photo gallery rotate changes exif acquisition date

Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

SM- [Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:34:44 +0200]:

This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate

Assuming you can order by filename:
Add the date to the filenames. If you prefix with the date you can always see them in order, no matter what happens later: yymmdd_... 060606_mypic.jpg 060607_mynewpic.jpg
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Thanks for the suggestion, although I'm not going to implement it.
I've filed a bug report on this, was just wondering whether anyone else can confirm this bug and will also hopefully file a bug to make sure that Microsoft notices.
Cheers
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SM- [Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:34:44 +0200]: This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate
Assuming you can order by filename:
Add the date to the filenames. If you prefix with the date you can always see them in order, no matter what happens later:
yymmdd_... 060606_mypic.jpg 060607_mynewpic.jpg
-- 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile

SM- [Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:21:32 +0200]:

Thanks for the suggestion, although I'm not going to implement it.

How about
attrib +R *.jpg /s
I don't think this would be called a bug -- more like "by design", at least at this stage and for that type of problem.
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If I make all my images read-only how am I going to add tags etc.
Not sure how this could be "by design", if I took the digital image 2 years ago and then rotate it today it doesn't make any sense to set the EXIF "Acquisition Date" to today. So now I have a handful of say birthday party photos that don't group together with the other 2 year old birthday party photos acquired at the same time.
And I'm not talking about the filesystem's last modified date, I'm talking about the embedded EXIF "Acquisition Date" field, i.e. the date the image was acquired by the digital camera.
Cheers
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SM- [Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:21:32 +0200]: Thanks for the suggestion, although I'm not going to implement it.
How about
attrib +R *.jpg /s
I don't think this would be called a bug -- more like "by design", at least at this stage and for that type of problem.
-- 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile

"By design", or "Postponed", anything but what you expect, is sort of like "the check's in the mail". Well, considering this probably won't get fixed (unless a lot of people complain real soon), what I would do is write a little program that stored all the info I wanted preserved to a database (flat file, whatever) and restore the jpeg files' info at the press of a button.
SM- [Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:48:22 +0200]:

If I make all my images read-only how am I going to add tags etc. And I'm not talking about the filesystem's last modified date, I'm talking

Yes, I know.
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I guess I'm not as pessimistic as you ;-)
Anyway can you confirm you see this same problem?
And the reason I'm posting here is to confirm whether other users are seeing the same problem, or if it's a specific issue on my machine. And if others are then to encourage them to also file a bug report.
Cheers
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"By design", or "Postponed", anything but what you expect, is sort of like "the check's in the mail". Well, considering this probably won't get fixed (unless a lot of people complain real soon), what I would do is write a little program that stored all the info I wanted preserved to a database (flat file, whatever) and restore the jpeg files' info at the press of a button.
SM- [Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:48:22 +0200]: If I make all my images read-only how am I going to add tags etc. And I'm not talking about the filesystem's last modified date, I'm talking
Yes, I know.
-- 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile

Sean,
THanks for reporting this issue. We have confirmed this issue and are currently investigating it. Please look for an update.
Jason Flaks Lead Program Manager PIX User Experience Microsoft
"Sean McLeod" wrote:

Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

Hi, thanks for the speedy response. I'm looking forward to using the new tagging facilities with integrated search etc. for my digital image library of thousands of images, and this bug would be a deal breaker.
When you say look out for an update are you talking along the lines of a Windows Update update to fix this for beta2 users or are you talking more about it being fixed in the RC1 release?
Cheers
"Jason Flaks [Microsoft]" wrote in message

Sean,
THanks for reporting this issue. We have confirmed this issue and are currently investigating it. Please look for an update.
Jason Flaks Lead Program Manager PIX User Experience Microsoft
"Sean McLeod" wrote:
Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

Sorry for being unclear. Look for an update post/email from me (or another MS employee on the team) on the issue. We have repro'd the issue on beta 2 and current builds and we are confirming why the issue exists and what we can possibly do about it.
Thanks again for reporting this
"Sean McLeod" wrote:

