- Lightroom Version
- 11.3.1
- Operating System
- Windows 11
Hey guys,
the following problem has been haunting me for years. It is about the correct file renaming when importing images. I often take more than one photo per second. Therefore, the creation date of some files is identical as the EXIF date only goes done to the second (not to miliseconds, subseconds etc.). I always rename my photos during the import to YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.arw. If there are multiple photos with the same date, Lightroom adds a _0, _1, _2 at the end. Unfortunately Lightroom does not import the photos in the order I shot them. Which is why the original order is lost. Since Sony Alphas don't have subsecond information in the EXIF, I thought I was just out of luck. But now I had an idea: the camera logically names the files _XYZ0001.arw, _XYZ0002.arw... If lightroom would respect this order when importing then the images would be afterwards also with the correct numbering in lightroom. So my question: Can I somehow specify that Lightroom imports the images in a certain order as it seems Lightroom only looks at the date-stamp but nothing else.
Thank a lot for your help
Best regards,
Oliver
the following problem has been haunting me for years. It is about the correct file renaming when importing images. I often take more than one photo per second. Therefore, the creation date of some files is identical as the EXIF date only goes done to the second (not to miliseconds, subseconds etc.). I always rename my photos during the import to YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.arw. If there are multiple photos with the same date, Lightroom adds a _0, _1, _2 at the end. Unfortunately Lightroom does not import the photos in the order I shot them. Which is why the original order is lost. Since Sony Alphas don't have subsecond information in the EXIF, I thought I was just out of luck. But now I had an idea: the camera logically names the files _XYZ0001.arw, _XYZ0002.arw... If lightroom would respect this order when importing then the images would be afterwards also with the correct numbering in lightroom. So my question: Can I somehow specify that Lightroom imports the images in a certain order as it seems Lightroom only looks at the date-stamp but nothing else.
Thank a lot for your help
Best regards,
Oliver