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Barcodes are often utilized by volume photographers to automate and simplify the post processing workflow. Some examples of use:

• School Photography: each student is registered and receives a unique barcode prior to the shooting. At picture day the barcode is scanned before taking the photo. Afterwards the photo can automatically be matched to the equivalent student.
• Event Photography: photographers carry small cards with unique barcodes. Before taking a picture they scan the barcode and then hand out the card to the clients. The clients can either pick up the pictures directly at the event or online using their individual barcode.
• Product Photography: the EAN/UPC barcode of a product is scanned before taking the picture and thereby stored directly to the EXIF data. Afterwards the pictures can automatically be stored in a database and be assigned to the equivalent product page within an online shop.

Until now, there were basically two choices to assign barcodes to pictures:

• Tethered shooting with a laptop to which a barcode scanner is connected.
• Direct barcode scanning with a serial barcode scanner connected to the Fuji S5.

However, tethered shooting requires a complex and error-prone setup and it is usually quite slow. And on the other hand the Fuji S5 has been discontinued. At PMA 2010 foolography presented the ultimate solution:

Unleashed Barcode Edition

Our newest product, the Unleashed Barcode Edition enables direct barcode scanning for the entire current Nikon DSLR line-up and does so completely wirelessly, using Bluetooth® technology. The Unleashed Barcode Edition enables the photographer to transmit a numeric barcode to the camera, saving it directly to the EXIF data. Read more about it on the product page