ExifTool Version History
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Note: The most recent production release is Version 8.90. (Other versions are
considered development releases, and are not uploaded to CPAN.)
June 16, 2012 - Version 8.95
- Added a few new Sony PictureEffect values
- Added a new Olympus lens type (thanks Niels Kristian Bech Jensen)
- Improved decoding of Canon IntelligentContrast
- Improved user-defined lens logic to attempt to choose the best matching
user-defined lens if more than one is possible
June 9, 2012 - Version 8.94
- Added ability to read/write IPTC as a block
- Added a few Nikon LensID's (thanks Mike Pollock and Robert Rottmerhusen)
- Added a new Olympus LensType (thanks Brad Grier)
- Added new values for a few Olympus tags
- Decode more Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost and Igal Milchtaich)
- Decode Canon IntelligentContrast and add a new CanonModelID
- Changed names of Canon Sort/LongFocal tags to Min/MaxFocalLength
May 26, 2012 - Version 8.93
- Added some new Nikon RetouchHistory values
- Added a couple of new Pentax LensType values
- Added some new Olympus MagicFilter and LensType values
- Added a new CanonModelID
- Decode more Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode some MakerNote information in Olympus E-M5 MOV videos
- Decode a couple more Canon tags
- Patched to overcome formatting problems in Samsung NX200 JPEG maker notes
May 12, 2012 - Version 8.92
- Added read support for PCD (Kodak Photo CD Image Pac) files
- Added Geotag support for Winplus Beacon text-format GPS log files
- Added support for Leica X2 MakeNotes
- Added NewGUID tag
- Decode Panasonic ManometerPressure tag (thanks Christoph Mitterer)
- Decode more Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Changed a few Canon-mount Tokina lens model names for consistency
May 5, 2012 - Version 8.91
- Added -progress option
- Added support for XMP fpv namespace
- Added a new Canon EasyMode value and fixed an incorrect one
- Added a couple of new Canon LensTypes
- Decode a number of new tags for the Canon 1DX and 5DmkIII
- Improved the names of a few Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Fixed -sep option to apply to interpolated tag values in a string when
copying
Apr. 28, 2012 - Version 8.90 (production release)
- Added ability to fix double-UTF-encoded embedded XMP
- Added a warning for invalid XMP
- Added a new Minolta/Sony LensType (thanks Matthias)
- Added a new values for some Canon tags
- Decode ColorBalance information for a few more Nikon models
- Ignore trailing whitespace when writing converted values
- Enhanced the -z option to avoid writing the 2424 bytes of padding in XMP
- Improved decoding of some Sony MakerNotes tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Improved "best guess" for fixing corrupted makernote offsets of some Sony
models
Apr. 21, 2012 - Version 8.89
- Added new Nikon and Ricoh LensID's
- Added a new Olympus CameraType
- Added new Canon LensType, EasyMode and CanonModelID values
- Added new Pentax PictureMode and PentaxModelID values
- Added support for IDimager XMP tags
- Added a number of new XMP-crs tags used by LR4
- Decode a few more QuickTime tags
- More improvements decoding Minolta/Sony CameraSettings (thanks Jos Roost)
- Enhanced -ext option to allow files with any extension to be processed
- Increased maximum number of SubIFD's to accommodate some DNG 1.4 images
- