A suggestion/comment

[perfectpixel]

Hi All,
I suspect like most people I look through these photos as much to learn as anything else.
In view of that, the exposure information is very useful.
Would it be possible to post the exif information along with the photo? Or is that too much to ask. I am almost surprised that this is not an unspoken rule/etiquette
thanks

[Leighow]

UNSTUCK

Just to let you know that this is indeed a reasonable request. But I guess that most forget to include the data. It could also be related to individual interests and process.

MY CAMERA SETTINGS
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What I find myself, is that I tend these days to just set the G2 to say T = 320 and let "A" set itself. This is probably not a bad idea on bright days when A is close to f/8. But on dull days, I do keep a check on A when I am trying to optimize DOF.

All this to say that if were on the ball I would be paying a lot more attention myself to these details, and would be able to make a 1st guess at T & A for many photo ops. In turn I guess that I would post them.

REVIEWING CAMERA SETTINGS DURING PS PROCESSING
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Also, while the data is stored in the camera, I download via a SanDisk USB "disk". Since PS cannot see the thumbnails, I rarely ever bother to look at the data via zoombrowser.

Give the above, I usually do not report the camera settings data.

HOWIE

PS: I'd like to go back to a light meter -- but the ones they show in the ads around here cost $300.

[KevinG3]

I think that is an excellant idea. Seeing how a lot of people here are beginners as I am, maybe you could recommend the easiest way to post EXIF data with our pictures. I have PS Elements 2.0 - Is there an easy way to get that information and post it with my pictures. Thanks for the help and maybe others reading this topic will follow suit.

Cheers!

[Swat2]

Just a thought. While imbedding the photo is quicker and more convenient for everybody, if you use a link to pbase instead, all of the exif data is there automatically...

Don

[jim monroe]

I couldn't agree more with the need for more information regarding data on lens, settings, etc. It would certainly add a lot for me as a newcomer. Obviously it takes more time and effort on the part of the one posting but I think it would be well worth it.
I said pretty much exactly this in one of my postings in the very recent "On Being an Effective Critic" started by eland thread which many have responded to with various comments.

[perfectpixel]

glad I'm not the only one feeling this way.
Maybe Pekka can maek this thread (or one like it) *sticky* at the top of the forum. I understand not all can/want to take the time for posting EXIF. But if more people do it that would be great.
As for me, I haven't yet posted any, but when I do, I plan to doas I preach.

[elm54]

Hiya again,
I agree with you and would comply if I could, I am using a mac and shoot mostly in raw, I am saying this because what I see is that most of the time my exif data is not accurate after any editing. It seems that there are a few different ways to convert raw and again with a mac there doesn't seem to be any one program like breeze browser that preserves the original exif. I notice that unless I use fuv and convert to 8bit tiff with exif or jpeg exif . I get a mixture of accurate and inaccurate data . ( serve up my pbase galleries below as an example, just click on full exif to see a miriad (sp?) of different exif . ) ACR isn't any better. And I suppose I need a more disciplined work flow. (still a novice and trying so many differnt things that I am all over the place.) ;)
Any way all this to say that posting exif is not as easy as it should be :D

Peace
Eric