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Subject Distance??

beaugolfsbeaugolfs Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
edited April 13, 2011 in SmugMug Support
Could someone please help me understand how to decipher the "Subject Distance" numbers that are part of the photo Information on the Detailed tab? For example I have a photo that indicates the Subject Distance is 238/10. I am using a Canon 7D, if that helps. Thanks.

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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2011
    Just under 24 meters. We just report the info in the file, that's how Canon shows it to us.
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    beaugolfsbeaugolfs Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited April 10, 2011
    Andy wrote: »
    Just under 24 meters. We just report the info in the file, that's how Canon shows it to us.

    Andy, Thanks for the quick response. So would 829/100 be just over 8 feet? I thought that those number might be metric, but I guess not.
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    devbobodevbobo Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,339 SmugMug Employee
    edited April 10, 2011
    The exif spec says that SubjectDistance is given in metres.
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    beaugolfsbeaugolfs Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited April 13, 2011
    Thanks
    devbobo wrote: »
    The exif spec says that SubjectDistance is given in metres.

    Thanks David, I kind of thought it might be meters instead of feet. Appreciate your feedback.
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