'Focus Distance 2' in the ARW file

[cmkf]

Hi Phil,

I can use exiftool (-k, version 12.13) to get the "Focus Distance 2' value in the Sony A9 RAW file (*.ARW), but I can not find it shows in ExifToolGui tool. How can i do to show this one?

Thanks!
David

[Phil Harvey]

Hi David,

Are you running the same version of ExifTool from the GUI?

- Phil

[cmkf]

Hi Phil,

Yes, I put he exiftool.exe (version 12.13) with the same folder of ExifToolGui (version 5.16) tool.

Thanks!
David

[Phil Harvey]

I'm not convinced.  When you view the EXIF with ExifToolGUI, does it show ExifTool Version is 12.13?  And it shows some MakerNote tags, but not the same as from the command line?  I don't have any idea how this could happen, but I'm no expert on the GUI.

- Phil

[cmkf]

Hi Phil,

I found the "Focus Distance 2' lists under the 'Composite', not under the 'Makernotes'.

Thanks,
David

[Phil Harvey]

Hi David,

This makes sense.  I was incorrectly assuming this was a MakerNote tag.

- Phil

[cmkf]

Hi Phil,

Do you mean that ExifToolGui does not support 'Composite' and can not shows 'Focus Distance 2'?

Thanks,
David

[cmkf]

Hi Phil,

Finally, I got the answer from ExifToolGui's manual.

"
Show Composite tags in view ALL
Composite tags aren't "real" tags (their values are calculated from various existing tags), so they are shown optionally.
"


Thanks,
David