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We had just a couple of weeks between acquiring our digital SLR camera before we headed out for the Yukon. As a result some of the camera's earliest images were of the North. Although the camera records a serial count of every image it makes, we have not set up the camera in such a way to see these numbers until long afterwards, when we download the images to our computer. It happens that image 1234 was a particularly good one, made of the Peel watershed - in the Ogilvie Mountains.
For the photographers out there, we have changed our technique a little since that time. We now have a laptop so we no longer have to preserve the camera's memory so carefully. Consequently we always shoot uncompressed raw format with at least12 bits/channel. If we had done so with this image, we would have had a very slightly sharper image, although it takes a print of 18" x 12" to see a difference. We also prefer to set the camera manually to the prevailing light. We don't sharpen the image and always use the low contrast setting - because the 12 bits/channel permits considerable room for post-exposure contrast adjustment.
The camera recorded the following information in the original image file:
File name :DSC_1234.JPG File size :1.5MB (1549341 bytes) Date and time :Sat, 1 Sep, 2001 1:04:52 PM Image size :3008 x 1960 Resolution :72 x 72 dpi Number of bits :8 bits/channel Protection :Off Camera ID :N/A Model name :NIKON D1X Quality mode :NORMAL Metering mode :Multi-pattern Exposure mode :Aperture priority Flash :Off Focal length :98.0 mm Shutter speed :1/400 seconds Aperture :F6.3 Exposure compensation :-0.3 EV Fixed white balance :Auto Lens :24-120 mm F3.5-F5.6 Flash sync mode :N/A Exposure difference :0.0 EV Flexible program :No Sensitivity :ISO125 Sharpening :Low Curve mode :Normal Color mode :Color Tone compensation :N/A Latitude(GPS) :N/A Longitude(GPS) :N/A Altitude(GPS) :N/A