Makernote Metadata is gone

[Maik Qualmann]

Okay, this is about writing to a new image from the image editor. You 
shouldn't enable writing with ExifTool for now. There are no problems with 
Exiv2. The cause is probably that ExifTool is ignoring the MakerNotes because 
it's a new image and MakerNotes wouldn't "fit" theoretically. I'll take a look 
at it.

Maik

Am Montag, 2. Februar 2026, 20:05:10 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieben 
Sie:
> 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