Can photo (time and f-stop) info be recorded automatically?

ASAAR wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:09:55 -0700, John McWilliams wrote:

That doesn't run on the OP's machine.
But it could . . .

What, through Boot Camp or Parallels? Kinda a waste.

I'm not a big Mac kinda guy so I don't know what Boot Camp or
Parallels are. If they're ways to run genuine Windows on a Mac,
then yes, that's what I was thinking of. But I agree, it would be a
waste, and if I had a Mac I'd want to either run a native app. or
use the OS's tools to access EXIF data. But Irfanview is such a
neat app. (and it's freeware) that . . . that . . . Nope, it's
still not worth installing Windows.

Darn, I thought you might be in on developing a Mac version of IrfanV....

And, yes, on the Intel Macs (which means all models in last year or so),
one can boot directly into Windows, or run it inside of osX. I know you
are more than bright enough to know which applies to which! It does
sound like a fine application, and before I got PS and LR I was envious.

--
john mcwilliams

John McWilliams wrote:


iPhoto on your Mac, for ease of use. Get Info [Cmd-I] will produce some
useful info: Shutter speed and focal length. GraphicConverter, excellent
shareware also does it, as do Lightroom, Photoshop and PS Elements.


Also Preview by going to tools/info or [Cmd-I] will give you all the
embedded info.

Paul Allen wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:59:18 GMT
"Roy G" wrote:

wrote in message
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I wonder if some digital cameras record the time and f-stop for each
photo which is taken automatically. [...]

Even Windows can display most of the Exif Data.
Highlight the image Icon, R.Click, Properties then Summary.

What do you know? Even Linux can display most of the EXIF data.
I generally find graphical file browsers unspeakably awkward,
but I fired up Nautilus just now on my shiny new Fedora 7 setup
and checked out the right-click properties on an image file.
There in the "Image" tab was a useful selection of EXIF parameters.

Here I've been using ExifTool all this time. Who knew? It seems
all God's chillun's got EXIF. :-)

Paul Allen

Maybe that is why they call it a 'standard'. Grin.

ASAAR wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:02:14 -0700, John McWilliams wrote:

Irfanview, does the job nicely, and is free, and very frugal of your
resources, loads instantly, and is amazingly well supported.
That doesn't run on the OP's machine.

But it could . . .

A more accurate statement would be; "It doesn't run on the OP's OS."
Surely there is something similar for it.

As I recall there were a few film cameras (Contax 35mm and
645?) that could record this info between frames as well.
darkroommike

marrer wrote:
ray wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:10:31 -0700, aniramca wrote:

I wonder if some digital cameras record the time and f-stop for each
photo which is taken automatically. How do people keep the time and f-
stop on their pictures? I don't recall that these data are recorded in
the jpeg file that are created... or does it need a special software
to capture them?
Thanks for info

That is 'metadata' which is automatically recorded by virtually every
digital camera - even my 6 year old Kodak DC210+.

wow,cheers all. i am just lurking on here, and this is something that
was perplexing me as i am just about to purcase a dslr. thanks for your
informative contributions.i have a ****ty digital snapshot camera and
never knew about this! cheers.

In article ,
darkroommike wrote:

As I recall there were a few film cameras (Contax 35mm and
645?) that could record this info between frames as well.
darkroommike


I know Minolta made some accessories to this effect as well; they didn't
record the settings to the film, exactly, but they did save them to a
memory card that you could download to a computer, and cross-reference
with the negatives later to see the settings used on a particular frame.

The Maxxum 9 had a "data memory back" [1] that would save data to a
SmartMedia card, and also (if memory serves) could write things to the
inter-frame area on the film. Not sure exactly what it could write
there, because I never used it myself (although I did get a good sales
pitch from a Minolta rep once).

I think it basically just put a "serial number" for each frame, and then
if you wanted to see the settings used, you were supposed to download
the data from the camera using a memory card and look at it with your PC.

They also had a contraption for the Maxxum 7 [2] that provided similar
data-download features, except that it actually attached to the camera
via the *lens mount*. I don't think there was any accessory for
inter-frame recording on that camera, though. (However, it could
serialize film rolls, by stamping a number onto the leader, just before
the first frame of the roll. But it couldn't do it between frames.)

-Kadin.

[1] A quick google tells me this was called the "DM-9"
[2] The "DS-100"
http://ca.konicaminolta.com/products...lr/acc/acc_oth
era.html#g2

The Canon EOS 1v has a similar feature - they stamp a sequential film number
in the film lead, and it keeps in memory data for about 100 rolls, if my
memory serves me correctly.

And if you got a Windows95 program and a special cable, you could download
the data to your computer.

Cheers,
N.F.

In article ,
darkroommike wrote:
As I recall there were a few film cameras (Contax 35mm and
645?) that could record this info between frames as well.

The Pentax 645N and Pentax 645NII can print the frame number, exposure
mode, shutter speed, aperture, exposure compensation, metering mode
and focal length between the frames.

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In article ,
darkroommike wrote:
As I recall there were a few film cameras (Contax 35mm and
645?) that could record this info between frames as well.

The Pentax 645N and Pentax 645NII can print the frame number, exposure
mode, shutter speed, aperture, exposure compensation, metering mode
and focal length between the frames.


There were some other cameras that had "data back" optional equipment to
record this information. EXIF data carries the mail today.