Photoshop not seeing lens model in exif data from A3 export

Nice one.....

Ah well... Life's a Learning Curve..... 🙂

Regards..... Gerry..

I did my testing primarily using Graphic Converter -- what I consider the gold standard of image analysis. I could see the lens data including manufacturer with exported masters, but not JPEG exports. If it were there, Graphic Converter would find and show it.

I presume that the same is true with .tif or .psd that are passed to PS because of the reports you have made. I will have to do my own test of those, but expect the same result as with JPEG.

The manufacturer's name is seen with the section of metadata reports that GC refers to under the tab ExifTool, but only on the exported Master.

Ernie

Indeed it does thicken, as well as Ernie's test with GC.....I'll be interested to follow what you both find.

It's getting a bit like a murder mystery... Who killed the EXIF data.. Aperture or PS.... ?

Waiting with interest..... Gerry.....

Magicpony,

I can confirm the same behaviour on my machine (AP 3.0.3, PS CS5 and Bridge CS5).

I shoot a Nikon D80 and the '.nef' file shows correct lens ID (AF-S DX Zoom-NIKKOR 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G) in AP3, PS CS5 and Bridge CS5.

Saving the '.nef' file in PS CS5 as a jpeg does not remove the lens ID.

Exporting the '.nef' file as a '.jpeg' (original size) appears to remove the lens ID (based on the lack of listing in the camera data set in both PS CS5 and Bridge CS5 after export).

I don't think programs are supposed to change EXIF data using normal import, export and save operations.

Not sure what the reasoning is for this removal, but I will send feedback sometime today.

Magicpony wrote:
Well here's one! Just tested a jpg exported from A3. No Lens type info in Graphic Converter or under file info in Photoshop CS4 or CS5. If I open it in either CS4 or CS5 then apply a plugin I have called PTLens the lens type is automatically read and displayed in the PTLens window.

I have not tried PT Lens via the PS plug-in, but I did try opening a jpeg exported from A3 in the PT Lens stand-alone program and the lens type was not identified specifically.

PT Lens saw that it was a Nikon Corporation model lens but the lens field was populated with 'Select Lens' (which I could do as my lens is in the list).

I also noticed a strange thing last night where I had a folder full of images that I had Bridge (CS5) pointed at and was working with them in Bridge and PS.

I then imported that folder of images into A3, and attempted to use the PT Lens plug-in for A3. The PT Lens plug-in did not populate the lens field automatically, so I checked the metadata tab and saw that A3 had not identified the lens type.

When I import directly from the camera card, the lens data is identified by A3.

I am starting to suspect that either Bridge writing XMP data files created a problem for A3 during import, or that something is going on at the OS level when handling the RAW files.

I will send more info to both Apple and ePaperPress (PT Lens) to help identify the issue.

Not huge issues for me, but makes the software (Adobe, Apple and PT Lens) seem less than polished. Although giving PT Lens a partial free pass here is (IMHO) acceptable based on the fact that the lens is still listed in the database file for easy selection (and the author's budget is not bound to be as large as either Adobe's or Apple's).

I may just be expecting too much from software meant to work with the relatively new field of proprietary RAW. 😉

CorkyO wrote:

I may just be expecting too much from software meant to work with the relatively new field of proprietary RAW. 😉

I agree entirely.... For example I was over the moon when this version of Ap3 included the ability to monitor focal points for example.... I do like to check that I have placed the focal point correctly.. And this was the only thing I missed through not using DPP that came with my Canon EOS camera. So I was pleased this was included in Ap3.

But I guess that as consumers we want Aperture to give us all the capabilities possible... now... I guess it's good marketing on Apples behalf.... keep em hungry for a while... then feed them... but a small price increase may be required... 😉

Regards..... Gerry...

May 13th

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/CameraRaw6.1

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lensprofile_creator/

Scroll down to the release notes re Camera Raw 6.1 and lens correction functionality... I wonder if Apple will make any changes re exporting Lens Data...??

Gerry......