Do I need maker notes in a jpeg? Especially as it has been corrupted.
exiftool -all= -tagsfromfile @ -all:all -unsafe -F dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: Bad MakerNotes offset for NoiseReduction - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
1 image files updated
There is still an error when repeated, so
exiftool -a -all= -tagsfromfile @ -all:all -unsafe -F dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: Bad MakerNotes offset for NoiseReduction - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: Bad MakerNotes offset for tag 0x0003 - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: [minor] Bad format (2311) for MakerNotes entry 18 - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: [Minor] Too many warnings -- MakerNotes parsing aborted - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: Error rebuilding maker notes (may be corrupt) - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: Bad MakerNotes offset for tag 0x0005 - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: Bad MakerNotes offset for tag 0x0005 - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: Bad MakerNotes offset for tag 0x0003 - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: Bad MakerNotes offset for tag 0x0004 - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: Bad MakerNotes offset for tag 0x0004 - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: [minor] Bad format (300) for MakerNotes entry 15 - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: Invalid size (3640590336) for MakerNotes tag 0x0000 - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
Warning: [minor] Bad format (1284) for MakerNotes entry 17 - dscf1049_crb5.jpg
1 image files updated
It's looking grim. So adding a -m appears to wipe out the errors as I was expecting.
exiftool -m -a -all= -tagsfromfile @ -all:all -unsafe -F dscf1049_crb5.jpg
So I'm wondering if wiping out maker notes in a jpeg cause any problems? "Social networking" sites seem to zap all metadata so I think I should be OK.
Hi Alan,
You are the best one to answer this question.
Maker notes are important to me because I often want to see what lens and camera settings I used for a picture.
Also, the maker notes may be needed if you plan to use OEM software to make certain image corrections (ie. lens distortion correction).
- Phil