Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> explained:
> There is none AFAICT.
>
> In EXIF spec, the shutter speed is written as a division of two integer.
> It is easier to just display the values than to interpret them 1/1
> obviously should be written 1.
So it's the camera, not eye-of-gnome, that's the source of the
strangeness -- that much makes sense. The strangeness itself,
"1 sec." on some frames and "1/1 sec." on others on the same
menory card from the same evening, is just ... a randomly odd
quirk of the camera's firmware, huh?
There are times I wish I could sneak a look at the source code
to firmware. This is one of those times. (I'd also like to
see the source code for a fuel-injection computer someday.)
I do notice that on the frames I've checked, "1" goes with
"0.00 EV" and "1/1" goes with any other EV reported under
shutter speed. Meaningful clue, or still just random quirkiness?
It still means the shutter was open for a thousand milliseconds
either way, just as it would in math class, right?
I'm guessing (I wonder if I can find out for sure online) that
one second is the longest shutter speed this camera will do.
I'll try firing it in a dark room later and see what shutter
speed it reports for that. (Of course, even more than I want
to learn all the details and tricks of this camera, I really
want a better one. I keep wanting it to do things that I take
for granted in my film cameras (like, oh, being able to choose
the moment to shoot instead of having the shutter open some
random amount of time after I press the button, or pick what
part of the scene to meter on, or shoot at a sensitivity
greater than 100 ISO). But I shouldn't complain too loudly,
as it's a hand-me-down from a friend who upgraded, and without
this gift my only option for shooting digital would be my
cell phone.)
-- Glenn
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