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Title: Metadata Pentax KP / K-1: Electronic Shutter (ES) / Mechanical Shutter (MS)?
Post by: exifacou on April 16, 2020, 09:41:12 AM
Hi everybody,

until now I didn't discover where ES / MS information for a capture is stored within Pentax KP and K-1 metadata.

Any ideas? - Thanks for your replies!
Title: Re: Metadata Pentax KP / K-1: Electronic Shutter (ES) / Mechanical Shutter (MS)?
Post by: Phil Harvey on April 16, 2020, 10:09:16 AM
If you can send one picture of each type, shot in manual mode with all the same settings, I will take a look.  My email is philharvey66 at gmail.com

- Phil
Title: Re: Metadata Pentax KP / K-1: Electronic Shutter (ES) / Mechanical Shutter (MS)?
Post by: exifacou on April 16, 2020, 11:18:15 AM
I sent an email - thanks!
Title: Re: Metadata Pentax KP / K-1: Electronic Shutter (ES) / Mechanical Shutter (MS)?
Post by: Phil Harvey on April 16, 2020, 12:09:46 PM
Hmmm.  I haven't received it. :(
Title: Re: Metadata Pentax KP / K-1: Electronic Shutter (ES) / Mechanical Shutter (MS)?
Post by: Phil Harvey on April 16, 2020, 12:10:45 PM
Ah.  Found it in my junk mail.
Title: Re: Metadata Pentax KP / K-1: Electronic Shutter (ES) / Mechanical Shutter (MS)?
Post by: Phil Harvey on April 16, 2020, 12:17:16 PM
OK.  Try this on a number of files, and if it consistently identifies the electronic shutter I will decode this tag (as ShutterType) in the next release:

exiftool -u -Pentax_0x0087 FILE

For the samples you sent, this had a value of 1 for the electronic shutter, and 0 for the mechanical shutter.

- Phil

Edit:  Hmmm.  This tag has a value of 0 for Pentax Q samples, but the Q doesn't have a mechanical shutter.  I'll have to think about how to decode this if it works out for the KP.
Title: Re: Metadata Pentax KP / K-1: Electronic Shutter (ES) / Mechanical Shutter (MS)?
Post by: exifacou on April 16, 2020, 01:56:13 PM
I checked it for 7 images with changing shutter type ES/MS shot using KP - fits 100%.

Then I was curious if it also holds for the K-1. So I made another 7 shot with changing shutter type ES/MS - also fits 100%.

So I'd say the DNG files from KP and K-1 share the same address for documentation of ES/MS - MS=0, ES = 1.


Below my shot protocol ...
While taking a shot I documented the type in the first column followed by the number of the image.
The last column shows the result of your command "exiftool -u -Pentax_0x0087 FILE" for exactly this image.

KP

ES 6627 - 1
ES 6628 - 1
MS 6629 - 0
ES 6630 - 1
ES 6631 - 1
MS 6632 - 0
MS 6633 - 0

K1

ES 5379 - 1
ES 5380 - 1
MS 5381 - 0
MS 5382 - 0
ES 5383 - 1
ES 5384 - 1
MS 5385 - 0


Title: Re: Metadata Pentax KP / K-1: Electronic Shutter (ES) / Mechanical Shutter (MS)?
Post by: Phil Harvey on April 16, 2020, 05:37:08 PM
Great, thanks!  This new tag will be decoded in ExifTool 11.94.

I'll call the values 0="Normal", and 1="Electronic".  (Because the value is 0 for the Q.)

- Phil
Title: Re: Metadata Pentax KP / K-1: Electronic Shutter (ES) / Mechanical Shutter (MS)?
Post by: exifacou on April 17, 2020, 09:50:30 AM
So for a Q "normal" just means "ES" and for Pentax DSLRs "MS". Since value 1 shouldn't appear for Q images there's no conflict.

I'm really surprised and happy about how fast we checked this issue - we are a great team! ;-)

Thanks for taking the time and updating your stunning Exiftool!
Title: Re: Metadata Pentax KP / K-1: Electronic Shutter (ES) / Mechanical Shutter (MS)?
Post by: Phil Harvey on April 17, 2020, 11:56:07 AM
Yes.  Thanks for your help in decoding this.

- Phil
Title: Re: Metadata Pentax KP / K-1: Electronic Shutter (ES) / Mechanical Shutter (MS)?
Post by: exifacou on April 17, 2020, 03:02:19 PM
Wow - that was fast! - I download the new version - works. Thanks again!