Flickr lens:type machine tag

I’m in the process of giving all my photos a “lens:type” machine tag on Flickr. This will indicate which lens I used to make the photo. Check it out:

It’s all done automagically by a Python script I wrote. It analyses things like the date at which the photo was taken, focal length and aperture size to determine which lens I used. It’s a very boring and repetitive task and I’m glad I could delegate it to a computer.

If you’re interested in the script let me know and I’ll send you a copy. Since the analysing logic of the program will need adjustment to your set of lenses, it requires at least some Python knowledge. This is also the reason why I didn’t put the program online - in its current form it’s not useful for anyone else.

The script uses the Flickr API to interface with Flickr.

dr. Sybren A. Stüvel
dr. Sybren A. Stüvel
Open Source software developer, photographer, drummer, and electronics tinkerer

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