That's the age-old problem with trying to make things "idiot proof". As soon as you manage it, the universe produces a better idiot.

From: "P. J. Alling"
"..the engineers were smart enough to put the data imprint in between
the frames. "  Where you could cut it in half and make it unreadable...

On 1/31/2011 11:31 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
> From: Bruce Walker
>> On 11-01-30 5:38 PM, Bob W wrote:
>
>>> > And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it
>>> strikes me
>>> > as a classic example of techno overkill.
>> Me too.  Much easier to simply use a camera that records this info
>> automatically, like any of Pentax' digital models, old or new. :-)
>
> If memory serves, the original poster is trying out a Spotmatic he
> inherited. I don't think it records EXIF data.
>
> I have a vague recollection that one of Pentax's later film cameras
> could be made to imprint this information on the film, and the
> engineers were smart enough to put the data imprint in between the
> frames.
>
>


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