Full exif on newspaper photos? Typical?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/05/27/MN29482.DTL&type=news

I'd like to get a handholdable 300mm or higher lens so I was curious to see which lens the photographer used on this bird shot. I didn't expect to get all this information by right-clicking on the inage and clicking Properties (after downloading the jpg and opening with ACDSee). Is this usual for a newspaper photo?

Anyway, it seems a good way to get some insight.

1/3200 sec. suprised me.

I'd have been pleased/surprised to see that the 100-400L had been used since that's the lens that I'm thinking of getting (instead of the 300 2.8 with 1.4X TC the photojournalist used or the 400mm DO).

Maybe 6 lbs. without a TC for the 300 2.8 isn't that handholdable. Decisions, decisions.

Luce Hooper said:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/05/27/MN29482.DTL&type=news

I'd like to get a handholdable 300mm or higher lens so I was
curious to see which lens the photographer used on this bird shot.
I didn't expect to get all this information by right-clicking on
the inage and clicking Properties (after downloading the jpg and
opening with ACDSee). Is this usual for a newspaper photo?

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The guy that took that shot is my friend/mentor. I can tell you that as a photojournalist, he doesn't have a lot of time to be messing with EXIF data or RAW photos, etc. He goes out, takes the picture, does minimal cropping, and sends it in.

I don't personally see the value in taking the time to strip the data. It's not like it's proprietary information or anything.

Glenn

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http://www.glennjamesphotography.com/

Glenn James said:

The guy that took that shot is my friend/mentor. I can tell you
that as a photojournalist, he doesn't have a lot of time to be
messing with EXIF data or RAW photos, etc. He goes out, takes the
picture, does minimal cropping, and sends it in.

I don't personally see the value in taking the time to strip the
data. It's not like it's proprietary information or anything.

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Thanks for your post. That shot was perfect for its purpose. I never purposefully strip the data - I guess it just happens automatically when I compress for emailing. I'd prefer that that didn't happen.

Luce Hooper said:

Thanks for your post. That shot was perfect for its purpose. I
never purposefully strip the data - I guess it just happens
automatically when I compress for emailing. I'd prefer that that
didn't happen.

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Yea, Mike is real good. He has been shooting for 20+ years as a pro.

How do you compress your photos? Using Photoshop, I believe it only strips the EXIF data if you "save for web".

Glenn

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http://www.glennjamesphotography.com/

Glenn James said:

How do you compress your photos? Using Photoshop, I believe it
only strips the EXIF data if you "save for web".

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Opening up Photoshop is an ordeal with my current PC. I can right click and have several options of compressing courtesy of Windows XP and also my HP printer software. I'll be getting a new PC and be using PS for everything soon. Thanks.