SAMSUNG WB850F with Schneider KREUZNACH lens - Unrecognized MakerNotes

[ycl]

re: SAMSUNG WB850F with Schneider KREUZNACH VARIOPLAN 4.1-86.1mm 1:2.8-5.9 23mm ZOOM lens - Unrecognized MakerNotes
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/EC-WB850FBPBUS

1. System type: OpenBSD 5.8 amd64

2. ExifTool version: 10.05

3. Command: exiftool '-FileName<CreateDate' -d %Y_%m_%d__%H_%M_%S%%-c-SAMSUNG_WB850F.%%e .

4. Console output:
$ exiftool '-FileName<CreateDate' -d %Y_%m_%d__%H_%M_%S%%-c-SAMSUNG_WB850F.%%e .
Warning: [minor] Unrecognized MakerNotes - ./2015_10_22__12_10_26-SAMSUNG_WB850F.jpg
    1 directories scanned
    0 image files updated
    1 image files unchanged

GPS Power: off


$ exiftool 2015_10_22__12_10_26-SAMSUNG_WB850F.jpg

ExifTool Version Number         : 10.05
[...]
Exif Byte Order                 : Big-endian (Motorola, MM)
Make                                   : SAMSUNG
Camera Model Name     : SAMSUNG WB850F/WB855F
[...]
ISO                             : 100
Exif Version                    : 0221
[...]

exiv2  (http://www.exiv2.org/) gives errors like the following...
Error: Directory Samsung2: Next pointer is out of bounds; ignored.
Warning: Directory Samsung2, entry 0x0000 has unknown Exif (TIFF) type 0; setting type size 1.
Error: Offset of directory Samsung2, entry 0x0000 is out of bounds: Offset = 0x09520000; truncating the entry

I run a script to name photographs and sort them into directories.
exiftool '-FileName<CreateDate' -d %Y_%m_%d__%H_%M_%S%%-c-SAMSUNG_WB850F.%%e .
exiftool '-Directory<DateTimeOriginal' -d %Y_%m_%d .

I'd like to see if I could have exiftool automatically insert the camera make and model, omitting the /WB855F designation, if possible (with underscores in place of spaces) so I could have photographs from different cameras in the same directory and have everything named correctly.  I'm going over https://exiftool.org/faq.html#Q15 (re: MakerNote warnings or errors)

Thank you for all your efforts on ExifTool!

Sincerely,
Daniel Villarreal

P.S. This is a great camera, it's fast, it's compact, it's light, and I like how it takes panorama photos.. I had to take it in to get repaired (it would lag initially when changing settings, eventually the camera would not change settings at all.)  I see no way to confirm the firmware version, and I'm reticent to attempt any updates when it appears to be functioning well.

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Daniel,

FAQ number 15 deals with MakerNote errors.  Add -m to the command to enable writing a file with these errors.

- Phil

Edit:  I realized that the makernote problem shouldn't prevent writing the file because you are just setting the file name.  I tried your command with a sample WB850F file I have here and this works for me:

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> exiftool '-FileName<CreateDate' -d %Y_%m_%d__%H_%M_%S%%-c-SAMSUNG_WB850F.%%e -v a.jpg
======== a.jpg
Setting new values from a.jpg
Warning: [minor] Unrecognized MakerNotes - a.jpg
Warning: Error rebuilding maker notes (may be corrupt) - a.jpg
Warning: [minor] Error reading PreviewImage from file - a.jpg
'a.jpg' --> '2012_06_20__06_17_20-SAMSUNG_WB850F.jpg'

Also, I didn't address your question about automatic formatting.  For this the advanced formatting feature could be used, with a command something like this:

exiftool "-filename<${createdate}-${model;s(/.*)();tr/ /_/}-$-c.%e" -d %Y_%m_%d__%H_%M_%S DIR

[ycl]

Hi Phil,
Thanks for the quick response, your help is greatly appreciated! I'm hoping to add the lens designation to the file name. This would perhaps be unnecessary if any and/or all variants of this model had only this lens.

After modifying my script...

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exiftool -m '-filename<${createdate}-${make;s(/.*)();tr/ /_/}-${model;s(/.*)();tr/ /_/}$-c.%e' -d %Y_%m_%d__%H_%M_%S .

I got filenames like this...

2005_04_28__14_45_13-Hewlett-Packard-Photosmart_M407.jpg
2012_09_16__15_18_43-Sony_Ericsson-U8a.jpg
2013_03_15__11_12_48-SAMSUNG-SAMSUNG_WB850F.jpg

I'd like to make the naming be more like the following...

2005_04_28__14_45_13-HP_Photosmart_M407.jpg
2012_09_16__15_18_43-Sony_Ericsson_Vivaz_pro_U8a.jpg
2013_03_15__11_12_48-SAMSUNG_WB850F_Schneider_KREUZNACH_lens.jpg

I did try the ExZenToo tool, by K.J. Jeitler (kjoe), on the latest CentOS GNU/Linux (http://www.exiftool.org/index.html#links), and I think that
helps a lot, by allowing one to experiment and see what the ExifTool commands look like. I'll post to that page shortly.

Thanks again!
Daniel Villarreal

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Daniel,

You can do any arbitrary reformatting you want with the advanced formatting feature, but if it gets very complex it may make sense to create a user-defined composite tag to do this.  Search for "userdefined mymodel" in this forum for various examples of people who have done this.

- Phil

[ycl]

Thank you very much, Phil! Lots of great information.
Sincerely,
Daniel Villarreal

[ycl]

re:
My goal is to have make and model designated for pictures taken by cameras manufactured by different companies.

I've reworked the script to this...

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#!/bin/bash
exiftool -m -if '$model eq "SAMSUNG WB850F/WB855F"' '-filename<${createdate}-${model;s(/.*)();tr/ /_/}$-c.%e' -d %Y_%m_%d__%H_%M_%S -P .
exiftool -m -if '$model !eq "SAMSUNG WB850F/WB855F"' '-filename<${createdate}-${make;s(/.*)();tr/ /_/}-${model;s(/.*)();tr/ /_/}$-c.%e' -d %Y_%m_%d__%H_%M_%S -P .


I used -P to keep the original timestamps.

Before I was getting something like ...
2013_03_15__11_12_48-SAMSUNG-SAMSUNG_WB850F.jpg

Now I get this...
2013_03_15__11_12_48-SAMSUNG_WB850F.jpg

Just wanted to share,
Thanks!
Daniel Villarreal

[ycl]

I decided to add a line similar to the following in my script for each camera model represented in my picture collection.

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exiftool -m -fast1 -if '$model eq "SAMSUNG WB850F/WB855F"' '-filename<${createdate}-${model;s(/.*)();tr/ /_/}%-c.%e' -d %Y_%m_%d__%H_%M_%S -P .


see http://www.exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html


and to do this recursively, I would do  this

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exiftool -r -fast1 -m -if '$model eq "SAMSUNG WB850F/WB855F"' '-filename<${createdate}-${model;s(/.*)();tr/ /_/}%-c.%e' -d %Y_%m_%d__%H_%M_%S -P .


And you can also rename like this...

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exiftool -r -fast1 -m -if '$model eq "Silicon File"' '-filename<${createdate}-Sprint_Silicon_File%-c.%e' -d %Y_%m_%d__%H_%M_%S -P .


I'm also wanting to save space, so I found a post of Phil's for removing embedded thumbnail pictures and associated tags from jpg files only.
see https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php/topic,2468.msg10891.html#msg10891