Focal length - DPChallenge Forums

06/13/2007 11:08:00 AM · #1

How about a field, like shutter etc. for the focal length.
it would give a decent idea on how close to the subject the photographer was when he took the picture

fotomann_forever

06/13/2007 11:13:48 AM · #2

Actually I think it would serve to confuse noobs to have that. I mean P&S cameras are going to report focal lengths like 9mm fully zoomed in.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

06/13/2007 11:15:42 AM · #3

i don't think it should be obligatory, not even for critique club critique

jerowe

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/13/2007 11:17:18 AM · #4

i agree on this, it would be great to see.

of course, as stated, not to be required.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

06/13/2007 11:38:38 AM · #5

no one else want to say something?

hopper

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

06/13/2007 11:45:04 AM · #6

almost everyone crops the original, so posting the focal length wouldn't be all that helpful.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

06/13/2007 12:14:56 PM · #7

Originally posted by hopper:

almost everyone crops the original, so posting the focal length wouldn't be all that helpful.

So true. Although it *is* useful information in many cases, cropping makes it less useful unless you have the uncropped shot to reference. At some point, it would be *really* nice if we parsed EXIF so that fields could be automatically populated. Now *that* would be a step forward.

ETA: If the focal length seems important to the shot, I will many times add it to the details, as well as sometimes mentioning how much cropping took place. I do this quite often for astrophotography, where the focal length is of great interest and not often obvious.

Message edited by author 2007-06-13 12:16:57.

fotomann_forever

06/13/2007 12:17:33 PM · #8

Originally posted by kirbic:

At some point, it would be *really* nice if we parsed EXIF so that fields could be automatically populated. Now *that* would be a step forward.

Agreed, as long as the EXIF doesn't count toward our max upload size. :-)

SamDoe1

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

06/13/2007 12:18:40 PM · #9

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Actually I think it would serve to confuse noobs to have that. I mean P&S cameras are going to report focal lengths like 9mm fully zoomed in.

I think most point and shoots have a field in the EXIF data for "equiv" focal length. At least my old Panasonic did.

OdysseyF22

Panasonic DC-G9

Olympus 12-45mm f/4.0 Pro

06/13/2007 12:28:50 PM · #10

I'd love to see EXIF uploaded automatically. Although the whole "Save for Web" thing might be an issue...

fotomann_forever

06/13/2007 12:31:35 PM · #11

Originally posted by SamDoe1:

I think most point and shoots have a field in the EXIF data for "equiv" focal length. At least my old Panasonic did.

Some do, some don't. It's really no big deal though. More info is usually a good thing.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

06/13/2007 12:33:47 PM · #12

Originally posted by OdysseyF22:

I'd love to see EXIF uploaded automatically. Although the whole "Save for Web" thing might be an issue...

Yup. It sure would be great if Adobe would put a simple checkbox to "retain metadata" in the Save-for-Web dialog, instead of forcing us to "Edit with ImageReady" and save from there to achieve this.
I'll make sure that, as we embark upon the change to 720px (which *should happen at some point, since the community strongly supports it) that we discuss the accommodation of metadata into the file size considerations.

smurfguy

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

06/13/2007 01:17:14 PM · #13

Originally posted by kirbic:

... I'll make sure that, as we embark upon the change to 720px (which *should happen at some point, since the community strongly supports it) that we discuss the accommodation of metadata into the file size considerations.

Awesome! Yeah, either tack on 5k or remove the metadata when determining max size.

(I find myself agreeing more and more with you these days, Fritz! Overediting, pyramid quotes, now this... Great minds! =)

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