Reading EXIF in camera

[EchoingWhisper]

Is there anyway I could read my picture's EXIF data in camera? I have a D5100. I don't see them explaining this in the manual either.

 

[KmH]

Look at page 150 of the D5100 user's manual - Playback Display Options - select Shooting Data.

 

[EchoingWhisper]

Is there anyway they could display the subject distance?

 

[EchoingWhisper]

Look at page 150 of the D5100 user's manual - Playback Display Options - select Shooting Data.

Thank you.

 

[SCraig]

Phil Harvey's EXIF-Tool (ExifTool GUI) will display that information up to a point, but not in-camera. Once the lens reaches infinity focus, which is not infinity by any means, it will not report a longer distance.

 

[EchoingWhisper]

Yea, I want to fine tune my focus so that it is at hyperfocal distance, which I don't know how to do it. What does one third to the scene means?

 

[KmH]

Yea, I want to fine tune my focus so that it is at hyperfocal distance, which I don't know how to do it. What does one third to the scene means?

Understanding Your Camera’s Hyperfocal Distance

 

[480sparky68 67]

.......... What does one third to the scene means?

It means that given a set aperture and focal length, the focus point is 1/3 of the distance from the nearest in-focus point to the furthest. So if your DOF is between 11 and 20 feet, the focus point is roughly at 14 feet.

Hyperfocal Chart.

 

[EchoingWhisper]

.......... What does one third to the scene means?

It means that given a set aperture and focal length, the focus point is 1/3 of the distance from the nearest in-focus point to the furthest. So if your DOF is between 11 and 20 feet, the focus point is roughly at 14 feet.

Hyperfocal Chart.

What if my DOF is between 11 to infinity? What is my focus point? I don't have a depth of field scale and distance scale on my lens, so I'm scratching my head to let my lens focus at the right distance.

 

[Big Mike]

Read those link above...maybe a couple times.

Do you have a smart phone? You could get a DOF calculator App. I use 'Simple DOF'.

 

[480sparky68 67]

What if my DOF is between 11 to infinity? What is my focus point? I don't have a depth of field scale and distance scale on my lens, so I'm scratching my head to let my lens focus at the right distance.

Impossible to answer since I don't know the sensor size, focal length or aperture setting.

 

[SCraig]

If your camera (or lens) has a depth-of-field preview button on it the best way is to just look and see if everything will be in focus. I don't know if the 5100 does or not.

 

[KmH]

It doesn't, and since the D5100 has a pentamirror rather than a pentaprism, when the lens stops down the viewfinder image gets pretty dark.

Plus, to make auto focus work the main mirror in autp focusing cameras is only 50% reflective. The other 50% of the light goes through the mau\in mirror to a secodary mirrior behind it that directs the other 1/2 of the light down to the auto focus module in the bottom of the camera body.

Auto focus is not the be all to end all may people think it is. There are some rather substantial negative trade offs, like DoF preview in cameras that have it that is often less than useful.

 

[EchoingWhisper]

So poor man's distance scale is their brain? They have to guess? Hopefully my guessing skills are good enough.

 

[MTVision]

So poor man's distance scale is their brain? They have to guess? Hopefully my guessing skills are good enough.

In that understanding exposure book he says the poor mans DOF preview is done by looking through the viewfinder and unscrewing the lens by 1/4th of a turn and supposedly it will allow you to see the actual DOF for the aperture you've chosen.

I've never tried it so I don't know if it actually works!