Can't write -Minolta:FlashExposureComp to jpeg files

[rollbahn]

Hi,
I am trying to write to "-Minolta:FlashExposureComp" from my Minolta a-7 film camera data (eg 0.0, +1.0, +2.0) into the scanned JPG images from my Fuji Frontier scanner and nothing is working.

I ended up running the command with -v2 (Rewriting MakerNoteFujiFilm) to see what was going on and I think the issue may be that Fuji has a small MakerNotes section which they use to record the Frame Number and Order Number, which I imagine is used when the scanner is in a photo lab and being used to track orders for customers etc but I don't need at all.

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---- MakerNotes ----
Frame Number                    : 36
Order Number                    : 0


I'm assuming you can only have one lot of MakerNotes per file? Or maybe I just can't write "-Minolta:FlashExposureComp" to a jpeg file?

Thanks for your help
Jason

[StarGeek]

I am trying to write to "-Minolta:FlashExposureComp" from my Minolta a-7 film camera data (eg 0.0, +1.0, +2.0) into the scanned JPG images from my Fuji Frontier scanner

See FAQ #23
    Also note that MakerNotes tags can not be created or deleted individually, so they can only be written if they already exist in a file.

You can't create Minolta:FlashExposureComp if there isn't already a Minolta MakerNotes group in the image.

[rollbahn]

Great thanks StarGeek - I searched forever on Google and couldn't find that answer but that all makes sense. I'll have to use UserComment I guess.

Thanks
Jason