DJI Mavic, Air and Mini Drones
Friendly, Helpful & Knowledgeable Community
Join Us Now

How to get correct exif time in images?

gypsy1

Member
Joined
Mar 1, 2023
Messages
20
Reactions
5
Age
56
Location
India
With Mini 3 pro since day one I am not able to get the exif time recorded correctly, I have set the timezone correctly & time correctly which shows right on RC but the drone image exif data shows wrong time of capture.

If I set use network provided time zone on RC it shows correct time but wifi gets disabled, when I fly I don't use mobile hotspot either so seems it doesn't work with exif data. If I set it manually then also it doesn't record correct time in exif.

My time zone is set correctly.
 
After several weeks of struggle I was able to pin point the problem why my images shot with Dji Mini 3 pro shows wrong Exif time. My Sony & Canon Camera raw files are showing correct time.

Here is what I found.
1. 4 out of 5 software I tested are either modifying the Exif time on opening the images or reading it incorrectly.

2. This problem is not specific to my drone only, I got some images from other users of Mini 3 pro & same problem exist in their DNG files.

3. This problem is only for mini 3 pro files if I open Air2s or Mavic 3 files they show correct exif time without modification.

4. Only Capture One is able to read/show correct exif time. (I wonder how its reading or not modifying exif time)

5. So it seems Dji Mini 3 pro is doing something internally to exif data & Software are reading wrong exif time.

Other users can you please check your exif time shows correctly in software or not?
 

DJI Drone Deals

New Threads

Members online

Forum statistics

Threads
131,244
Messages
1,561,219
Members
160,193
Latest member
Pocki