Date stamp on photos

I want my photos to have a date stamp. I've set my D5100 settings, day, time, etc. How do I get my photos to have a day stamp on them?

Re: Date stamp on phots

Welcome..

I'm not sure they can be....I think those setting are imbedded in the exif data of your images...

Not sure what kind of camera you have so you'll have to rely on your user's manual.

Go to the Setup menu and look for "Date Imprint". (if your camera supports it). The manual should tell you how to change those settings.

(d5100)
Menu > Custom settings (pencil) > d (Display/shooting) > d5 Print date

sidewinder1009 - good info. That's exactly what I needed. Much Thanks.

Why would you want to have a date messing up your pictures? It's already in the EXIF data invisibly. Or do you mean a watermark stamp.....with the copyright symbol and your name and year? Date stamps are usually found on point and shoot cameras, and on prints from a developer.

yeah i wouldn't use it personally unless i was doing surveillance and im not a P-I so i wont be

The one time it might be worth using would be on baby pictures. leave room to crop it out for enlargements. but once the kids gets older you will be wondering when it was shot. you can't always rely on finding the original file in 20 years. Also grandparents you like to have the date on there. I ran a lab for years and a lot of my kids pictures will have the date printed on the back which has helped over the years.

Be warned the date stamp imprint on your pics is pretty vivid and orange and can really ruin a lot of your pictures, and its not easy to get rid of post snapshot.

I accidently left it on when taking some pics for a friends wedding (not professionally) and it's haunted me since

Another consideration is to add the date (and possibly other information) to the image when you save or print it. Check out this thread that discusses output options using Lightroom.

^^^ This.