Hi all
I use Photos for Mac to process all my photos including those from my non-iPhone camera. I have noticed recently that the camera info has been stripped out of exif whenever I export from Photos (I checked the boxes on title and location information) when exporting. I did not have this problem before.
Now you see it...
Now you don't
Any suggestions on what I can try would be useful.
Thanks,
Are you using external photo editing extensions?
I am seeing the same, when I am exporting photos from Photos, that have been edited with Luminar or other external editors. The Camera model is missing from the exif, sometimes even the lens.
I am adding the missing exif back with exiftool, after I exported photos from Photos. (Modifying EXIF tags of Originals Using exiftool: camera, lens, gps)
exiftool has to be used from the Terminal to from scripts or Automator.
To use exiftool I have to export the photos and reimport them.
I would check by exporting the unmodified original and then open the exported photo with Preview. Open the Inspector in Preview and check all exif and IPTC tags. (in Preview: Tools > Show Inspector).
Does Preview show the camera information?
If you have exiftool installed (https://exiftool.org), you can check the exif tags in the Terminal.
You will see a long list of all exif tags. Is there a camera tag or Len tag at all?
Hello CharlieBrownPeanut,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
We understand from your question that when you export a photo from the photos app, some metadata is lost. We can certainly help you with this!
This article will be a good resource for you. It will walk you through the necessary steps to resolve the question.
Export photos, videos and slide shows from Photos on Mac
We hope this is able to resolve your issue. If you have any more questions or this does not resolve your issue, please reach back out on the thread!
Cheers.
Thanks Leonie, I am using default editor with Photos.
However, this problem appears for the whole batch of photos, whether or not they have been edited...
Does ExifTool work with Photos for Mac? I noticed the issue after uploading a few thousand pictures to my iCloud Photo Library...
Hi Leonie
Thanks for the response. Sorry for the late reply. There is a lens tag (in bold) but no camera tag.
ExifTool Version Number : 12.01
Lens : 28.0 mm f/1.7
Serial Number : 5187648
Date Created : 2020:03:07
Time Created : 20:53:04+08:00
Exposure Time : 1/60
F Number : 4.0
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
ISO : 640
File Source : Digital Camera
Custom Rendered : Normal
White Balance : Auto
Digital Zoom Ratio : 1
Focal Length In 35mm Format : 28 mm
Scene Capture Type : Standard
Contrast : Normal
Saturation : Normal
Sharpness : Normal
Lens Info : 28mm f/1.53125
Lens Make : LEICA CAMERA AG
Lens Model : 28.0 mm f/1.7
Lens Serial Number : N/A
Profile CMM Type : Linotronic
Profile Version : 2.1.0
Profile Class : Display Device Profile
Color Space Data : RGB
Profile Connection Space : XYZ
Profile Date Time : 1998:02:09 06:49:00
Profile File Signature : acsp
Primary Platform : Microsoft Corporation
CMM Flags : Not Embedded, Independent
*Truncated output to keep to 5000 char limit
Missing camera info in EXIF when exporting
