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Data Back on xd7

Started Dec 9, 2018 | Discussions thread
FrancoD Forum Pro • Posts: 19,261
Re: Data Back on xd7

Barry Duggan Photography wrote:

Can anyone shed some light on what is a 'Data Back'

Is it purely to print the date/year on the exposed frame of film?

Thanks

Things were very different 40 years ago.

Most customers bought them with the intention of taking one shot with the date on and then switching it off.

not that it always worked so we used to have requests on how to get rid of that date in prints.

It was mostly another gadget that people could buy.

not long after , some cameras came out with the data back as a standard feature.

At the time that was a selling point...

yes the Quartz bit was the data back.

On this one you could get the date or the time printed.

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