End of Summertime - have you set your camera?

[EOSAddict]

Every flippin' thing seems to have a clock in it these days! I seem to have spent all morning resetting them! How many of you remember to change the clock in your camera eh? ;)

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Yep...already done. Now I have to get the ones in the house changed. Priorities, you know! :-D

[saravrose]

haha.. how about this morning.. alarm goes off at five.. my groggy self stumbles to the shower get out of the shower turn on my laptop get dressed look at the bottom corner.... 4:30?... huh?... look at my wallclock... hehe I say to myself (by the way still not awake yet) it's 5:30.... groggy self stumbles to my t.v. to turn on music video... 4:34... what the heck?... waking up a little find my cellphone under the cat flip it open... DAMMIT!! (mod's it was 4:36.. i'm allowed to swear a little).. anyway finish brushing my teeth crawl under the covers reset the alarm and wake up at a better hour.... how the heck did I completely and totally miss daylight savings time?.... personally if it had been nine oclock it would have been funny.. four in the morning not soo funny...:evil: :evil:

sari

[peacock]

Didnt need a change , they reset automatically like the puter and cable tv:D

[Eagle]

Never even thought about the camera, but the 20D changed itself automaticly. It was set 10 minutes off though.

[EOSAddict]

Never even thought about the camera, but the 20D changed itself automaticly. It was set 10 minutes off though.

Ohh have to check mine now as I changed it before midnight last night - won't I feel silly if it has!

[SimonG]

Never even thought about the camera, but the 20D changed itself automaticly. ...
Didnt need a change , they reset automatically like the puter and cable tv:D
Eh? Are you sure that you two weren't shooting in standard time all summer? The only reason I ask this is because our cameras may be relatively sophisticated computers, but they are lacking the one thing that is really necessary to be able to perform this automatic update, and that's information about their current location (TVs and computers on the other hand do have this information). So, either you two have really smart cameras, or there's another explanation for the "update".

My thanks to the OP for this reminder, as I probablly would have forgotten otherwise (and no, my camera didn't update itself). ;)

[cosworth]

Club Med oddly does not honour dayligts savings ending. We're permanently on it. So no changes for me.


I get more light!

[lakiluno]

seeing as the date the clocks change is changed every year, I can't see how a camera would change automatically. However the cable and computer (and vcr) will recieve signals from the internet/cable place telling them what time it is regularily - including DST. And, having reinstalled XP on tuesday I know that it does ask you both where you live and whether you observe DST...

[peacock]

Eh? Are you sure that you two weren't shooting in standard time all summer? The only reason I ask this is because our cameras may be relatively sophisticated computers, but they are lacking the one thing that is really necessary to be able to perform this automatic update, and that's information about their current location (TVs and computers on the other hand do have this information). So, either you two have really smart cameras, or there's another explanation for the "update".

;)

its a special download off the Canon website which enables the camera to detect the time of year by correlating your sunset shots against the onboard clock , very clever really;)

[PacAce]

seeing as the date the clocks change is changed every year, I can't see how a camera would change automatically. However the cable and computer (and vcr) will recieve signals from the internet/cable place telling them what time it is regularily - including DST. And, having reinstalled XP on tuesday I know that it does ask you both where you live and whether you observe DST...

Believe it or not, there is an algorithm that determines when the DST time changes so a computer, vcr, etc. can adjust it's own clock without being tied to the internet or cable company. :)

[Derbyshire Weddings]

There was me thinking it was only this mad country that changed clocks backwards & forwards!

[sandpiper]

Personally, I don't care what time is set on the camera so long as it takes good pictures. So, no, I haven't changed mine - it'll be right again in 6 months time anyway. ;)

[Claire]

Haven't even thought about the camera. I never changed it the first time around!

[kevin_c]

First thing I changed this morning - How sad is that! :-)

[SimonG]

First thing I changed this morning ...
Same here... of course, I changed all of the other clocks before I went to sleep last night. ;)

[MagicallyDelicious]

ive not vchanged anything yet! too lazy! ill prob be confused about time for a good week or so yet!

haha

[condyk]

Summertime ended :confused: Man, have I missed it?

[kevin_c]

Summertime ended :confused: Man, have I missed it?

