Date and Time stamp in E330

[Yaqsakaf]

Hi Guys,

This is a great forum and I decided to join in. After reading thru, I finally decide to get the Olympus E330. Forgive me in advance if I may sound ignorant, but I have a concern about the date and time stamp, and appreciate any constructive advise from the experts here

If I were to take a picture using the E330, how do I print the pics with the date and time stamp at the lower side of the pic? I do not have a printer and will send all the pics to the photo studio. Do I need to edit the pics that is stored in the memory card, or could I just send it to the Photo Studio to print. The Date and Time stamp is very important because I will be taking pictures of my baby boy and girl.

Thanks in advance guys. Cheers

[drakon09]

You can add in the date and time stamp with any photo editor, in whatever style or colour you like.

To have nice prints, I suggest you don't send them into any neighbourhood photo studio. The batch processing from these studios are TERRIBLE, i.e. heads get cropped, colours are all wrong, pictures get pixellated.

Go to the guys that specialize in digital, like KTCC or Fotohub. It may cost a bit more, but the prints look good!

[Yaqsakaf]

Originally Posted by drakon09 You can add in the date and time stamp with any photo editor, in whatever style or colour you like. To have nice prints, I suggest you don't send them into any neighbourhood photo studio. The batch processing from these studios are TERRIBLE, i.e. heads get cropped, colours are all wrong, pictures get pixellated. Go to the guys that specialize in digital, like KTCC or Fotohub. It may cost a bit more, but the prints look good!

Thanks for the reply. So I do need to edit the pics in order to get the date and time stamp in. BTW thanks for the tip on the digital prints. Is KTCC = Kim Tian Color Center and Fotohub = at Golden Shoe Carpark?

[drakon09]

Originally Posted by Yaqsakaf Thanks for the reply. So I do need to edit the pics in order to get the date and time stamp in. BTW thanks for the tip on the digital prints. Is KTCC = Kim Tian Color Center and Fotohub = at Golden Shoe Carpark?

Right on both. There are a few Fotohubs around, there's one in Bukit Timah as well; I think yellowpages.com.sg would have their addresses.

You'd probably only need to stamp those you're going to print. For those that you'll be just keeping on your hard disk, as long as the EXIF stays intact, you'll not lose the time and date taken info.