Fooling Lightroom into thinking my RW2 file is from a Lumix GX7

[edlousley]

Hi,

I have a LUMIX LX100 and am unable to view/edit its RW2 files. I found a webpage that describes how to rename the files using ExifTool, so that they appear to be from a Lumix GX7, so that Lightroom can read them

http://www.mirrorlessjourney.com/blog/2014/11/panasonic-dmc-lx100-unboxing-and-a-quick-raw-fix

Unfortunately the description is for windows users and I own a mac. Can anyone tell me how to the same process in the mac's Terminal?

Regards,

Ed

[Alan Clifford]

Use single inverted commas rather that quotes on a Mac.  i.e. ' rather than "

I'd recommend doing anything like this on copies of the photos rather than on your only instance.

Maybe Phil could tell you more about what is happening because I'm just responding to the inverted commas bit.

[edlousley]

Hi Alan,

Thanks for the quick response, The problem I am having is with the initial part "At the command prompt, type cd Images\LX100". What do I need to type into the terminal to find/load the images? I understand that in this example the Images\LX100 is the example path to the example images, which I will need to change according to where I have put my images. What do I need to type before this? I will of course be doing this on copies, thank you for the reminder.

Thanks in anticipation.

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Ed,

Actually, that command should work as is (same for Windows and Mac).  The single quotes are only necessary on a Mac if there is a dollar sign ($) in the argument.  You type the command in a Mac Terminal.  You will need to change directories if the files aren't in your home directory.  Alternatively you can drag and drop the folder containing the files onto the Terminal window instead of typing "*.rw2" (and before pressing RETURN), to process all files in the folder.

- Phil

[edlousley]

Thanks Phil,

I'm almost there, I think! Putting the folder containing the images into home directory works, as you knew it would. When I drag and drop the folder into the terminal to replace the "*.rw2" or doing it the other way I get the message "No file specified". Hmmm, any suggestions?

Ed.

[Phil Harvey]

Before pressing RETURN, the command in Terminal should look something like this (maybe you forgot the space before dropping the folder?):

exiftool -model="DMC-GX7" /Users/phil/Desktop/test\ folder

- Phil

[edlousley]

It works. Thank you for taking the time to help me with this, I greatly appreciate your time.

Ed