how to tell what camera, lens, setting, etc was used to shoot photo?
Aug 21, 2018 12:33:11 #
I haven't asked a dumb question in awhile so here goes. I always hear people say to check "store original" so others can see information on how the shot was taken, which equipment, etc. So when I'm trying to learn what people did to get what I think is a magnificent shot I always bring up the original. But I have no idea how to find this information. When I do this I only see the photo. I know only one of you will need to answer this, but I thought if I can't figure this out perhaps there are some other newer to this beginners who don't know how to find the information either. Thanks in advance for your help.
Aug 21, 2018 12:35:31 #
Red Sky At Night wrote:
I haven't asked a dumb question in awhile so here ... (show quote)
It's in the exif data (metadata). In the Windows explorer, it shows up on the screen.
Visit here: http://exifdata.com/
Aug 21, 2018 12:44:03 #
The exif data can either be there or not. There is specialized software that will read it all and some that will change and/or remove the exif data.
Aug 21, 2018 12:46:47 #
brucebc
Loc: Tooele, Utah
If it opens in Window's photo viewer right click on the image and open properties. This works for me most times.
Aug 21, 2018 12:46:49 #
Except for rare occasions where I forget to remove it, I don't post photos with exif data attached. I don't wish to mislead folks by how my photographs were taken. For my own cataloging and record keeping even my film images have exif data attached to them.
--Bob
--Bob
Red Sky At Night wrote:
I haven't asked a dumb question in awhile so here ... (show quote)
Aug 21, 2018 12:53:16 #
JeffR
Loc: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Assuming you're using a Windows computer, use Windows explorer. Point at the picture preview or icon, but don't open it. On my windows 7 computer, the properties are automatically displayed across the bottom of the screen. If yours are not, right click on the preview and choose properties, then select the Details tab. Scroll down to the Camera section and you will now see data such as the camera and lens used, the shutter speed, aperture setting, etc.
Aug 21, 2018 13:03:17 #
A warning for phone photos!!!! Many phones include the GPS data in the exif data. Some cameras have GPS included and will also include the GPS info in the exif data.
Don't do like one guy did and take a photo of all this nice new photo gear he had bought laying on his coffee table. The exif data pinpointed his location to the house...............................
Don't do like one guy did and take a photo of all this nice new photo gear he had bought laying on his coffee table. The exif data pinpointed his location to the house...............................
Aug 21, 2018 13:03:55 #
Red Sky At Night wrote:
I haven't asked a dumb question in awhile so here ... (show quote)
When viewing the (other person's) photo
click Download
right click your mouse
select Save As
select where on your HDD you want to place it
(optional) rename to something you'll remember and not confuse with your own files, I usually do UHH<what ever comes to mind>.jpg
click OK
now Run Adobe Bridge or some other image viewer with exif data viewer
select / view image, but do not open image file in Ps or Lr
read thru exif data
Aug 21, 2018 13:05:17 #
If you using a tablet or iPad there are many EXIF apps available and some are free. However, I delete it from most photos I post for reasons mentioned previous. Photo’s that are worked in PP will generally wipe out the EXIF data. I always keep the originals with the data intact.
Aug 21, 2018 13:08:11 #
df61743
Loc: Corpus Christi, TX
There is an excellent freeware download available at http://opanda.com/en/iexif/index.html
If you wish to see a lot more metadata detail than the Windows Explorer will provide, Opanda IExif 2 will display much more. Besides showing complete EXIF data, it will show you GPS data if it exists, and IPTC data as well.
One thing that is absent from EXIF information is the original filename. If you have a copy of the picture that has been edited and renamed. sometimes it can be kinda tedious to locate the original. One of the first things I do after a photo shoot is to use an IPTC editor to update an IPTC field with the original filename. That make it very easy to locate the "negative".
Dick
Screenshot:
If you wish to see a lot more metadata detail than the Windows Explorer will provide, Opanda IExif 2 will display much more. Besides showing complete EXIF data, it will show you GPS data if it exists, and IPTC data as well.
One thing that is absent from EXIF information is the original filename. If you have a copy of the picture that has been edited and renamed. sometimes it can be kinda tedious to locate the original. One of the first things I do after a photo shoot is to use an IPTC editor to update an IPTC field with the original filename. That make it very easy to locate the "negative".
Dick
Screenshot:
Aug 21, 2018 13:15:15 #
rmalarz wrote:
Except for rare occasions where I forget to remove it, I don't post photos with exif data attached. I don't wish to mislead folks by how my photographs were taken. For my own cataloging and record keeping even my film images have exif data attached to them.
--Bob
--Bob
Interesting, I actually think I understand (per your actual photographs). I don't usually play with my meta data unless I actually need to change something for myself. Others would probably get little out of how process my images as well because most of my lenses are vintage and many are totally manual (but for Av on my Pentax cameras), only my "digital" lenses have the electronic contacts. Other wise for those all I can tell from the Exif data is that I did not use a "Digital" or A-series lens. When using Pentax K-, M-, or M42 Takumar lenses the camera has no idea what is mounted or its settings.
Aug 21, 2018 13:19:26 #
In a Macintosh MacOS open the photo in "Preview". When the photo comes on screen in Preview go to the Menu Bar, Press the "Tools" label and select "Show Inspector" from the Drop Down Menu. Another small box, "General Info". will open somewhere with five choices at the top of the box.
Select " i " (usually the second from the left) which becomes "EXIF". A long list of the data will drop down unless it has been stripped by someone before you got the photo. There are other choices at the top of that General Info box: General, EXIF, IPTC, JFIF, TIFF
Select " i " (usually the second from the left) which becomes "EXIF". A long list of the data will drop down unless it has been stripped by someone before you got the photo. There are other choices at the top of that General Info box: General, EXIF, IPTC, JFIF, TIFF
Aug 21, 2018 13:30:30 #
As you have read, the OS of your computer probably has an EXIF viewer.
If you have a Canon camera, the editing software that came with it also has a viewer. My EOS XT came with Zoombrowser. Using it go to the folder with the photo. Put mouse on photo thumbnail, right click, select "Properties".
If you got Digital Photo Professional, it is the same except select "Info".
If you have a Canon camera, the editing software that came with it also has a viewer. My EOS XT came with Zoombrowser. Using it go to the folder with the photo. Put mouse on photo thumbnail, right click, select "Properties".
If you got Digital Photo Professional, it is the same except select "Info".
Aug 21, 2018 14:37:52 #
Red Sky At Night wrote:
I haven't asked a dumb question in awhile so here ... (show quote)
There are apps to do it but the cheap way is right click the download image, select "save as" and put it on your desktop (you can delete it later), then either double click so it opens in Windows Photo Viewer or similar and pick "properties" under the File menu or just right click and pick properties from the resulting menu and then pick the "details tab" and scroll down the info provided. Warning, some people remove all or part of their exif data so you won't get anything.
Here is one of mine to practice on, I left all the exif intact.
Aug 21, 2018 14:43:35 #
The Google Chrome browser has an extension you can install. It is just called EXIF Reader 2.4.4 and the icon is an orange square with the letters EXIF in the center.
When you click the download link on a photo in UHH and open in the new browser window, all you then have to do is hover your mouse at the top of the photo to display data. The info is limited to camera make, focal length, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, date taken and software used to edit or upload. As mentioned by others, there are several reasons why the exif may be missing.
When you click the download link on a photo in UHH and open in the new browser window, all you then have to do is hover your mouse at the top of the photo to display data. The info is limited to camera make, focal length, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, date taken and software used to edit or upload. As mentioned by others, there are several reasons why the exif may be missing.
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