Exif data significance to photographers??

[FrequentFlier]

I am still learning the ins and outs of the CGO3+ and saw that in the latest firmware exif camera data has been added. I'm not quite sure how this is used or useful for photographers creating HDR images? I can already merge two images manually in photoshop and gradient blend for a somewhat decent HDR image...is there some benefit with the exif data that I am unaware of or missing out on?

Thanks for any help!

 

[THoff]

The key improvement in the EXIF data was the addition of the location (GPS) information for geotagging.

 

[Wileytrigger21]

Love the GPS data. Gonna try dronedeploy on a shoot later. Speaking of hdr I hope the next update adds auto exposure bracketing!

 

[sdharris]

Adobe Lightroom uses EXIF data for the capture date to organise its library. I haven't flown with the new firmware yet but I am hoping they have included the date in the EXIF fixes.

Basically, complete EXIF data is important for a variety of reasons.

 

[Mountain Flyer]

How can I view geotagging data of photos and videos with my H?
I have the most recent firmware updates. Thanks.

 

[PatR]

You review that data on your PC by bringing up properties of individual images.


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[Jagerbomb52]

You should try this tool as it does a lot more then just read the data.
ExifTool by Phil Harvey

Supports a large number of different file formats

• Reads EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP, ID3 and more...

• Writes EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, AFCP and more...

• Reads and writes maker notes of many digital cameras

• Decodes a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

• Numerous output formatting options (including tab-delimited, HTML, XML and JSON)

• Multi-lingual output (cs, de, en, en-ca, en-gb, es, fi, fr, it, ja, ko, nl, pl, ru, sv, tr, zh-cn or zh-tw)

• Geotags images from GPS track log files (with time drift correction!)

• Generates track logs from geotagged images

• Shifts date/time values to fix timestamps in images

• Renames files and organizes in directories (by date or by any other meta information)

• Extracts thumbnail images, preview images, and large JPEG images from RAW files

• Copies meta information between files (even different-format files)

• Reads/writes structured XMP information

• Deletes meta information individually, in groups, or altogether

• Sets the file modification date (and creation date in Windows) from EXIF information

• Supports alternate language tags in XMP, PNG, ID3, Font, QuickTime, ICC Profile, MIE and MXF information

• Processes entire directory trees

• Creates text output file for each image file

• Creates binary-format metadata-only (MIE) files for metadata backup

• Automatically backs up original image when writing

• Organizes output into groups

• Conditionally processes files based on value of any meta information

• Ability to add custom user-defined tags

• Support for MWG (Metadata Working Group) recommendations

• Recognizes thousands of different tags

• Tested with images from thousands of different camera models

• Advanced verbose and HTML-based hex dump outputs