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Information Back on xd7

Dec 9, 2018

Tin anyone shed some light on what is a 'Information Back'

Is it purely to print the date/twelvemonth on the exposed frame of pic?

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Howdy,

yes, as far as I recollect that's the main and merely purpose to imprint by light the data to the shot.

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Michael Fritzen wrote:

How-do-you-do,

yeah, as far every bit I think that's the principal and merely purpose to imprint past low-cal the data to the shot.

It seems to add together a lot of extra bulk for a feature that in 2018 is kind of redundant. You agree?

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Barry Duggan Photography wrote:

Information technology seems to add together a lot of actress bulk for a feature that in 2018 is kind of redundant. You agree?

I don't know if information technology's redundant. How else would you embed the date on your motion picture? Just practise you even want the engagement embedded on your film? If so, consider that it can't be set beyond 1997!

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Barry Duggan Photography wrote:

Michael Fritzen wrote:

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yes, as far as I remember that's the primary and only purpose to banner past calorie-free the data to the shot.

Information technology seems to add together a lot of extra bulk for a feature that in 2018 is kind of redundant. You lot hold?

Nigh people didn't need this office in the 70'due south , even less need it now .

It'southward actually intended for scientific purposes where dates or codes needed to be recorded on the negative to identify each shot .

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Barry Duggan Photography wrote:

It seems to add a lot of actress bulk for a feature that in 2018 is kind of redundant. Yous agree?

Well, back in flick times average photographer might have exposed some 10th of rolls of pic, each 24-36 exposures. So from own feel I know that other than those usual shots taken on fixed days like birthdays, holidays and then on, all those who didn't take written note about the images taken (when / where/ what) had a hard time if they wanted to keep track about their photography. For some years I did this my numbering the b/west movie stripes in the holders and some very cursory discription about the shooting. Today's EXIF info, specially when it holds GPS data and IPTC information is added, allows for precise organization besides as for fast and specific search operations.

From my POV, even if the data backs from film times yet piece of work with 2018'south data (which they could not according to syber) , a photographer wanting to go back to shoot analog again would need to return as well to the former methods of keeping track - perhaps with the aid of some new tools like smartphone for GPS tracking, vocalization recording for epitome info, spread sail or data base of operations to proceed the info. I never liked the idea of the imprint in "normal" photography because it got visually too ascendant, destroying the visual impression. I'd compare it to today's too big copyright remarks / logos.

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Barry Duggan Photography wrote:

Can anyone shed some light on what is a 'Data Back'

Is it purely to print the date/year on the exposed frame of film?

Thanks

Things were very different 40 years ago.

Most customers bought them with the intention of taking i shot with the appointment on and then switching it off.

not that it always worked so nosotros used to have requests on how to become rid of that engagement in prints.

Information technology was generally some other gadget that people could purchase.

not long after , some cameras came out with the data back as a standard feature.

At the time that was a selling bespeak...

yes the Quartz bit was the information back.

On this one you could get the appointment or the fourth dimension printed.

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Michael Fritzen wrote:

From my POV, even if the data backs from pic times yet work with 2018's information (which they could not according to syber) , a photographer wanting to go dorsum to shoot analog once more would demand to render as well to the erstwhile methods of keeping track - perhaps with the aid of some new tools like smartphone for GPS tracking, voice recording for epitome info, spread sheet or data base to proceed the info. I never liked the thought of the banner in "normal" photography because it got visually too ascendant, destroying the visual impression. I'd compare it to today's too big copyright remarks / logos.

Sybercitizen is referring to the data back for the XD7 simply having the year up until 1997 , not data backs in full general .

That one works by having three rotating dials aligned in one position with an LED to "flash" it onto the film .

Later camera model were electronic with buttons and an LCD screen ( think 1980's Casio spotter ) , ones such as the Program back Super 70 & 90 for the Minolta 7000AF and 9000AF were very sophisticated .

Non just data imprinting , but you lot could adapt the settings for the Program way of the camera , and too included an intervalometer that too woke up the flash gun to go the capacitor charged ready for the shot in advance .

I'm not sure what the date goes upwardly to from these 1985 models , but would accept run much afterward than the ten years before XD7 back .

Regarding on if it'south possible to have data imprinting still with motion-picture show cameras , of grade it is !

You but need the right kit .

My Minolta Dynax 7 tin imprint the pic up to 31st December 2039 !

You lot don't need a smartphone app to copy stuff down , Minolta already thought of this in 2000 .

The camera was bachelor with the Information Saver DS-100 which attached where the lens goes and transferred the EXIF data to a smart carte du jour which could so be transferred to you PC on a spreadsheet .

Skip forwards another fifteen or and so years and modern software is bachelor in the Meta 35 software ; http://www.meta35.com/

Film however very usable , you merely demand to do your homework to find the correct kit to practise the chore .

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I call back in that location are a few Nikon F models that printed betwixt the frames.

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Barry Duggan Photography wrote:

Can anyone shed some low-cal on what is a 'Data Back'

Is it purely to print the engagement/year on the exposed frame of film?

Thanks

Information technology can practise that, simply it can add some more data. The month has besides equally 1 to 12, A to G. The twelvemonth has as well equally 79 to 99, A to I.