This property refers to the image sensor type on the camera or input device.

[C++Builder]   imagekitcontrolname->FileIO->Exif->SensingMethod[ = short ]
[Delphi]   imagekitcontrolname.FileIO.Exif.SensingMethod[ = Smallint ]

Reference

Value Explanation
1 Not defined
2 One-chip color area sensor
3 Two-chip color area sensor
4 Three-chip color area sensor
5 Color sequential area sensor
7 Trilinear sensor
8 Color sequential linear sensor

Explanation

The SensingMethod property refers to the image sensor type on the camera or input device. The property value can be set or retrieved by executing the FileIO.GetImageFileType or the FileIO.GetImageFileTypeMem methods.

This property value is derived from the image tags related to the picture taking conditions.

Setting this value

This value can be set at runtime.

Retrieving this value

This value can be retrieved at runtime.

[Differences from the ImageKit7 ActiveX]

In the IK7 this was a read only property. It can now be set.

 

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