Aperture don't show type of lens

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hassi Author

Level 2

175 points

Aperture don't show type of lens

Mac OS X 10.6.8

Aperture 3.2.4

Preview 5.0.3

Mac OS X 10.8

Preview in 10.8

I have RAWs.

Created with Canon EOS 5D Mark 3 and Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8 / 21 mm.

In Aperture and in Preview there is no Info about type of lens.

There is only info: Unknown (33) 21 mm, see screenhot from Aperture 3.2.4

I have communicate with Zeiss and and Zeiss say that there is a code for Exif in the CPU of distagon that give info of type of lens.

The creator of RAWs has no problem with type of lens.

He use not a Mac and not Aperture.

He use WIN and Lightroom ;-)

My question.

Why is it a problem for Apple to implement correct info about type of lenses ?

Other RAWs with Canon lenses show the right type of lens in Aperture and Preview.

Has someone heart about new Aperture 4 that this bug is solved ?

Jochen

MacBook Pro

Posted on Dec 29, 2012 3:04 AM

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Answer 1

léonie

Level 10

194,755 points

Dec 29, 2012 3:30 AM in response to hassi

Jochen,

this problem occured on and off since the raw update in september last year. So I dare no prediction, if and when this will be fixed. My Canon EOS 5D Mark II shows the correct exif info.

Have a look at this thread: Re: EXIF lens code cannot be recognized

As a work-around, if the lens info is very important to you, you can try to fix it with exiftool, as described in the thread above - you may also have a look at my user tip here:

Modifying EXIF tags of Originals Using exiftool: camera, lens, gps

Regards

Léonie

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Answer 2

hassi Author

Level 2

175 points

Dec 29, 2012 3:45 AM in response to léonie

Hello Léonie

Thanks for very quick answer.

My life isn't dependent of good behavior of applications at the moment. Maybe in future when I ill and in the hospital. I hope that than the used hardware and software works better and I must not wait of an upgrade.

I will check your recommendations.

Jochen

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