Lens type in EXIF info?

[Rybber]

Why isn't information about the lens used, being applied to the jpg exif???

How hard can it be?

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[Jason Hutchinson]

Why isn't information about the lens used, being applied to the jpg
exif???

How hard can it be?

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[Rybber]

Why isn't information about the lens used, being applied to the jpg
exif???

How hard can it be?

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[Jason Hutchinson]

Why isn't information about the lens used, being applied to the jpg
exif???

How hard can it be?

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... Greets, Rybber
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[Ulysses]

You need an EXIF reader that will allow accurate reading of the Maker Notes. For instance, here it is listed under the Focal Length of the lens.

Why isn't information about the lens used, being applied to the jpg
exif???

How hard can it be?

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http://www.pbase.com/rybber

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Ulysses

 

[Rybber]

Id like to se something like: EF 75-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM. Otherwise you can't tell which lens is used...

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[Jason Hutchinson]

You can't tell two lenses of the same focal length apart without some hints. For instance, say the IS version of the lens gives subject distance, that'd be a way to tell. Otherwise, you're out of luck. The camera doesn't know the lens by it's marketing name, just it's focal length.

Jason

Id like to se something like: EF 75-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM. Otherwise
you can't tell which lens is used...

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[Gary Vrooman]

Ulysses, which EXIF reader is this? Thanks in advance!

You need an EXIF reader that will allow accurate reading of the
Maker Notes. For instance, here it is listed under the Focal Length
of the lens.

 

[Ulysses]

The program is called DPEx (Yep, just like that). Get it while it's still trialware.
http://www.rysys.co.jp/dpex/en/

He expects to charge for it soon.

This is a composite. The thumbnail was borrowed from the thumnail lists in the program. The text comes from the EXIF display. I also like the really nice histogram display (separates the RGB channels and has lots of other display options). There is also an image viewer.

However, you can get the EXIF reader on which it's based for FREE:
http://www.takenet.or.jp/~ryuuji/minisoft/exifread/english/

You need an EXIF reader that will allow accurate reading of the
Maker Notes. For instance, here it is listed under the Focal Length
of the lens.

http://ulysses.smugmug.com/photos/727659-M.gif

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Ulysses

 

[Donald Cooper]

He expects to charge for it soon.

This is a composite. The thumbnail was borrowed from the thumnail
lists in the program. The text comes from the EXIF display. I also
like the really nice histogram display (separates the RGB channels
and has lots of other display options). There is also an image
viewer.

However, you can get the EXIF reader on which it's based for FREE:
http://www.takenet.or.jp/~ryuuji/minisoft/exifread/english/

You need an EXIF reader that will allow accurate reading of the
Maker Notes. For instance, here it is listed under the Focal Length
of the lens.

http://ulysses.smugmug.com/photos/727659-M.gif

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Ulysses

 

[Ulysses]

You must be impressed with the histogram.

It still has a couple of bugs, and he's working hard on the translation for the menus from Japanese to English. Sometimes he still slips up on a few. But overall, the program does well. His efforts at tightening up the Maker Notes have been largely successful.

Donald Cooper wrote:
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Ulysses

 

[riokid]

Your sample shows an 18-55 EXIF?

How does it perform?

You must be impressed with the histogram.

It still has a couple of bugs, and he's working hard on the
translation for the menus from Japanese to English. Sometimes he
still slips up on a few. But overall, the program does well. His
efforts at tightening up the Maker Notes have been largely
successful.

Donald Cooper wrote:

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Ulysses

 

[Rybber]

Maybe I didn't express myself right, that's what I would like to see in the exif: Lens production/marketing name!

Jason

Id like to se something like: EF 75-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM. Otherwise
you can't tell which lens is used...

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... Greets, Rybber
http://www.pbase.com/rybber

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http://www.pbase.com/rybber

 

[Ulysses]

It's not my picture. I obtained from one of the Japanese reviews recently posted here in this forum (not sure of the page now).

But I do like the reader a lot. I alternate between DPEx and the Exifer reader. Both are great and offer somewhat different value. Exifer is free, however, whereas the DPEx programmer intends to charge.

Your sample shows an 18-55 EXIF?

How does it perform?

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Ulysses

 

[Ulysses]

I doubt that the lens is "smart enough" to communicate that type of info.

Probably only the Olympus cameras with the 4/3 system will report this info.

Your thoughts on this?

Maybe I didn't express myself right, that's what I would like to
see in the exif: Lens production/marketing name!

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Ulysses