Irfanview Question about EXIF (ex XnView)

[vanrinsg]

I'm using the version 3.91.
How is it possible to get the interesting vision of EXIF info like you can
have apparently with XnView (Property / Tab EXIF) ?
I just learned that this EXIF vision should allow to get all MetaData about
Exposure time, Aperture value, Shutter speed, Metering Mode, Focal length...
I have seen a similar function in the Options / Properties / Visualize /
addition of $Ex (at the bottom), but it doesn't work.
Have somebody an idea? I don't want to install XnView just for that as I'm
now having habits of Irfanview.

 

[Thorkild Dalsgaard]

I'm using the version 3.91.
How is it possible to get the interesting vision of EXIF info like you can
have apparently with XnView (Property / Tab EXIF) ?
I just learned that this EXIF vision should allow to get all MetaData about
Exposure time, Aperture value, Shutter speed, Metering Mode, Focal length...
I have seen a similar function in the Options / Properties / Visualize /
addition of $Ex (at the bottom), but it doesn't work.

In Irfanview, open a picture you know has exif info, then
"Image\Information"
gives new dialog:
IrfanView - Image properties"
ButtonClick: "EXIF info*"

Regards
Thorkild Dalsgaard

 

[vanrinsg]

Thanks for your rapid answer.
I guess that I miss the installation of some plug-ins because this button is
not actually existing.
(only IPTC info and Comments buttons are available)
I'm redownloading them all now;

 

[vanrinsg]

After redownload of the addins in PlugIns directory and having well EXIF.dll
file installed, the window you were talking about is still not showing the
EXIF button.
Do I have to do something else ? How to know if my JPG images are really
having these info coded?

 

[Anthony Giorgianni]

If you've installed the exif add-in for Irfanview and the exif button is
missing on the Image/information window, there is no exif data.

Keep in mind that exif data often is lost if you edit and re-save a photo
using many programs. Even rotating or resizing a photo will have this
effect. And most stuff you download off the net does NOT have the exif
preserved, since it's often resized.

Some software, such as Irfanview, will NOT erase the exif data. I am not
sure about Adobe Photoshop, but Adope Photodeluxe DOES erase it, at least
the version I have.

If you have a photo with exif data (say from your own digital camera), you
can safeguard it by downloading the free (well, the author requests that you
send him postcard) software Exifer:

http://www.friedemann-schmidt.com/software/exifer/

This program allows you to back up the exif data before editing a photo and
then re-import it into the edited version, including the exif thumbnail of
the original. Very nice!!!.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Anthony Giorgianni

860-529-3308
Email: (e-mail address removed)
Web page: www.giorgianni.homestead.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "vanrinsg" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: Irfanview Question about EXIF (ex XnView)

After redownload of the addins in PlugIns directory and having well EXIF.dll
file installed, the window you were talking about is still not showing the
EXIF button.
Do I have to do something else ? How to know if my JPG images are really
having these info coded?

<snip>

 

[Thorkild Dalsgaard]

After redownload of the addins in PlugIns directory and having well EXIF.dll
file installed, the window you were talking about is still not showing the
EXIF button.
Do I have to do something else ? How to know if my JPG images are really
having these info coded?

Here is a small images with EXIF info:
http://tdalsgaard.frac.dk/foto/lieberkind/small/kasse1_0149.jpg

Note that older Image editing programs erases EXIF info in images,
but IrfanView does not.

Regards
Thorkild Dalsgaard
--------------------
Copy from IrfanView:
File: - D:\Documents and Settings\tdalsgaard\Desktop\kasse1_0149.jpg

Make - Canon
Model - Canon PowerShot A300
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 180
YResolution - 180
ResolutionUnit - Inch
DateTime - 2004:03:21 14:31:15
YCbCrPositioning - Centered
ExifOffset - 196
ExposureTime - 1/30 seconds
FNumber - 3.60
ExifVersion - 220
DateTimeOriginal - 2004:03:21 14:31:15
DateTimeDigitized - 2004:03:21 14:31:15
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
CompressedBitsPerPixel - 5 (bits/pixel)
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/30 seconds
ApertureValue - F 3.59
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MaxApertureValue - F 3.59
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 5.00 mm
UserComment -
FlashPixVersion - 100
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 100
ExifImageHeight - 75
InteroperabilityOffset - 1540
FocalPlaneXResolution - 9846.15
FocalPlaneYResolution - 9846.15
FocalPlaneResolutionUnit - Inch
SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor
FileSource - DSC - Digital still camera
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Auto
WhiteBalance - Auto
DigitalZoomRatio - 1.00 x
SceneCaptureType - Standard

Maker Note (Vendor): -
Macro mode - Macro
Self timer - Off
Quality - Superfine
Flash mode - Not fired
Sequence mode - Single or Timer
Focus mode - Single
Image size - Large
Easy shooting mode - Full Auto
Digital zoom - None
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - Normal
Sharpness - Normal
ISO Value - Auto
Metering mode - Evaluative
Focus type - Close-Up
AF point selected -
Exposure mode - Easy shooting
Focal length - 160 - 160 mm
Flash activity - Not fired
Sequence number - 0
White Balance - Auto
Image Type - IMGowerShot A300 JPEG
Firmware Version - Firmware Version 2.00
Image Number - 1010149
Owner Name -

 

[nitzsche]

Irfanview shows only a fraction of EXIF info EXIFER does.