Photoshop not seeing lens model in exif data from A3 export

Interesting observation, I dont know of any way to export the lans make/type etc. I'm certain it cant be done....

Feedback to Apple http://www.apple.com/feedback/aperture.html

A very good pick up, judging from the amount of replies your post has I would guess not many other people noticed either.......

Regards..... Gerry.....

Hi again

Having played with metadata a bit more, it is possible to include EXIF data for the lens size etc.. eg...EF300mm f2.8L IS USM But it doesn't append the manufacturer's name, eg I use Canon, yet 'Canon' is not appended to the Lens data like it is to the camera name..

In the library Inspector click > Metadata > where it says 'General' click the down arrow, then click > Edit > from the window that appears click > EXIF > from the drop down list click > Lens (scroll down a bit)

The lens you used will now be appended to your data.

I have not tried exporting this to Photoshop so maybe you could post back if its possible to export this data to PS or not.

Maybe someone has information on this and can chip in here with advice....

Hope this is helpful....... Gerry....

PS to all reading this, I also noticed while playing around with this ( I have not delved into metadata too much since Ap2) that all my personal details like mobile number, address, email etc are all appended by default, I imagine my address book info has been used here.

A useful feature indeed while selling photo's, or if you intend it to be there..... but not so good if you are not aware it's there in the first place.....!

Just a shared thought to whom it may concern....... Gerry.

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I tried an export to the Desktop and the lens size eg 300 was there but nothing else...

'Lens' was unchecked here.... any one else know how to read the EXIF data after export....??

Any one else got an idea here...?

Gerry......

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i should have said the entire lens info, except, the manufacturers name, was visible in the metadata inspector in the library..after checking 'Lens'...which was unchecked for me by default.

I exported the metadata only to the desktop Export > Metadata

No lens info was there...... Feedback... or I will look more deeply at the Manual when I get in tonight 🙂

Gerry..........

If you Export the Master, all that information is present, and can be read, at least, with Graphic Converter. It seems, but I have not confirmed, that exporting a Version may involve conversions and loss of the manufacturer's name of the lens, etc, but not the settings, such as aperture, shutter, etc.

Do some testing with an exported master. I will need to test a direct capture from memory card to see what Photoshop CS4 can see, versus what is exported from Aperture. However, I can report that even an exported version when opened in Photoshop will display and report the shutter speed, aperture settings, ISO, focal length, flash info, etc, as well as the model and manufacturer of the camera.

Ernie

I haven't used Lens Correction in CS4, and do not yet have CS5 -- is there a difference in functionality? In CS4 it is available in the first RAW window.

You say conversion, but don't you only mean the raw interpretation -- the file is still in raw format until you do a Save -- correct?

I will have to think about this more, but it would seem to me that any lens correction would best be applied before any conversion to Export in Aperture or Save in PS? Since Aperture passes either a Tiff or PSD to Photoshop, if this info is lost in conversion for Export, there may be no way to use in the Edit in PS path -- but I can't answer this from experience.

Ernie

I don't know, yet. It appears with only a quick review, that the conversion of a Version to an exportable file adds additional info (about the conversion) from that in the Master, and this may be crowding out this level of lens detail?

Ernie

I too have never used Lens Correction in CS4 (which I have) never felt the need actually. But it sure seems like you found a good one here......

I would have thought that the Aperture developers would have seen that one coming wouldn't you ?

Especially with the release of CS5 and the number of Aperture users who use PS as an external editor.(myself included)

Like I said earlier... maybe feedback as clearly the ability for CS4/5 to read this info for some is important.

Regards..... Gerry..

I exported an image to CS4 from within Aperture then in CS4 I clicked File > File Info.... and under the RAW data Tab the Focal length is there (300mm) but no Manufacturers info. So the focal length is exported and visible in the RAW Data Tab....as well as the file info..

In CS4 I then did Filter > Distort > Lens Correction After the image opened in Lens Correction, 'Custom' is selected by default.

Above the image I exported to CS4 (Top Left) where It says 'Place Mouse over control for help' When I hover over 'Custom' Top Left of my image It reads "Use settings based on the Lens, Saved settings or Conversion" Yet when I click the drop down arrow, where it says 'Custom'....... "Lens Default" is greyed out for me. So it looks as if I can only do ad hoc adjustments at will....

So I cant use the Lens settings info (300) as I have no option. As I have not used this feature before, I may have missed something...??

Gerry....

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What you found is consistent with my tests.

You wrote:

"I would have thought that the Aperture developers would have seen that one coming wouldn't you ?"

Yes, especially since Adobe and Apple are so close these days 😉

Ernie