Focal length in Metadata panel

I notice that in the metadata (Info) panel one can see the focal length used and below that, a blank field for the 35mm focal length. Is there any way to get Aperture to fill in that empty field with the 35mm equivalent to the lens's actual focal length?

Thanks for that. I did as you suggested, but my current libary has only recent images all from one camera, which doesn't produce RAW fles, the Ricoh CX4. I will go back to an earlier library where I have several cameras involved included two whose raw files are processed by Aperture, and i'll bet I'll see the 35mm equivalent.
Is there any way I can tell Aperture the formula for my CX4 lens such as that its minimum focal length of 4.9mm is equivalent to 28mm on a 35mm camera?
In any case, I am happy to know what you just told me, because I will be using Aperture to process images from two other cameras it does recognize. By 'recognize' I mean it will process their raw files.

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Metadata browser: focal length?

I can't figure out how to browse/search for images by focal length. Any
hints?
Herb

>Herb,
>IMO that would have been impossible. For example, think how many different focal lengths one would generate for a 70-300mm lens. The metadata panel would be gigantic. My Canon 20D reports every mm of focal length for every photo. 70mm, 71mm, 72mm, 73mm, 74mm, 75mm etc. I have a 10-22, 50, 17-55, 70-300, 24-105 lenses. So 10-300 range in 1 mm increments or 290 values.
>
>Of course I could be wrong.
>
>Mel
There are billions of possible combinations of letters in a text based metadata field -- a numeric field like this would only have a few thousand at most. What am I missing here?
By the way, does anyone know the status of the "35mm equivalent" focal length field? Is there any word on when it might start working?
Thanks,
Larry

Library Filter: Metadata Browser: Add Focal Length

Please add Focal length as an available Meta data to browse in the Library Filter.
Purpose:
I'm currently considering to buy a new zoom lens. To determine the best zoom range for the lens, I like to see which focal length I use most often by profiling my existing images.
The information is already available in the images exif data, it only needs to be exposed in the Lib Filter.
Reinhard

A few posts before yours:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?128@@.3bc46ae7
...and dozens of others can be found if you had taken the time to look.

Metadata Browser, sort by FOCAL LENGTH

I'd like to see the option to sort images by focal length, in addition to the by aperture, and by shutter speed.
//Svien

In addition, please add the capability sort images in grid view by any meta data item recognized by LR, i.e.: camera model, camera serial number, etc.
In environments where LR is used to manage images from a variety of shooters and cameras it is extremely useful to be able to sort by meta data via the view:sort order dialog.
In a high speed workflow environment the work-around of filtering by date range and selecting meta data filters is not desirable.

Pdf measurements in Metadata panel

Hello,
for some reason the measurements of a pdf file are shown incorrectly in the Bridge Metadata panel.
It would be a good place to check the size of an ad, but it does not show the measurements right.

Thanks for that. I did as you suggested, but my current libary has only recent images all from one camera, which doesn't produce RAW fles, the Ricoh CX4. I will go back to an earlier library where I have several cameras involved included two whose raw files are processed by Aperture, and i'll bet I'll see the 35mm equivalent.
Is there any way I can tell Aperture the formula for my CX4 lens such as that its minimum focal length of 4.9mm is equivalent to 28mm on a 35mm camera?
In any case, I am happy to know what you just told me, because I will be using Aperture to process images from two other cameras it does recognize. By 'recognize' I mean it will process their raw files.

Feature Request - better croping, focus patterns,focal length selections?

Tool specific Keyboard shortcuts: It would be helpful to have popup clues about keyboard shortcuts. For example, when using the crop tool, it is not obvious that typing an "X" will change the crop tool from a portrait to landscape mode or repeatedly pressing "O" will cycle through a number of grids. (Thank you Matt!)
Crop at other than "Fit" setting: Other crop tool request - allow crop to work on image at settings other than "fit" I may be able to get a more accurate crop at 1:2, etc. Otherwise I have to crop an image roughly, make a virtual copy and then crop again. Is there a better way to do this?
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Add Focal Length to filterable metadata fields: It would help to be able to see the various focal lengths used during a shoot, just like you can look at apertures (i.e. select folder for shoot, turn on filters, select aperture in the metadata and wallah! you can see the distribution of apertures used during a shoot.) This reminds you to mix it up and/or helps with lens selection. Is there a way to do this now?
My apologies if these features are available and I just haven't found them yet.
-TAB, a lightroom fan
P.S. Thank you for the wonderful new features. I can't wait to convert my existing catalogs. I love the new import dialog. Now I can organize my backup copy in a logical fashion. When I'm in the field on a multi-day shoot, I don't want to risk reorganizing the backup. Now I don't need to. Enough has been said about noise reduction and better rendition. Thank you!!!

There is a corresponding idea at the feedback forum: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/add_image_direction_in_map_module
Anyone who wants this feature should also vote over there...
BTW: +1
Edit: P.S. I think it is generally a better idea to post feature wishes in the feedback forum (or comment on existing ones there) because it's regularly monitored by Adobe employees, while that is not necessarily the case for the user-to-user-forum here.

Smart Folders and Filtering based on Focal Length

Can we please be given the ability to create Smart Folders and be able to Filter images based on focal length?
Doing so based on Lens alone does not take into account that more and more people rely on zoom lenses. When you have 16-35, 27-70, 35-135 and 70-200 lenses, one could benefit from having the ability to search for images created in wide-angle, normal, zoom and tele-zoom ranges.
Providing this feature would be greatly appreciated.
Regards, JML

Thanks Colin, I will try it.
Sounds like it may work - however bit awkward solution in otherwise ergonomic LR environment :-(
I really do not understand why this value is not among the filtering metadata when LR recognizes it and shows it on every corner. Especially considering the fact LR is supposed to be full WF solution and certain development settings cannot be effectively applied without selecting images only with certain focal length values.
The very last feature I am missing on this SW designed to cover entire WF (since LR1) is the distortion/perspective control and ability to apply corrections based on lens/focal length used.
b Does anyone have an idea if Adobe plans to eventually implement this feature?
I do not want to be forced to use DxO which always means interruption of the WF and inevitably generated new files on disk.

