----- Original Message -----
From: "Olin Lathrop"
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [EE]: Compact flash write speed in digital camera


> I find pictures eventually become useless or at least frustrating when
they
> are not accompanied by additional information.  The most important of
these
> is time.

I never used to be much of a fan of Nikon, but when I got my 4500, they
converted me.

The JPEG file format has the ability to store some data desides the image.
The Nikon camera includes date, time, shutter speed, in fact, all the camera
settings, even whether I manually adjusted the white balance, in the file by
default.  In addition, the download software allows you to put subject data
in the file for all the images you download.  You can later go back and
update that information on a picture by picture basis.  Finally, the
download software dates the stored JPEG with the date and time the picture
was taken, instead of when it was downloaded.

Obviously, depending on the editing software, you loose a lot of this when
you tweak the images, but it sure is nice to have all this data tied to the
originals.

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