On 11/2/2013 5:51 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> ...
>
> As soon as I got outside and turned on the camera I saw a strange (and
> undocumented) error display screen from the camera... a large, analog
> clock face with something like Year/Month/Day displayed in orange on a
> black background. It was a surprise.
This is a common problem with the E-PL3 and E-PM1. It seems that a fair number
of them lose date//time data whenever the
battery is removed, even for a moment. (Note to self, send the E-PL3 in for
warranty repair.)
> .... I didn't care what the date and time might
> be. Maybe the announce date of the E-M5. Maybe 00:00:00. Maybe
> Maitani's birthday. I didn't care. But I should have and you should
> too. Here's why.
As a result of the above, I've had shots without date/time data downloaded to
my Vista machine. And I've had none of the
problems you did. They downloaded properly in PIE and showed up properly in
Explorer and FastStone. I fixed them to
correct date and approx. time easily.
The only differences I see are E-PL3 vs. E-M5, Vista vs. 7 and downloading with
PIE.
Picture Information Extractor is a free app for viewing EXIF data and other
stuff. I don't particularly like it for,
and thus don't use it for, that. But it has a terrific download function that
beats anything else I could find. If they
would separate it from the rest of the thing, I'd pay a few $ for it. Whether
it made a difference here, I have no idea.
> W...
> Chuck Norcutt (all mentally tuckered out)
Mental Exhaustion Moose
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