Windows 10: Search for photos taken by a specific camera - fixed

I was searching for the same question here:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...c-camera/718475f8-38df-40b6-9132-16a6b4e76c27

And wanted to post the answer, since that thread is locked. Yes, you can do this in windows file explorer easily. It's actually just picky about the whitespace.


I have some pictures I needed to search where the metadata "Camera model" field was "Nexus 5x"


Just enter in the search bar. "Cameramodel: Nexus 5x"


Works.

:)

 

Search for photos taken by a specific camera

Hi,

By default, we can only sort or group pictures in the pictures folder by Name, Date, Type, Size and Tags. As of the moment, sorting pictures by the device used to take it is not yet possible but it would be a great addition to the current picture sorting
capability. In the mean time, we suggest that you add a device specific name identifier or tag (e.g., CRT3i Name), when importing them from your camera.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Search for photos taken by a specific camera

I have lots of pictures on my computer that I have sorted, grouped and filed by event, by date, by subject matter, etc. However, I now have discovered that I need to find pictures that were taken by a particular camera.

I know the camera type, lens, etc., are all recorded in the metadata. I'm now wondering if there is a way built in to Windows 10 that will allow me to search the computer for all files in which the metadata contains the camera I took the picture with.

In other words, I want to tell Windows to find all picture files containing Canon Rebel T3i in the metadata.

Possible??

Thanks!

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Search for photos taken by a specific camera

Yes, it's possible.

You probably wanted to ask HOW to do it. Try this:

• Save the code below on your desktop as Camera.vbs. The .vbs extension is essential!
• Grab any folder containing pictures with your mouse and carefully drop it on
  Camera.vbs.
• Examine the desktop file Tags.xls. It contains a recursive list of all .jpg files plus the camera that you used. You can now sort the list by camera type.

'----------------------------------------------

'Extract the camera name from picture meta data

'24.7.2017 FNL

'----------------------------------------------

Const Camera = 30

Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")

Set oWshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

sTarget = oWshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") & "\Tags.xls"

Set oTarget = oFSO.CreateTextFile(sTarget, True)

oTarget.WriteLine "Picture Path" & vbTab & "Camera"

ProcessFolder(WScript.Arguments(0))

oTarget.Close

Sub ProcessFolder(sFolder)

    Set oFolder = oShell.Namespace(sFolder)

    For Each oFile In oFSO.GetFolder(sFolder).Files

        If LCase(Right(oFile.Name, 4)) = ".jpg" Then

            sCamera = oFolder.GetDetailsOf(oFolder.Parsename(oFile.name), iCamera)

            oTarget.WriteLine oFile.Path & vbTab & sCamera

        End If

    Next

    For Each oFldr In oFSO.GetFolder(sFolder).SubFolders

        ProcessFolder(oFldr.Path)

    Next

End Sub