Hi, thanks for the speedy response. I'm looking forward to using the new tagging facilities with integrated search etc. for my digital image library of thousands of images, and this bug would be a deal breaker.
When you say look out for an update are you talking along the lines of a Windows Update update to fix this for beta2 users or are you talking more about it being fixed in the RC1 release?
Cheers
"Jason Flaks [Microsoft]" <JasonFlaksMicrosoft@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message Sean,
THanks for reporting this issue. We have confirmed this issue and are currently investigating it. Please look for an update.
Jason Flaks Lead Program Manager PIX User Experience Microsoft
"Sean McLeod" wrote:
Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

I compiled up the PropertyEdit sample in the Windows SDK and have noticed date modification issues also with files that I've added tags to but haven't performed a rotation on.
For example I have a bunch of pictures taken on the same day, 2/11/2001 and pic1.jpg has had a tag added and pic2.jpg hasn't had any tags added.
These are the dates returned by PropertyEdit.exe -enum picx.jpg
pic1.jpg System.Keywords = Quinton (People) System.DateModified = 5/31/2006 1:30 PM System.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAccessed = 6/7/2006 2:20 AM System.Document.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.Document.DateSaved = 5/31/2006 1:30 PM System.PrimaryDate = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAcquired = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateImported = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.Photo.DateTaken = 5/27/2006
pic2.jpg System.DateModified = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAccessed = 6/7/2006 2:15 AM System.Document.DateCreated = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.Document.DateSaved = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.PrimaryDate = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateAcquired = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateImported = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.Photo.DateTaken = 2/11/2001
In particular System.Document.DateCreated, System.PrimaryDate, System.DateAcquired and System.Photo.DateTaken shouldn't be changed to reflect the date on which I added the tag.
What's weird though is if I select the 'Quinton' tag in Photo Gallery to display this particular photo the date group by header bar does show the correct date, i.e. 2/11/2001 and the large tooltip window with the larger image that pops up when you hover over the image also displays the correct date, i.e. 2/11/2001.
However PropertyEdit.exe -enum is showing the incorrect dates and if you right-click on the photo and select 'Properties' the 'Details' tab also shows the incorrect dates, i.e. 5/27/2006.
Cheers
"Jason Flaks [Microsoft]" wrote in message

Sean,
THanks for reporting this issue. We have confirmed this issue and are currently investigating it. Please look for an update.
Jason Flaks Lead Program Manager PIX User Experience Microsoft
"Sean McLeod" wrote:
Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

SM- [Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:15:10 +0200]:

I guess I'm not as pessimistic as you ;-)

I reported a killer code generation bug in vs2005 back in Nov2005. It was confirmed (well, sort of) by an MS guy, who said it was fixed, but that he didn't know how it could be made available (I think you know what that means). Here it is, eight months later and the compiler still generates the very serious error -- a silent error in that it writes to a wrong memory location, so you only find out if you're lucky (GPF, for example). I won't find out if it is fixed until SP1. Most compiler bugs are not fixed, for fear of breaking more stuff (I hear), but this is a killer bug.
Any way, it looks like you got the same sort of response. haha
-- 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile

Sean McLeod wrote:

Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

It would also be good to check if Windows Media Player also touches EXIF dates when it catalogs images, the way it touches file-dates when it catalogs music/video files. I don't have Vista booted at the moment to check myself.

