Makernote Metadata is gone

[Andrej Valencic]

Thank you Maik,
I'll try it as soon as possible.

On 08/02/2026 20:45, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> Hi Andrej,
>
> Maker notes are now retained when saving a new image if ExifTool is used to
> write metadata.
>
> The pre-release of digiKam-9.0.0 with this change will be available here soon
> (1-2 days): https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>
> 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
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