This is weird. Neither Irfan nor PS find any EXIF in the posted image on my machine. Oh well ... life is filled with amazing happenstance ;-))
Shel > [Original Message] > From: P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 7/22/2005 4:43:16 PM > Subject: Re: Theory of Equivalency > > This is the information that ifran view extracts from file 18mm.jpg > File: - D:\temp images\18mm.jpg > > Looks exactly like the exif you posted > > Make - PENTAX Corporation > Model - PENTAX *ist DS > Orientation - Top left > XResolution - 72 > YResolution - 72 > ResolutionUnit - Inch > Software - Adobe Photoshop CS Windows > DateTime - 2005:07:21 05:23:01 > YCbCrPositioning - Co-Sited > ExifOffset - 604 > ExposureTime - 1/4 seconds > FNumber - 0.00 > ExposureProgram - Manual control > ISOSpeedRatings - 400 > ExifVersion - 0221 > DateTimeOriginal - 2005:07:16 13:39:16 > DateTimeDigitized - 2005:07:16 13:39:16 > ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr > ExposureBiasValue - 0.00 > MeteringMode - Center weighted average > Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode > FocalLength - 0 mm > FlashPixVersion - 0100 > ColorSpace - Uncalibrated > ExifImageWidth - 600 > ExifImageHeight - 399 > SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor > FileSource - Other > SceneType - Other > CustomRendered - Normal process > ExposureMode - Manual > WhiteBalance - Manual > FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 0 mm > SceneCaptureType - Standard > Contrast - Normal > Saturation - Normal > Sharpness - Normal > SubjectDistanceRange - Distant view > > the information for 28mm.jpg is this > > File: - D:\temp images\28mm.jpg > > Orientation - Top left > XResolution - 72 > YResolution - 72 > ResolutionUnit - Inch > Software - Adobe Photoshop CS Windows > DateTime - 2005:07:21 05:24:01 > ExifOffset - 164 > ColorSpace - Uncalibrated > ExifImageWidth - 600 > ExifImageHeight - 385 > > > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > >I don't understand this. The images that I posted had the EXIF information > >stripped out of them when I used the Photoshop SFW feature. No EXIF > >information appears when i run the posted images through PS or Irfanview. > >How then, can anyone say that they read the EXIF data in the images? > > > >That said, looking at the original image from the istDs, there's plenty of > >EXIF data, or at least what I understand EXIF data to be: > > > >File: - D:\N thru Z\San Francisco July 16, 2005 with Patsy\JPEG's from > >Patsy's istDs\2005July16\IMGP0376.JPG > > > >Make - PENTAX Corporation > >Model - PENTAX *ist DS > >Orientation - Top left > >XResolution - 72 > >YResolution - 72 > >ResolutionUnit - Inch > >Software - *ist DS Ver 1.00 > >DateTime - 2005:07:16 13:39:16 > >YCbCrPositioning - Co-Sited > >ExifOffset - 602 > >ExposureTime - 1/4 seconds > >FNumber - 0.00 > >ExposureProgram - Manual control > >ISOSpeedRatings - 400 > >ExifVersion - 0221 > >DateTimeOriginal - 2005:07:16 13:39:16 > >DateTimeDigitized - 2005:07:16 13:39:16 > >ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr > >ExposureBiasValue - 0.00 > >MeteringMode - Center weighted average > >Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode > >FocalLength - 0 mm > >FlashPixVersion - 0100 > >ColorSpace - sRGB > >ExifImageWidth - 3008 > >ExifImageHeight - 2000 > >InteroperabilityOffset - 56338 > >SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor > >FileSource - Other > >SceneType - Other > >CustomRendered - Normal process > >ExposureMode - Manual > >WhiteBalance - Manual > >FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 0 mm > >SceneCaptureType - Standard > >Contrast - Normal > >Saturation - Normal > >Sharpness - Normal > >SubjectDistanceRange - Distant view > > > >Maker Note (Vendor): - > > > >I don't think I said the WB was set to Tungsten - I was told it was set to > >Flash. IAC, whatever it was, I didn't set it, so I don't really know what > >it was first hand. > > > >Shel > > > > > > > > > >>[Original Message] > >>From: P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Date: 7/22/2005 2:34:44 PM > >>Subject: Re: Theory of Equivalency > >> > >>The lens used was a SMC P 18mm f3.8. In other words a [K] lens. There > >>will be no exif information since the lens doesn't communicate any > >>information to the camera, unless you think the *ist-Ds can read minds... > >> > >>Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Jul 22, 2005, at 12:51 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>It's also interesting to note that no sharpening was done on either > >>>>image. > >>>>The one from the istDs was made with standard sharpening and other > >>>>standard > >>>>settings and the scanned film was just a straight scan -push the scan > >>>>button, let 'er roll - and no sharpening of any sort was used > >>>>anywhere in > >>>>the process. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>The image from the DS was certainly not captured with standard > >>>settings. Otherwise, the EXIF information (easily visible in Pentax > >>>Browser, EXIF-O-Matic, Photoshop CS2, and iView Media Pro) would have > >>>had lens name, aperture, and other information, and it would not have > >>>had Manual exposure, CW Averaging and other non-default settings. > >>>You've also already stated that the white balance was set to Tungsten. > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > When you're worried or in doubt, > Run in circles, (scream and shout).