Sean thanks for more details. The issue described are either known bugs or bugs that are now logged. I have been told these issues WILL be fixed in future builds. You can expect to seet this in our RC releases. Best of luck and keep sending your feedback.
Regards, Jason Flaks Microsoft
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Sean McLeod" wrote:

I compiled up the PropertyEdit sample in the Windows SDK and have noticed date modification issues also with files that I've added tags to but haven't performed a rotation on.
For example I have a bunch of pictures taken on the same day, 2/11/2001 and pic1.jpg has had a tag added and pic2.jpg hasn't had any tags added.
These are the dates returned by PropertyEdit.exe -enum picx.jpg
pic1.jpg System.Keywords = Quinton (People) System.DateModified = 5/31/2006 1:30 PM System.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAccessed = 6/7/2006 2:20 AM System.Document.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.Document.DateSaved = 5/31/2006 1:30 PM System.PrimaryDate = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAcquired = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateImported = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.Photo.DateTaken = 5/27/2006
pic2.jpg System.DateModified = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAccessed = 6/7/2006 2:15 AM System.Document.DateCreated = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.Document.DateSaved = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.PrimaryDate = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateAcquired = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateImported = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.Photo.DateTaken = 2/11/2001
In particular System.Document.DateCreated, System.PrimaryDate, System.DateAcquired and System.Photo.DateTaken shouldn't be changed to reflect the date on which I added the tag.
What's weird though is if I select the 'Quinton' tag in Photo Gallery to display this particular photo the date group by header bar does show the correct date, i.e. 2/11/2001 and the large tooltip window with the larger image that pops up when you hover over the image also displays the correct date, i.e. 2/11/2001.
However PropertyEdit.exe -enum is showing the incorrect dates and if you right-click on the photo and select 'Properties' the 'Details' tab also shows the incorrect dates, i.e. 5/27/2006.
Cheers
"Jason Flaks [Microsoft]" <JasonFlaksMicrosoft@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message Sean,
THanks for reporting this issue. We have confirmed this issue and are currently investigating it. Please look for an update.
Jason Flaks Lead Program Manager PIX User Experience Microsoft
"Sean McLeod" wrote:
Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

Windows Photo Gallery is probably built on Digital Image Library 2006.
I have used and I noticed the same thing. Everything you do to the image, such as rotate, tagging, etc. The Creation Date and Modified Date are changed to today.
Just my 2 cents worth.
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SM- [Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:15:10 +0200]: I guess I'm not as pessimistic as you ;-)
I reported a killer code generation bug in vs2005 back in Nov2005. It was confirmed (well, sort of) by an MS guy, who said it was fixed, but that he didn't know how it could be made available (I think you know what that means). Here it is, eight months later and the compiler still generates the very serious error -- a silent error in that it writes to a wrong memory location, so you only find out if you're lucky (GPF, for example). I won't find out if it is fixed until SP1. Most compiler bugs are not fixed, for fear of breaking more stuff (I hear), but this is a killer bug.
Any way, it looks like you got the same sort of response. haha
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No need to... it's from Microsoft Digital Image Library 2006... the exact same issue is from there.
For me, I would really appreciate this to be fixed, as I don't like my files being messed up with creation dates, etc.
Why not do it like Media Player where the tags are stored in a database instead of in the files? Dunno I just think it's better. For rotate yeh I think its fair game to do "Modified Date", but certainly not creation date.
Thank you.
"Jason Flaks [Microsoft]" wrote in message

Sean,
THanks for reporting this issue. We have confirmed this issue and are currently investigating it. Please look for an update.
Jason Flaks Lead Program Manager PIX User Experience Microsoft
"Sean McLeod" wrote:
Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

Oh you remind of me of something...
Microsoft Office Picture Manager is horrible... it totally destroyed my EXIF data and just left with the other *standard* properties such as Shutter speed and aperture.
Now I'm going to stick with Picture Viewer in XP, or Photo Gallery *if* it doesn't mess with Creation Date.
Thanks
"Mike Williams" wrote in message

Sean McLeod wrote: Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers
It would also be good to check if Windows Media Player also touches EXIF dates when it catalogs images, the way it touches file-dates when it catalogs music/video files. I don't have Vista booted at the moment to check myself.

