Almost everyone knows about Flickr and how you can share pictures of just about anything. But what most Flickr users don't know is that you can find out what type of camera was used to take that picture that you just uploaded of your house and kids.
Most techincal people know about EXIF data that is embedded in JPG files. This data saves the camera settings, type of camera, shutter speed, focal length, etc. It seems that Flicr has a nice app that lets you view this data online.
It should be a very usefull tool when it comes to evaluating that new digital SLR that you are buying for someone this christmas. If you are looking at any picture on Flickr, simply scroll down to the bottom of the right coloumn under "Additional Information". There you should see the type of camera and link to "More properties".
http://www.flickr.com/photo_exif.gne?id=53960905&context=photostream
See photos by a specific camera by using the Camera finder on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/cameras/