Hi, all. First, exiftool is awesome. Thanks!
I believe I've discovered a bug (I'm using exiftool version 10.13). In particular, I'm unable to set MakerNotes:MinFocalLength on .JPG from a Sony a6000.
$ exiftool -v -MakerNotes:MinFocalLength="50 mm" pic8.jpg
Warning: syntax error at (eval 45) line 1, in Sony:MinFocalLength (PrintConvInv) <----------------------
======== pic8.jpg
Rewriting pic8.jpg...
Editing tags in: APP0 APP1 CIFF ExifIFD IFD0 JFIF MakerNotes
JPEG APP1 (41052 bytes):
Rewriting IFD0
ExifByteOrder = II
Rewriting ExifIFD
Rewriting MakerNoteSony
Rewriting ShotInfo
Rewriting Tag9400c
Rewriting Tag9402
Rewriting Tag9403
Rewriting Tag9404b
Rewriting Tag9405b
Rewriting Tag9406
Rewriting Tag940c
Rewriting Tag940e
Rewriting Tag2010g
Rewriting Tag9050
Rewriting InteropIFD
Rewriting IFD1
JPEG APP1 (2819 bytes):
JPEG APP2 (478 bytes):
JPEG DQT (130 bytes):
JPEG DHT (416 bytes):
JPEG SOF0:
JPEG SOS
Nothing changed in pic8.jpg
0 image files updated <--------------------------
1 image files unchanged
As far as I can tell, it looks like a typo in Sony.pm. Don't we need to transform Sony.pm as follows. . .
$ diff /usr/local/bin/lib/Image/ExifTool/Sony.pm-orig /usr/local/bin/lib/Image/ExifTool/Sony.pm
6111c6111
< PrintConvInv => '$val =~ / ?mm//; $val',
---
> PrintConvInv => '$val =~ s/ ?mm//; $val',
In fact, this file has a total of 12 places where I think this transformation needs to be made. With this change, it works for me. But I'll admit that Perl mostly mystifies me.
Again, thanks for exiftool!
E
Nice catch!!
Thanks! Yes, this was a bug that was propagated through cut-and-paste.
This will be fixed in the next version of ExifTool.
- Phil