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I have a new A710 IS. How can I view the EXIF Data? Did I read somewhere recently that Canon cuts out the ISO data? Or was that another camera? I have a PC, with XP and Service 2 patch and Elements 2. To download from the memory card to the computer, I use a LEXAR adapter. Will it be available on the computer or only on the Camera?
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El Viejo
 
Right click on the file. Choose properties, then Summary, then Advanced. Most of your EXIF is there. The ISO will likely be missing. To see it just view the properties using ZoomBrowser that came with your camera.

Doug
 
Doug - I get only the file size and the dates taken, modified, and accessed. I not only don't get ISO, I don't get any exposure information. I haven't tried the Zoom Browser. Thanks anyway.
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El Viejo
 
I don't have Elements 2, but in subsequent versions you can right click on the image that you're interested in and choose "show properties". The exif data should be visible under the metadata heading. You should see the information whether you are accessing the pictures on the memory card or after they've been transferred to the computer as the exif info should transfer as part of the image files.

Canon doesn't put the ISO information in the usual place so there are some special issues concerning that aspect of the exif info. If you use Zoom Browser it will show the ISO information except for those cases where you had the camera set to auto iso.

To see the ISO info for photos taken with the auto setting, you can use Exiftool. The discussion concerning that program is in the thread that was referred to in one of the earlier responses to your question.

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A E Jones said:
I have a new A710 IS. How can I view the EXIF Data? Did I read
somewhere recently that Canon cuts out the ISO data? Or was that
another camera?
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It's still there, and the latest version of Irfanview will read it.

Phil
 
Jaxun, PC Wheeler,

I apologize for being so slow in thanking both of you for responding to my question. I was on a month-long trip and then it took a while to catch up at home.

I suppose you know that Canon's ZoomBrowser only provides the word "Auto" when pictures are taken in ISO AUTO mode. I queried Canon, and received the following response:

"If the ISO is set to AUTO it will not show an actual number. Since in the AUTO mode you are not able to change the ISO anyway, there would be no reason to show the full information."

I will try one or both of your suggestions. Thanks again.
AEJONES
 
For the latest announced Canon cameras the ISO is in the EXIF data and shows up ok in most applications as far as I can tell according to the Press Releases and some other forums.

So it should be ok from now on.
 
Does this mean that Canon will put out an Upgrade to ZoomBrowser? My A710 IS was bought last fall. The CD that came with it has
ZoomBrowser EX 5.7, Version 5.7.0.74.

If an Update Download is available or may be available soon, I could probably use some help in finding it. I'd rather not add more software if an Upgrade will let me read the ISO number with the camera in ISO AUTO.
Thanks - AEJ
 
Canon's ZoomBrowser did get updated within the last month or so, but it's still no help for ISO in "auto iso" or "auto hi iso" on the A710. Irfanview shows "auto" for auto iso, and oddly enough, "14" for auto hi iso.

This appeared to be just junk data, until I remembered something from my days working graveyard shift when I spent more than a few sleepless days, watching the digital clock in my room. This must be only a coincidence, but as I remember, when I saw the number "14", lying there trying to sleep and viewing the clock upside down, "14" appeared to read "hi"... Trust me, graveyard shift can drive ANYONE nuts! Coincidence? You decide...

I was glad to hear that Canon decided to get the ISO in the right place, finally. Can anyone confirm this?
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Yes the sample images from the A570IS from the Canon BeBit site and the ones taken by LetsGoDigital's people, all have the ISO data in the EXIF, so it can be viewed with any aplication.

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Saludos,
Rafa Barberá
 
These are links to threads that discusses a program called exiftool that you can download without charge to a PC. I've found that it can display the ISO of many Canon cameras that have this information written in a non standard location.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1010&message=22166271

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1010&message=20159601

If you search this forum you can find some help setting up this software. Whenever I download pictures from my Canon S2 I preprocess all of them with a batch file that executes this program and then Photoshop and other software can read the ISO. By the way PaintShop Pro seems to have no problems reading the ISO of my Canon S2 shots as they come from the camera.

I recognize that the A710 may be different but exiftool is a very capable tool that is constantly being upgraded. If you find that exiftool does the job then I can provide a simple command to correct all the Canon pictures in a given directory.

BostonAaron
 
I put together a menu driven batch file to perform various functions with the Windows version of Exiftool. You can download a copy from the following link:

http://download.yousendit.com/B66D69E207454AEE

You'll want to download the Windows version of Exiftool, rename it to exiftool.exe and copy it to your C:\windows folder in order to use the batch file. Copy the batch file to the folder in which the photo files that you want to deal with are located.

Be sure to try it on backed up copies of your files to make sure it works properly for you.

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Hi,

Good job you did, thank you for sharing.

Do you know the AUTOIT application ? It is a very simple and easy to learn windows script application that includes capbilities to generate simple HMI.

Simply translating your script to autoit (a piece of cake) would give you a windowed interface ...

Just to show this autoit simplicity here is a simple script I use to recursively write the EXIF userscomment tag to the IPTC caption one.

Hope this helps
Alain

script example
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$var = FileSelectFolder("Choose a folder.", "")
If @error Then
MsgBox(4096,"","No folder(s) chosen")
Else
$var = StringReplace($var, " ", @CRLF)
;MsgBox(4096,"","You chose " & $var)
EndIf

; lance lexif tool et colle le tag EXIG usercommet dans le tag IPTC caption (récursif dans la directory, conserve la date

Run ( 'exiftool.exe -k "-caption-abstract
 
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