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General => Metadata => Topic started by: rainerg on July 12, 2010, 12:36:43 PM

Title: Repair Maker Notes
Post by: rainerg on July 12, 2010, 12:36:43 PM
Hello!

My Photo Impact 13 crashes a couple of maker-notes.

Original
Lens Type = EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Focal Lenght = 18.0 - 200.0 mm

After work with photo impact:
Lens Type = 5-5.6 IS
Focal Length = 1.0 - 1.0 mm

BUT

shown the photo impact version with EXIF Tool (GUI):
LensType                        : Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
LongFocal                       : 200 mm
ShortFocal                      : 18 mm

Exif tool read the exifs correct, but the exifs still not correct!

When i export exif with Exif Tool gui as MII an error occured:
Warning [minor] Adjusted MakerNotes base by - 17 - [name of file]

How can i repair the MakerNotes?
Title: Re: Repair Maker Notes
Post by: Phil Harvey on July 12, 2010, 01:00:17 PM
This problem is discussed in FAQ number 15 (https://exiftool.org/faq.html#Q15).

Basically, you should be able to fix this with the -F option when writing any EXIF tag.  If you don't want to write anything else, you could just write something like the ExifVersion tag:

exiftool -F -exifversion=0221 FILE

- Phil