Photo Properties Info

[M&M'sMom]

I am using PI8 (10 is still in the box and never opened-too busy to upgrade) Anyway, I recently opened up a brand new picture and wanted to know the camera stat's. When I selected "view", "Photo Properties", "File info", "JPEG tab" or ws there also a camera tab", I could no longer find ANY of my camera information. I first thought I did something in the camera to not "capture" the information so I opened up an older picture (something from last year that had previously displayed the info) and it too was NOT there. Does anyone know what I may have done, or where the info is ?

Thanks,
M&M'sMom

[sjj1805]

There's a few previous posts on this. Do a search on the word EXIF

[Ron P.]

Don't know what if anything you may have done, but PI sent the EXIF into the ozone. I think the spaceshuttle might be able to retrieve it for a small (million dollar) donation..

[M&M'sMom]

Well, since I live in FL and I don't think the shuttle went up tonight, maybe I still have a chance for putting in a request. I haven't found anything yet, but I'm still searching.

[Ron P.]

Sorry too late , it did launch, just saw it on the news..

Do you have any other image editing applications, like Irfanview? Try opening a photo in one of them and checking for the EXIF data. If another program does not display it then, PI stripped it, and it is gone. I have several photos that I lost the EXIF, the same way. If I need to keep that info I use PE, it does not strip the EXIF data.

[M&M'sMom]

The thing is, I have Photoshop, but PI is my program of choice. I've invested too many hours in to it, and there isn't anything I can't do. The image I reviewed was brand new, out of the box, so to speak. I took it today and I just copied it to my regular photo storage spot to check on the camera info, which I found yesterday was missing from an older photo so I assumed I did something to that info. But, now that you mention it and I have been looking all over, I do recall upgrading my Internet Explorer in the last week. I had not had a reason to look for the camera info before the change, so maybe that had an effect....I just want it back !

[sjj1805]

Try System Restore to before you upgraded Internet Explorer.
You can always reverse the system restore back to your current position.

[M&M'sMom]

Well, that was it. IE was the problem. I restored to before I upgraded and my camera info is ALL there!

Thank you, if it weren't for your help I wouldn't have thought that would have had an effect on PI.

I didn't like that version of IE anyway !!!

[sjj1805]

Could you tell us what the version of IE was in case we get any more similar posts. Thank you.

[Ron P.]

If it's the latest (and by no means the greatest) version IE-7, I also have that version installed. However I have checked several of my images and don't seem to have the EXIF being stripped away.

I wonder if when she works on an image in PI, that she's using the procedure to duplicate the image, and work on it (CTL +D) instead of the original. If so PI strips the EXIF from the duplicated image.