Now could you see if the problem with Picture Gallery not adding files from folders and drives elsewhere on ones computer can be fixed? The only pictures that will show up are those in the default Vista picture folder, even though the application says it will add folders from other drives or folders if you search for them and click on "add". That is a BIG deal breaker for me, as I store all my data files on a separate drive to allow easy backups and keep my data and os separate.
Thanks, Jo "Jason Flaks [Microsoft]" wrote:

Sean thanks for more details. The issue described are either known bugs or bugs that are now logged. I have been told these issues WILL be fixed in future builds. You can expect to seet this in our RC releases. Best of luck and keep sending your feedback.
Regards, Jason Flaks Microsoft
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Sean McLeod" wrote:
I compiled up the PropertyEdit sample in the Windows SDK and have noticed date modification issues also with files that I've added tags to but haven't performed a rotation on.
For example I have a bunch of pictures taken on the same day, 2/11/2001 and pic1.jpg has had a tag added and pic2.jpg hasn't had any tags added.
These are the dates returned by PropertyEdit.exe -enum picx.jpg
pic1.jpg System.Keywords = Quinton (People) System.DateModified = 5/31/2006 1:30 PM System.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAccessed = 6/7/2006 2:20 AM System.Document.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.Document.DateSaved = 5/31/2006 1:30 PM System.PrimaryDate = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAcquired = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateImported = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.Photo.DateTaken = 5/27/2006
pic2.jpg System.DateModified = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAccessed = 6/7/2006 2:15 AM System.Document.DateCreated = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.Document.DateSaved = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.PrimaryDate = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateAcquired = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateImported = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.Photo.DateTaken = 2/11/2001
In particular System.Document.DateCreated, System.PrimaryDate, System.DateAcquired and System.Photo.DateTaken shouldn't be changed to reflect the date on which I added the tag.
What's weird though is if I select the 'Quinton' tag in Photo Gallery to display this particular photo the date group by header bar does show the correct date, i.e. 2/11/2001 and the large tooltip window with the larger image that pops up when you hover over the image also displays the correct date, i.e. 2/11/2001.
However PropertyEdit.exe -enum is showing the incorrect dates and if you right-click on the photo and select 'Properties' the 'Details' tab also shows the incorrect dates, i.e. 5/27/2006.
Cheers
"Jason Flaks [Microsoft]" <JasonFlaksMicrosoft@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message Sean,
THanks for reporting this issue. We have confirmed this issue and are currently investigating it. Please look for an update.
Jason Flaks Lead Program Manager PIX User Experience Microsoft
"Sean McLeod" wrote:
Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

Same problem with WMP's acquisition of media files, and with setting the RIP music folder to another drive.
Jo wrote:

