mar 9, 2003

PhilH said:
I'm now on my 4th Lexar FireWire CF Reader.
The problem I've noticed is that on a Macintosh under OSX 10.2, the
date-time of all the pictures on the CF card is 5 hours earlier
than the actual time the picture was taken. Under OS 9.2, the
correct time is displayed. What's interesting is that my offset
from GMT time is 5 hours.

Lexar is trying to blame this problem on Canon - Since all my
cameras are made by Canon (D60 and S45), I have no way to know if
they are correct or not. It sounds like BS to me.

Was wondering if anyone has noticed this problem?

eagle..i · Mar 9, 2003

I also have a D60, S45, and a lexar f/w card reader using a Power Mac. The problem I'm experiencing is the time of my import is hours before my original picture was taken.... NOT POSSIBLE....

Dave

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PhilH #111039 · Mar 9, 2003

I found a utility called Curator from Caffeine Software that has a function to reset the File Creation date to the date stored in the EXIF information. I tried it and it worked fine - (although it created lots of little .curator cache files all over my hard drive - a minor inconvenience).

I'm curious if this is a problem accross the board with all readers, or just with the Lexar unit.

David Whitmore said:
I also have a D60, S45, and a lexar f/w card reader using a Power
Mac. The problem I'm experiencing is the time of my import is hours
before my original picture was taken.... NOT POSSIBLE....

Dave

Equipment in profile......

john cornicello · Mar 9, 2003

I'm using a PCMCIA adapter on a Powerbook with OS X and see the same thing. It is not related to the reader.

John

PhilH said:
I found a utility called Curator from Caffeine Software that has a
function to reset the File Creation date to the date stored in the
EXIF information. I tried it and it worked fine - (although it
created lots of little .curator cache files all over my hard drive

a minor inconvenience).

I'm curious if this is a problem accross the board with all
readers, or just with the Lexar unit.

john cornicello · Mar 9, 2003

It has been discussed here before:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=4413238

JohnC

PhilH said:
Yes - as my original post indicated - it works fine under OS 9.2

What I'm curious about is if this problem has been discussed
somewhere previously - maybe on DPREVIEW??

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