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ExifTool => The "exiftool" Application => Topic started by: joesao on December 09, 2017, 02:38:32 PM

Title: "Not a valid TIFF" on Sony A7R III valid ARW files
Post by: joesao on December 09, 2017, 02:38:32 PM
Hi, thank you so much for the tool.

I was able to run this on a directory with 493 ARW files of the Sony A7R III.

All but 14 files were successfully updated.

On these 14 I'm getting the error "Error: Not a valid TIFF".

However, I know those files are not corrupted because they open fine on Capture 1 Pro.

I'm trying to rewrite the -sonymodelid to ILCE-7RM2 so I can open these files in Lightroom.

Does anyone know how I can get these 14 remaining files updated? Thank you.
Title: Re: "Not a valid TIFF" on Sony A7R III valid ARW files
Post by: Phil Harvey on December 09, 2017, 02:43:15 PM
If you send me one of these, I'll take a look (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

- Phil
Title: Re: "Not a valid TIFF" on Sony A7R III valid ARW files
Post by: Phil Harvey on December 09, 2017, 05:08:10 PM
I got the sample.  The file is corrupt.  It is full of binary zeros.  Likely some sort of disk error.

There is no way that this file can be opened by Capture 1 Pro.

- Phil

Edit:  But the error message is a bit confusing.  I will change this to "Not a valid ARW".