On August 13, 2004 11:26 pm, David Riecks wrote: > Could you share with us the reasons for your wishing to keep the EXIF > data proprietary?
David Thanks for the interest in my EXIF data. Yes, I'm wanting to stop other people seeing my EXIF data (shutter speed, aperture values, camera and lenses used etc). In my opinion that data is personal to me. If however somebody had a very good reason to see that data then I would always be in a position to produce the original camera file containing ALL original EXIF data. Understand this, I'm not attempting to change any data, I'm merely keeping it to myself. Therefore, I would not be committing a fraudulent act as far as I'm aware. I would like to point out the following. In the many years that I've been in photography and in the days of film, I have never been asked for the make of camera / lenses or to produce the settings I used. I know plenty other photographers and have also worked for a great many in the past. I've never known anybody request that information. It just doesn't happen to my knowledge. Therefore, what has changed now in this digital age and why would 'those groups' all of a sudden want that kind of information to hand ? I can't see how it might be relevant to them, especially in the light of my film argument. Paul -- Paul Lund -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
