Error when showing Focal Length

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Birdman
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Error when showing Focal Length

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Hi there,

I do have a problem with the Exif Tag "Focal Length" for compact cameras like a Pentax A30 or Canon S30 when shown in XnView.
The focal length will always be shown with several digits after the dot, i. e. 38mm is shown as 37,999345mm. For my DSLR (Pentax K100D) it is always displayed correct without any digits after the dot.

It seems as if the field Focal Length in XnView is not just displayed but somehow calculated. I changed the field manually by just writing in "99" but XnView displayes it as "99.000099". All other programs I tried (i. e. Exiftool) display it correctly as "99".

Any suggestions? It is rather anoying since it takes a lot of space in my thumbnail display.
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Re: Error when showing Focal Length

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Birdman wrote:Hi there,

I do have a problem with the Exif Tag "Focal Length" for compact cameras like a Pentax A30 or Canon S30 when shown in XnView.
The focal length will always be shown with several digits after the dot, i. e. 38mm is shown as 37,999345mm. For my DSLR (Pentax K100D) it is always displayed correct without any digits after the dot.

It seems as if the field Focal Length in XnView is not just displayed but somehow calculated. I changed the field manually by just writing in "99" but XnView displayes it as "99.000099". All other programs I tried (i. e. Exiftool) display it correctly as "99".

Any suggestions? It is rather anoying since it takes a lot of space in my thumbnail display.
Birdman
Could you send me a sample?
Pierre.
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Re: Error when showing Focal Length

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xnview wrote:Could you send me a sample?
Sure, but I cannot find your Email-Address. Any other way to send files?
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Re: Error when showing Focal Length

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Birdman wrote:
xnview wrote:Could you send me a sample?
Sure, but I cannot find your Email-Address. Any other way to send files?
webmaster @ xnview.com (remove space)
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Post by Birdman »

Dear Pierre,

the problem still occurs with the new version 1.91.
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Birdman wrote:Dear Pierre,

the problem still occurs with the new version 1.91.
Birdman
Really, with sent pictures, i have no more problem. Could you send me a file with problem?
Pierre.
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Post by Birdman »

Dear Pierre,

email is on its way.
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Birdman wrote:Dear Pierre,

email is on its way.
I've sent a test version
Pierre.
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