Lightroom metadata puzzle.

[Bob Pringle]

I have a Sony Rx 100 Mark 3 compact camera. 1 inch sensor. 24 -70mm zoom Lens. While looking at metadata in Lightroom Library it shows the lens as 24-70mmn but then it shows focal lengths as sometimes 8.8mm or 12.06mm. How can the focal lengths be smaller than the lens allows? Is it relating to the crop factor of the lens? Even allowing for that the maths does not add up. Am I missing something?

 

[AlphaWorld]

Check the name of the EXIF data element you are looking at - there is one element which records the ACTUAL focal length, and another which records the "35mm equivalent" focal length. If you are sometimes looking at one, and sometimes looking at the other, it's easy to get confused.

 

[Bob Pringle]

Check the name of the EXIF data element you are looking at - there is one element which records the ACTUAL focal length, and another which records the "35mm equivalent" focal length. If you are sometimes looking at one, and sometimes looking at the other, it's easy to get confused.

Thanks for speedy reply. I changed the drop down menu from "default" to Exif and now it shows "Focal Length" 12.06. And it also shows "Focal Length 35mm" 33mm. It does not make any sense.