[KimDaBa] Input needed on EXIF

[Stephen J. Gowdy]

Hi Jesper,
	Pick one that also supports TIFF (as your Canon RAW files are in
that format). I don't think libexif does.

							regards,

							Stephen.

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Jesper K. Pedersen wrote:

> Before I start my regular work day, let me just ask you guys for a bit of
> input on a few issues, so I've got something to work on over the weekend.
>
> The first topic is EXIF.
>
> Yeah now I got a camera, where I need to know about shutter speed, focal
> length and all those things, so I want this in KimDaBa (Why didn't someone
> not just buy me such a camera years ago, that would have been easier than all
> the complaining, wouldn't it :-)
>
> First question, any idea on what EXIF library to use?
> the first one if libexif, that is rather obvious, I believe it is included in
> most distributions. On the other hand it is a C library, so I'm not to happy
> about that.
>
> The second I found is Exiv2. It is C++, but I did not find it in Suse 10, so
> it might be a harder battle for kimdaba with distributions.
>
> The third one is KEXIF. Its advantage is that it is used by KIPI, but it is
> rather limiting to work with from my view, so I'd have to modify it a lot
> myself to get the best out of it.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Second. I'm sure you already told me tons of times, but I'm so good at
> forgetting. Tell me all your dreams on what kimdaba should be able to do with
> EXIF.
>
> Cheers
> Jesper.
>
>

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