Makernote Metadata is gone

[Gilles Caulier]

Yes, please!


Le lun. 2 févr. 2026 à 17:18, Andrej Valencic <andrej.valencic at zoho.com> a
écrit :

> Hi Gilles,
>
> I'm using ExifTool as the metadata backend.
>
> Should I take the debug trace as well?
>
> Regards,
> Andrej
>
>
>
> On 02/02/2026 16:26, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>
> Hi Andrej,
>
> Which metadata backend did you use : Exiv2 or ExifTool?
>
> If you use Exiv2, take a look to the debug trace from a console as
> explained here :
>
> https://www.digikam.org/contribute/#freezes-and-other-run-time-issues
>
> Reproduce the dysfunction and look if an Exiv2 error appears. If yes,
> report the problem to Exiv2 project:
>
> https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues
>
> You can try to use Exiftool backend instead, even if internally in digiKam
> we still use Exiv2 metadata containers to work. If the problem is relevant
> to writing in file, ExifTool will probably fix it. If the problem is
> relevant to the Exiv2 containers (aka Exif in this case : makernotes are
> hosted in Exif), well the dysfunction must be fixed in Exiv2.
>
> Best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le lun. 2 févr. 2026 à 15:19, Andrej Valencic <andrej.valencic at zoho.com>
> a écrit :
>
>> I have a new camera - Fujifilm X T30 III - and I found out that after
>> editing and saving pictures all the Makernote metadata are gone.
>> Included is an example of a picture before and after editing/saving.
>> Such things did not occur with my previous camera (Panasonic Lumix TZ100).
>>
>> Is this a feature or a bug? I really don't want to lose those metadata
>> information!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Andrej
>
>
>
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