Too much time wanderin around Brum and takin' pics of doors, and organising that liddle trip to afrika Dave.

[Eagle]

Eh? Are you sure that you two weren't shooting in standard time all summer?

Your probably right about this as I bought the camera about a year ago and don't recall changing it in the spring.

[Jon]

Reset 'em last night - only to discover that in spite of being back 2 weeks, I hadn't reset the A620 from Greece time!

[Shutter22]

Hmm, thank goodness this forum was here!! I only had to set one clock in the house, all the others count DST.

[Becca]

I spent all morning resetting all the clocks in the house... and then the power went out this afternoon, so I get to do it all over again! :evil: I wish someone could explain the reason we do this to ourselves every 6 months... And no... I didn't set my camera (until I read this thread!)

[Mark_Cohran]

No, I haven't done it, but thanks for the reminder. I'll do it in the AM.

Mark

[R Hardman]

Just did it. Now your going to have to remind me in the spring to change it again!

[lakiluno]

I spent all morning resetting all the clocks in the house... and then the power went out this afternoon, so I get to do it all over again! :evil: I wish someone could explain the reason we do this to ourselves every 6 months... And no... I didn't set my camera (until I read this thread!)

The idea is to move the sunrise back. It doesn't really affect southern latitudes, but for us northerners it really makes a difference. If we didn't do it, then it wouldn't be light until 9 or 10am...

[saravrose]

The idea is to move the sunrise back. It doesn't really affect southern latitudes, but for us northerners it really makes a difference. If we didn't do it, then it wouldn't be light until 9 or 10am...

very true.. as it is the sun isn't coming up until after eight in the morning and bound to be darker.. and usually goes down by 5:30... atleast in the valley so up here it could be even earlier i'm not going to see a whole lot of daylight hours this year...

sari

[SimonG]

You're on the right track Leo. Daylight savings is done throughout the summer months because the powers that be figure that it makes more sense to have an extra hour of sunlight in the evening, where people will make use of it, as opposed to first thing in the morning when people are asleep anyways. The claims are that it will reduce power usage (somewhere in the range of 0.5 - 1% per day), since people don't have to turn lights on quite so early in the evening (of course, DST is really only effective during the four longest months of the year in Canada, but it will vary by location). In the winter the time goes back to standard because any savings caused by this would be offset by the extra hour of darkness in the morning.

[75D]

Thanks for the reminder, but I don't think I changed it in the spring so it should be the right time. Will check it tonight when I get home in the dark.

[BillsBayou]

Um, I'm not sure I ever set it to CDT. It's correct right now. Does the 5D do that for you?

[kevin_c]

Um, I'm not sure I ever set it to CDT. It's correct right now. Does the 5D do that for you?

It (and any other DSLR) may if you plug the camera in to the PC (or mac :-)) directly, otherwise no, I don't think they are that clever.

[Guineh]

Hmm. Mine changed automatically. All I did was plug it in to the computer, and it posted a message box asking me if I wanted to adjust the camera's clock.

Simple, really ;)

[Jon]

Seems like another reason to connect the camera to the computer occasionally. Anyone seen this when Canon's software wasn't loaded? Be nice to find out whether it's Windows, Mac, or Canon doing it.

[PacAce]

It's the Canon software that's doing it, I'm sure. :)

[Guineh]

I assume its Canon's software, since it does this when EOS Utility loads.

[EOSAddict]

Never connect mine directly that's why!

[In2Photos]

Your probably right about this as I bought the camera about a year ago and don't recall changing it in the spring.
Just lloked at mine and realized the same thing. To be honest I never really cared what time my camera had on it. The date is a different story though.

[Rob612]

Just noticed this thread and went checking. The 1D2N was OK, dunno why. The 5Ds were still with summer time. Thanks for the reminder. Now, don't forget next year to put another one for the reverse operation :)

[GilesGuthrie]

Believe it or not, there is an algorithm that determines when the DST time changes so a computer, vcr, etc. can adjust it's own clock without being tied to the internet or cable company. :)

I can't remember what the spring one is, but the autumn change point is always the last Sunday in October.

I did change mine, just by using "Set to Camera > From PC" in the CameraWindow software. It didn't prompt me.