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How do I decipher distance data in EXIF?
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Oct 17, 2015 11:42:31   #
jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ
 
Often times, metadata is recorded in the picture in a code that the camera bodies OEM software understands. I suggest you try opening one of the images in the software that came with your camera and see what it's image info says.

Morning Star wrote:
For editing I use PSE.
Exif data is found under File -> File info.
A while ago I was looking through all of that, and under "Schema" found "aux:ApproximateFocusDistance:4294967295/1" for a photo of a small forest fire next to Mount Robson.
For a photo of Mount Robson itself, the numbers were "20/100" and for one of my granddaughter on the couch, "320/100"

Could someone please explain how I use these numbers to figure out the appr distance from camera to subject? As they are written they make absolutely no sense at all, exept for the last one. Assuming metres, 320/100 would give my 3.2 metres (about 3 1/2 yards) - which is about right. But what about 20/100 for a mountain or that ten-digit number for the next mountain?
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