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Feature #814

Add support for Leica Makernotes (was: include proper exif data for Leica M9)

Added by Eildert Groeneveld over 9 years ago. Updated about 6 years ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
makernote
Target version:
Start date:
27 Feb 2012
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:

Description

Apparently, Leica does not use the LensName tag but instead:

exiftool L9997545.DNG|grep -i lens

Lens Type : Summicron-M 35mm f/2 (IV)
Lens ID : Summicron-M 35mm f/2 (IV)

Further, the actual aperture is also empty, however, this does not come
as a surprise, as on the Leica M9 this is only an estimated value,
because of which Leica chose not write this to EXIF but rather store it in
the maker notes.


Files

L9997320.JPG (2.95 MB) L9997320.JPG Sample Leica M9 image from Eildert Groeneveld Andreas Huggel, 27 Feb 2012 23:37

History

#2

Updated by Andreas Huggel over 9 years ago

  • Subject changed from include proper exif data for Leica M9 to Add support for Leica Makernotes (was: include proper exif data for Leica M9)

Exiv2 doesn't recognize this Makernote format. So this is a request to support the Leica Makernote.

#3

Updated by Robin Mills about 6 years ago

  • Target version set to 53
#4

Updated by Alan Pater about 6 years ago

  • Category changed from exif to makernote
  • Target version changed from 53 to 0.26

Confirmed with exiv2 0.25. No Leica makernotes are recognized.

#5

Updated by Robin Mills about 6 years ago

  • Target version changed from 0.26 to 1.0

Target changes to version 1.0. Support a new type of Makernote is a considerable undertaking can't be undertaken for v0.26.

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