Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13
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Joseph
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From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of
Leonard Taupier
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 9:20 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] EXIF Viewer
Joseph,
Allen piqued my interest as well. You can get it here (for the MAC).
http://homepage.mac.com/aozer/EV/
It gives a lot more info than any other program I've seen.
Len
On Oct 13, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Joseph Low wrote:
> Allen
>
> Your note piqued my interest - please tell us more
> about this utility
>
> Thank you
>
> Joseph Low
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of
> allen.graves@charter.net
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 10:17 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Leica] LHSA meeting in Wetzlar; Leica Camera AG
>
> Entering the lens data manually is certainly possible as I do this
> regularly on my Nikon D200. I don't think that the camera does
> anything with the info, though, except enter it into the EXIF data
> and probably use it in the metering programs.All that is entered is
> the focal length and maximum aperture of the lens, and that value
> is then stored for future use. You can have up to 4 different lens
> max. apertures for the same focal length using custom menus.
>
> I see no reason that Leica could not have stored a list of the
> lenses supported by in-camera processing in a menu for easy
> selection, though lens "upgrading" probably does supply a small but
> significant (to Leica) revenue stream.
>
> As an aside, it is pretty amazing to use an EXIF viewer (like
> Opanda for the PC or EXIF Viewer for the Mac) to look at all the
> data that is recorded for each shot taken with a camera- there is
> far more recorded than you see with most image viewers. I just
> learned that the total number of photos taken with the camera is
> recorded in the jpeg files, along with a lot of other esoteric,
> equally useless trivia, though it might be useful if you were
> buying a used camera.
>
> Allen
>
>
>
> ---- Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Is the cell you refer to the little dot just above the red Leica
>> dot ?
>> It is hard to see on a black camera, but sticks out nicely on a
>> Chrome one....
>>
>> It appears funny to me that the data is put in the EXIF field if
>> the lens is coded, but not possible to manually enter into the
>> camera for the same purpose. With all the digital doo jiggeys
>> available, it would seem trivial to figure out some combination of
>> button pushes and knob turns to make this a reality for all of us
>> "Classic" lens owners......
>>
>> I point out again, that the reason ( or justification) of why you
>> want this feature is a long photo shoot where there is no way you
>> will remember which lens was on the camera for each shot... IF the
>> data actually does anything to the image ( in the camera or in
>> the computer)
>>
>> Actually looks like a throw back to metering cells before through
>> the lens metering..... Retro M8 anyone?
>>
>> Frank Filippone
>> red735i@earthlink.net
>>
>>
>> AFAIK, the aperture data is an approximation coming front the little
>> cell on the front, but used only if the lens is coded.
>>
>> Lucien
>>
>>
>>
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