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ExifTool => The "exiftool" Application => Topic started by: mn on February 15, 2012, 11:14:46 AM

Title: Writing new tags to Panasonic files
Post by: mn on February 15, 2012, 11:14:46 AM
Hello,

I noticed that I cannot add tags to Panasonic RAW files. For example, when I remove all exif data from RAW and then I try to add some random tags, exiftool doesn't write anything. Is this a limitation of exiftool?


$ exiftool -P "-IFD0:ModifyDate=2009:02:15 15:25:21" -IFD0:HostComputer=hrusticka -n -X -v Panasonic.RAW
======== Panasonic.RAW
Rewriting Panasonic.RAW...
  Editing tags in: IFD0 TIFF
  FileType = RAW
  MIMEType = image/x-raw
  ExifByteOrder = II
  Rewriting IFD0
  Rewriting ExifIFD
  Copying 1 image data blocks
Nothing changed in Panasonic-FZ8.RAW
    0 image files updated
    1 image files unchanged

Title: Re: Writing new tags to Panasonic files
Post by: Phil Harvey on February 15, 2012, 09:07:58 PM
First, I wouldn't recommend deleting all EXIF from any RAW image because many manufacturers store important white balance information in this section.

But to answer your question, only certain tags may be written into IFD0 of Panasonic RAW images.  See the Panasonic Raw tags documentation (https://exiftool.org/TagNames/PanasonicRaw.html) for details.

- Phil