Pentax Lens Model Data in Aperture
I have finally figured out how to get Aperture to display Lens Model EXIF data for Pentax cameras.
The problem is that Aperture is looking for that date in one specific field, but Pentax stores it in another. The solution is rather like what we did back when Aperture could not import PEF files. Using exiftool, it's possible to copy the the lens model data from the field Pentax puts it in to the field Aperture expects to find it in.
This is a procedure you can use (a) for importing new pictures and (b) modifying selected pictures in your Aperture library.
Assuming you've installed the exiftool library, here are the steps I have used successfully:
1. Have the pictures you want modified in a folder +in your user folder+. For this example, we'll call the new folder "lenschange." These might have been exported from a project or imported from a camera. I have verified this works on PEF and JPGs.
2. Open the terminal and type the following command exactly except put your actual user folder name in place of "YourUserFolderName":
exiftool '-Lenstype>Lens' /Users/YourUserFolderName/lenschange (hit return)
It will take exiftool a while to do this. It will open each file, move the lens model data, and write a new file, renaming the old one with _original at the end of the filename.
3. Import the new files into Aperture wherever your want them.
You should now see the Lens model data in the "Lens Model" field for the EXIF data.
Clunky, yes; but if you really want that data visible in Aperture, this is (for now) how it has to be done.
Message was edited by: Lawson Stone
The problem is that Aperture is looking for that date in one specific field, but Pentax stores it in another. The solution is rather like what we did back when Aperture could not import PEF files. Using exiftool, it's possible to copy the the lens model data from the field Pentax puts it in to the field Aperture expects to find it in.
This is a procedure you can use (a) for importing new pictures and (b) modifying selected pictures in your Aperture library.
Assuming you've installed the exiftool library, here are the steps I have used successfully:
1. Have the pictures you want modified in a folder +in your user folder+. For this example, we'll call the new folder "lenschange." These might have been exported from a project or imported from a camera. I have verified this works on PEF and JPGs.
2. Open the terminal and type the following command exactly except put your actual user folder name in place of "YourUserFolderName":
exiftool '-Lenstype>Lens' /Users/YourUserFolderName/lenschange (hit return)
It will take exiftool a while to do this. It will open each file, move the lens model data, and write a new file, renaming the old one with _original at the end of the filename.
3. Import the new files into Aperture wherever your want them.
You should now see the Lens model data in the "Lens Model" field for the EXIF data.
Clunky, yes; but if you really want that data visible in Aperture, this is (for now) how it has to be done.
Message was edited by: Lawson Stone
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