by JeanGoulet (Posted Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:23 pm)
Regarding the burst shots coming within the same second of "EXIF date", I did a bit more research to see what EXIF fields are available depending on what camera produced the EXIF information.
I know the Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 (such a great camera!) and Canon (PowerShot SX1) both use: Sequence number (starts at 1 and goes up)
and according to this web page (http://agateau.com/2012/oups-my-burst-s ... l-shuffled) it says Nikon uses ImageCount
Since it appears there is no standard between companies, a generic and future-proof solution for XnView would be to let the user decide whichever EXIF field is pertinent to solve the sorting problem.
Here are two ideas:
- Add a new setting in XnView options: "Select 2nd sort tag for EXIF date"
> the user types in a keyword; like "sequence number" or selects from a drop-down list. If the keyword is not found in the EXIF, it should use the filename.
- A more sophisticated solution could be provided in XnView options: It would be to detect the manufacturer via EXIF, then identify the "burst shot counter" keyword appropriately
> this method could be appear as "smart autodetect", and the user could select that. Useful when dealing with photos coming from multiple cameras.
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Regarding the burst shots coming within the same second of "EXIF date", I did a bit more research to see what EXIF fields are available depending on what camera produced the EXIF information.
I know the Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 (such a great camera!) and Canon (PowerShot SX1) both use: Sequence number (starts at 1 and goes up)
and according to this web page (http://agateau.com/2012/oups-my-burst-s ... l-shuffled) it says Nikon uses ImageCount
Since it appears there is no standard between companies, a generic and future-proof solution for XnView would be to let the user decide whichever EXIF field is pertinent to solve the sorting problem.
Here are two ideas:
- Add a new setting in XnView options: "Select 2nd sort tag for EXIF date"
> the user types in a keyword; like "sequence number" or selects from a drop-down list. If the keyword is not found in the EXIF, it should use the filename.
- A more sophisticated solution could be provided in XnView options: It would be to detect the manufacturer via EXIF, then identify the "burst shot counter" keyword appropriately
> this method could be appear as "smart autodetect", and the user could select that. Useful when dealing with photos coming from multiple cameras.
Read Main Topic