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RiceHigh · 01-13-2009, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by madbrain

The programs that do do understand the rotation flag are :

Pentax Photo Browser & Photo Lab (of course)
Canon Zoom Browser
The Gimp

Since you have the Canon Zoom Browser, why not rotate them all in a batch simply by selecting all and then "rotate pictures according to the rotating information"? That's it. (The Pentax software do not have this function, not even to mention about batch processing - they do it in a lossy way, but not lossless and require manual operation, but not reading the tag!)

AFAIK, all DSLRs record only the rotation info tag but not actually rotate the image in-camera. So, it is normal and not a specific K200D or Pentax issue.

Btw, the K200D does not have the rotation detection sensor, does it? You have to manually rotate your pics anyway, at least for one time at the camera. And, there is no way to modify the tag except at the camera, the Pentax software cannot do that. Would anyone please correct me if I am wrong just in case the K200D has a rotation sensor.

01-13-2009, 06:48 PM	#10
RiceHigh Pentaxian Location: Hong Kong Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 1,934	Normal for DSLRs (all, maybe) Originally Posted by madbrain The programs that do do understand the rotation flag are : Pentax Photo Browser & Photo Lab (of course) Canon Zoom Browser The Gimp Since you have the Canon Zoom Browser, why not rotate them all in a batch simply by selecting all and then "rotate pictures according to the rotating information"? That's it. (The Pentax software do not have this function, not even to mention about batch processing - they do it in a lossy way, but not lossless and require manual operation, but not reading the tag!) AFAIK, all DSLRs record only the rotation info tag but not actually rotate the image in-camera. So, it is normal and not a specific K200D or Pentax issue. Btw, the K200D does not have the rotation detection sensor, does it? You have to manually rotate your pics anyway, at least for one time at the camera. And, there is no way to modify the tag except at the camera, the Pentax software cannot do that. Would anyone please correct me if I am wrong just in case the K200D has a rotation sensor.