What about using XMP instead of EXIF? I guess XMP is more open to user-defined data.
2011/12/6, Jeffrey Martin <360cit...@gmail.com>: > I was thinking more about this, and whether an external logger with sync > (like you do with gps) would be possible > > and the answer is definitely NO - GPS is very course, and in practical > purposes, you can have the sync off by a few seconds and the photos will > still have correct location data. not the case with the position of the > camera in space. and there is no way you can synchronize a non-tethered > device within 1/100 of a second or whatever it takes to correctly > synchronize such data. > > so a device like this will have to be tethered. > > in terms of the compass.... i've noticed using my analog compass that i > can't hold it too close to my camera or it is wrong. so i wonder how an > electronic compass will be able to deal with that. > > finally, in terms of custom exif data.... if we are to build this for > nikon, we'll need to hack the position data inside the exif data. i don't > think there will be any other way. we'll see ;) > > now, what nikon slr should i buy? i've been a canon guy up till now :( > > On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 11:24:10 AM UTC+1, Oskar Sander wrote: >> >> Right, I was going to say the same. Most iphone and andorid phone has this >> >> capability, soon every little gadget will too. The camera producers need >> to >> se the benefit though. Which I think instant panorama, 3D application >> etc >> would be. >> >> With GPS there are add ons to e.g. Lightroom that correlates at GPS track >> with photo timestamp and add position in metadata. This electronic >> tripod/attitude could work the same. >> >> Cheers >> /O >> >> 2011/12/6 Jeffrey Martin <360c...@gmail.com> >> >>> HI Kay, >>> >>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 8:52:59 AM UTC+1, kfj wrote: >>> A few years ago we had phones. Now we have smartphones. Let's hope we >>> >>>> also get 'smartcameras'. >>>> >>> >>> I have very little hope at this point. Or, you could consider that "they" >>> >>> (canon, nikon, etc.) might do it, 5 or 10 years after you think they >>> should >>> ;) >>> >>>> When I look at the computing capacity of my >>>> camera (as revealed by the quite sophisticated image processing) and >>>> contrast that to the meagre essentials my firmware allows me to >>>> manipulate, I feel cheated somehow... >>> >>> Totally. It is outrageous in fact. There is so much possible, and so >>> little being done, in the cameras. It is a shame. And they can't even >>> open >>> up the camera to allow user scripting. WTF? :( >>> >>>> I hope open firmware takes off. >>>> >>>> GPS has already made it's way into compact cameras, quite probably >>>> because geotagging can instantly be recognized by a significant part >>>> of the general public as a useful feature. >>> >>> Well, there is still the problem of battery life. I think this is one of >>> the biggest factors about why there isn't GPS in more cameras. But still >>> that's a pretty lame excuse. >>> >>>> Inclinometer data might be >>>> sold to the public as an aid to automatically level the horizon, and >>>> since that is one of the commonest photographic mistakes it might be >>>> the route for these devices into cameras. >>>> >>>> Mind you, probably into compact cameras - and if you have a DSLR >>>> you'll be asked to fork out 500$ for some bulky stick-on device which >>>> only works with the top of the range and drains your battery in no >>>> time. The device you dream of sticking to your camera seems like >>>> overkill to me. Nice-to-have, but really one of the small sensors like >>>> those inside a smartphone would do the trick well enough - and they >>>> are much cheaper, as well :) >>> >>> That's a good point. It's true that the phones have the same sensors >>> (magnetometer, accelerometer, gyroscope). You could make an >>> iphone/android >>> app to do the same thing.Trouble is of course, how to stick the phone on >>> your camera's flash hot-shoe? :-))) -- Frederic Da Vitoria (davitof) Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to hugin-ptx@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx
