Batch edit the camera model for a folder

[happygun]

Hi all,

not too hot with command line utilities. How do i batch edit the camera model for all nef files in a folder?

[Phil Harvey]

exiftool -model="some model name" -ext nef FOLDER_NAME

- Phil

[happygun]

Many thanks Phil. Can now open d7100 nef files in lightroom!

[happygun]

One more question Phil.

Once i have edited the camera model, Lightroom can then import these files. AT some point in the future when lightroom can read d7100 files, can i point exiftool to a directory (including subfolders) and change metadata for all files where camera model = 'Nikon D5200', from 'Nikon D5200' to 'Nikon D7100'

[Phil Harvey]

Yes:   exiftool -if "$model eq 'Nikon D5200'" -model="Nikon D7100" -r DIR

(the quoting above is for Windows, swap the single and double quotes if you are on Mac or Linux)

Or, if you still have the "_original" backups, and want to simply restore all of them:

exiftool -restore_original -r DIR

- Phil

[happygun]

Hi Phil,

what switch in that command tells exiftool which directory to look in, or do i replace DIR with the directory?

[StarGeek]

what switch in that command tells exiftool which directory to look in, or do i replace DIR with the directory?

Replace DIR with the directory.  The -r switch tells it to recurse into subdirectories.

[happygun]

CHeer, i thought that was the case but command line switches occasionally mystify me....