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Photos app not displaying the metadata for CR3 images in Catalina 10.15.3

Photos app not displaying the metadata for CR3 images in Catalina 10.15.3

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 9, 2020 9:29 AM

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Mar 9, 2020 5:57 PM in response to KK_India

Photos 5 does not always display the device camera model and lens model, even if the RAW format for the device is supported. It is particular for certain cameras and lenses and can even happen for JPEG files.


For many of my images taken with a mega zoom camera the lens tag vanishes in Photos, as soon as I edit the image in an external editor, like Luminar, for example. Even videos taken with an iPhone are losing the lens tag.


I am using the work-around to add the lens tag and camera tag again using exiftool and then I reimport the image. Modifying EXIF tags of Originals Using ex… - Apple Community


Photos app not displaying the metadata for CR3 images in Catalina 10.15.3

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