Makernote Metadata is gone

[Andrej Valencic]

Hello Maik,

You can find a sample photo here: 
https://send.internxt.com/d/7hgd4SS_QUOOsVSXmikGag/mZwGcLmt

Regards,
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On 02/02/2026 20:05, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> I tested a sample from the web. No problems at the moment. A possible cause is
> a 65535 Exif bytes issue. Please send me a sample via email where the problem
> occurs.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Montag, 2. Februar 2026, 18:22:11 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb
> 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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