Sort by focal length

1. Metadata Browser: sort by focal length (using a cushioned range)
2. Ability to filter based on focal length: i.e. with 3 criteria lens, focal length, aperture it would be super simple to paint in presets for removing natural vignetting.

Ian,
The post in which I repeated your comment was not directed at you, the quote was used to re-iterate that it is accepted that the feature is currently not available, and that the search feature is very limited.
If you feel my post was directed at you, my apologies. If you reread the post, the only two times the word "you" was used was in the following way:
>"If you build it, they will come..." well, "If the information is there, you should be able to search, filter, or create smart collections by it."
The comment should have started with "With all due respect to the LR team..." because I hate harping on a subject, with anyone. However, this thread was initiated on July 10, 2007 and covers an issue that deserves to have been addressed by now.
After all, LR is a database program designed with photographers in mind. All databases work in the same way:
1. They provide a way to input/gather information
2. They store the information in fields, and
3. They allow you to obtain that information through reports, or other means, so you can use it constructively. LR gathers the focal length information separately from the lens information. Therefore, it should be easy to program it to allow you to filter/search/create collections on the information.
Regards, JML

LR Filters ADD custom filter for Focal Length

I use a Leica M8 and in it's metadate there is a field for focal length of the lens but not the lens name/type and in LR filters there is a filter for Lens but not for focal length.
Is there a way to add a custom entry in LR to filter images based on focal length?
Found a way with smart collections.
Thanks

Care to share how you did this?

Filter by lens focal length?

I would like to get an idea of how frequently I use different focal length settings on a particular zoom lens. The focal length used on each shot is in the metadata. I can see it shown right under the histogram in Library mode. Is there some way to build a custom filter to select photos with a focal length between 24-32 mm, for example?

Jeffrey Friedl has written a LR plugin that should address your needs:
Taken from his page:
"This plugin is designed to fill a specific hole in Lightroom's “Grid
Filter”, adding new fields by which you can filter images: “Focal
Length” and “Focal Length in 35mm”. The
former is the raw focal length of the lens, while the latter is viewed in
terms of the frame size of a 35mm film frame."
http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/focal-length-sort

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After importing images from my card using LR 5.4, the GPS data does not show in the metadata panel. However, when I look at the imported images using Bridge, the GPS data is visible. Anybody know why LR is not seeing the GPS data? Camera is Canon 6D.

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Ok, the issue seem to be solved. The problem was this:
The many hundred files (raw and xmp per image) have been downloaded by ftp in no specific order. Means - a couple of files in the download queue - both raw and xmps. Most of the time, the small xmp files have been finished loading first and hence the "last change date" of these xmp files was OLDER than the "last change date" of the raw file - Lightroom then seem to ignore the existence of the xmp file and does not read it during import.(a minute is enough to run into the problem)
By simply using the ftp client in a way that all large raw files get downloaded first followed by the xmp files, we achieved that all "last changed dates" of the xmp files are NEWER than the related raw files. (at least not older)
And then LR is reading them and all metadata information has been set / read correctly.
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Creating custom Metadata panels in Bridge CS3

I want to create a custom panel that allows me to enter 14+ pieces of information about an image that are not contained within the existing metadata panels.
I can create a custonm panel in photoshop that is seen under 'File info' but I cannot see this information against a file in the metadata in Bridge.
In the Bridge metadata panels you have individual panels such as GPS, IPTC Core, History, etc. Can I create my own custom panel to add to this list?
If so how is it done? Where are the custom panel files stored?
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Hi Bob,
It seems that almost every day there is a new secret to explore on this forum... :-)
According to the description in the link you had only a small typo (XML instead of XMP)
here is a copy of the file locations text from the PDF:
Mac OS X
{Root Volume}/Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP
/Custom File Info Panels
{Home Directory}/Library/Application/Adobe/XMP
/Custom File Info Panels
Windows
\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\XMP
\Custom File Info Panels
\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Adobe\XMP
\Custom File Info Panels
regards

Metadata Panel missing in Bridge

I have the latest version of CS4 (11.0.2).
I was working in Adobe Bridge when an error msg. appeared saying that Bridge had a problem and would close. I rebooted, and when I accessed Bridge again, the Metadata Panel was missing. I have "Metadata Panel" checked under the Window menu item, but that doesn't help. I've unchecked and rechecked it, but to no avail.
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I just fixed the problem by resetting the preferences. I found another problem in the forum that was solved in this manner, and I tried it. It worked, but I have no idea why.

IPhoto 6.0.5 Get info regards focal length of picture taken???

When I display a photo and want info on that photo I go to Photos, get info and focal length. A small number 7.19 mm seems to refer to a wide angle view while a larger number 28.81 mm refers to a telephoto view I think. If this is true what is the multipler that gives me the numbers that apply to a non-digital camera. 35 mm and 200 mm make more sense to me than 7.19 or 28.81 mm. If the numbers do not refer to this what do they mean and where can I find the 35, 200, 400mm numbers. Well, stupid me, just plugged some #s into the calculator and it appears that a 4.86 multipler works out to be 35 and 140 mm the G5's focal length. Now another question instead. Can I change in preferences somewhere a setting that will make that calculation and display the 35mm, 140mm numbers instead?

ef1:
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