Now could you see if the problem with Picture Gallery not adding files from folders and drives elsewhere on ones computer can be fixed? The only pictures that will show up are those in the default Vista picture folder, even though the application says it will add folders from other drives or folders if you search for them and click on "add". That is a BIG deal breaker for me, as I store all my data files on a separate drive to allow easy backups and keep my data and os separate.
Thanks, Jo "Jason Flaks [Microsoft]" wrote:
Sean thanks for more details. The issue described are either known bugs or bugs that are now logged. I have been told these issues WILL be fixed in future builds. You can expect to seet this in our RC releases. Best of luck and keep sending your feedback.
Regards, Jason Flaks Microsoft
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Sean McLeod" wrote:
I compiled up the PropertyEdit sample in the Windows SDK and have noticed date modification issues also with files that I've added tags to but haven't performed a rotation on.
For example I have a bunch of pictures taken on the same day, 2/11/2001 and pic1.jpg has had a tag added and pic2.jpg hasn't had any tags added.
These are the dates returned by PropertyEdit.exe -enum picx.jpg
pic1.jpg System.Keywords = Quinton (People) System.DateModified = 5/31/2006 1:30 PM System.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAccessed = 6/7/2006 2:20 AM System.Document.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.Document.DateSaved = 5/31/2006 1:30 PM System.PrimaryDate = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAcquired = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateImported = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.Photo.DateTaken = 5/27/2006
pic2.jpg System.DateModified = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateCreated = 5/27/2006 9:03 PM System.DateAccessed = 6/7/2006 2:15 AM System.Document.DateCreated = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.Document.DateSaved = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.PrimaryDate = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateAcquired = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.DateImported = 2/11/2001 1:03 PM System.Photo.DateTaken = 2/11/2001
In particular System.Document.DateCreated, System.PrimaryDate, System.DateAcquired and System.Photo.DateTaken shouldn't be changed to reflect the date on which I added the tag.
What's weird though is if I select the 'Quinton' tag in Photo Gallery to display this particular photo the date group by header bar does show the correct date, i.e. 2/11/2001 and the large tooltip window with the larger image that pops up when you hover over the image also displays the correct date, i.e. 2/11/2001.
However PropertyEdit.exe -enum is showing the incorrect dates and if you right-click on the photo and select 'Properties' the 'Details' tab also shows the incorrect dates, i.e. 5/27/2006.
Cheers
"Jason Flaks [Microsoft]" <JasonFlaksMicrosoft@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message Sean,
THanks for reporting this issue. We have confirmed this issue and are currently investigating it. Please look for an update.
Jason Flaks Lead Program Manager PIX User Experience Microsoft
"Sean McLeod" wrote:
Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

Hi Sean,
Yeah, I've noticed the same thing too! Has microsoft provided any other updates to this issue since Jason's reply?
I have another problem with "Importing" images through Photo Gallery. 1st, the Canon WIA drivers for my Canon camera installs fine and is recognise by the Scanners & Cameras applet, but doesn't show up as an available device when importing.
2nd, when inserting the CF card into a generic card reader, Photo Gallery picks up the images, but ignores all the EXIF data in the CF card. End result is import of photos with acquisition date of 01 Jan 1980!
Understand that Vista is still in Beta 2. Hope that this feedback is monitored and bug rectified. Photo Gallery seems to be a promising feature in the new Vista!
Cheers! -- Terence Wee
"Sean McLeod" wrote:

Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

I've also had trouble importing from my camera, with similar symptoms. Driver is shown as installed but doesn't work. I did have some luck getting my onboard laptop card reader to work by using the Toshiba driver that came with the laptop instead of the one Vista installed automatically. It got the card reader to work. I'm finding lots of photo dates have been reset but I don't know why or what program did it. Is there any utility around for changing the date back? I tried to do it once by opening the file in a text reader and changing it manually, but it caused the file to be unreadable.
"Terence Wee" wrote:

Hi Sean,
Yeah, I've noticed the same thing too! Has microsoft provided any other updates to this issue since Jason's reply?
I have another problem with "Importing" images through Photo Gallery. 1st, the Canon WIA drivers for my Canon camera installs fine and is recognise by the Scanners & Cameras applet, but doesn't show up as an available device when importing.
2nd, when inserting the CF card into a generic card reader, Photo Gallery picks up the images, but ignores all the EXIF data in the CF card. End result is import of photos with acquisition date of 01 Jan 1980!
Understand that Vista is still in Beta 2. Hope that this feedback is monitored and bug rectified. Photo Gallery seems to be a promising feature in the new Vista!
Cheers! -- Terence Wee
"Sean McLeod" wrote:
Hi
Has anyone else noticed that using Photo Gallery to rotate an image that was captured days/weeks/months before changes the EXIF 'Acquisition Date' to the date on which you perform the rotate operation?
This really messes up the date sorting/grouping after you perform any rotate operations on old images. I've got a whole bunch that I took a couple of years ago now showing up as having been acquired 'today'!
Good thing I have a backup of my images ;-)
Cheers

"Photo Gallery seems to be a promising feature in the new Vista!"
More like a promising copy of Digital Image Library...