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I have LR 2.6 and shoot with a Canon.

LR records my metadata for subject distance in meters (up to infinity). Unfortunately, I think in feet, not meters. Can I change the way in which this piece of metadata is recorded from meters to feet?

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This is a common setting in the menu on P&S cameras. My more sophisticated DSLR cameras (Pentax) is set to metric by default.
 
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Stephanie-

I shoot with a Nikon D7'' and have the same issue. Apparently, as Cletus said, this can't be changed. I also think in feet, but I guess we'll have to adapt. Seems silly with all of the options available in LR and and good DSLR's, but I think we're stuck with this.

Ron
 
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One day the USA will catch up with the rest of the world :icon_lol:

I'm lucky, I was taught in Metric but had an Imperial father so can work on either. I often mix the two when I'm working depending on what is more comfortable at the time.
 
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[quote author=sizzlingbadger link=topic=9344.msg62996#msg62996 date=12685'8291]
One day the USA will catch up with the rest of the world :icon_lol:
[/quote]Some of us already are. My bicycle is metric. My car is metric. My camera is metric. I have a 5'mm lens not a 1.96" lens. When I shop for a filter, I buy a metric one not one in inchjes. In spite of the resistance, most people are using metric units daily. Even my P&S camera that cam measure distance in ft or mtrs, I have set to meters.
I'm lucky, I was taught in Metric but had an Imperial father so can work on either. I often mix the two when I'm working depending on what is more comfortable at the time.
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Just don't apply to be on any Mars Lander missions
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/99'9/3'/mars.metric.'2/
 
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[quote author=samdring link=topic=9344.msg63'22#msg63'22 date=1268566631]
'My Car is metric'

Ah but not completely! The tyres are but the wheels are in inches ::)
[/quote] To carry that further. The hole in my camera to mount a tripod is 1/4"X2' and I own a Manfrotto tripod made in Italy with a 3/8"X 16 thread for the head. Why is that?
 
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[quote author=clee'1l link=topic=9344.msg63'25#msg63'25 date=126857'463]
[quote author=samdring link=topic=9344.msg63'22#msg63'22 date=1268566631]
'My Car is metric'

Ah but not completely! The tyres are but the wheels are in inches ::)
[/quote] To carry that further. The hole in my camera to mount a tripod is 1/4"X2' and I own a Manfrotto tripod made in Italy with a 3/8"X 16 thread for the head. Why is that?
[/quote]

Ah, that's so you don't connect the tripod directly to the camera!!!
 
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I worked as a standards engineer for a number of years, this junk is what I did all day long. I much prefer SI ('metric') units there, at least mass and weight make sense.
 
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[quote author=Mark Sirota link=topic=9344.msg63'76#msg63'76 date=12686866'8]
The EXIF specification requires this value to be encoded in metric. It is described as "The distance to the subject, given in meters."
[/quote]Of course, I should have read the spec. The EXIF is a standard of the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) not some 'Merican organization. Ther was never a question that the units would be SI. I have not looked at the P&S camera that lets me set screen units to ft. or mtrs, but the EXIF will be in meters even if the menu says feet.
 
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I will put my two bits in this thread. My profession is pharmacy. All measurements are in metric. In terms of distance, I still use the English system of measurement. I wonder who we can blame for the origin of this system? When I drive in Canada, I would have to think twice when I see a sign saying Banff 6' kilometers. Doing the conversion is really not that hard, unless you are one of those space cadets who worked on the Mars probe project.

Bob- the slide shooter at heart
 
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I moved from the UK to NZ 5 years ago and it has taken a fair while to get used to KM/hr in the car. I'm used MPG too but L/KM just hurt my head !
 
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[quote author=Brad Snyder link=topic=9344.msg631'8#msg631'8 date=12687569'9]
No more drams, or minims?

[/quote] No more. All the "old school physicians and pharmacists" are either dead or retired. I work in a hospital where everything is ordered via computer therefore all measurements are in metric. The only thing I can think of which has the English system is the plastic bottles to hold liquids. The bottles have both measurements- ml and fluid oz.

Bob- the slide shooter at heart
PS: I have been working as a hospital pharmacist for twenty-four years.
 
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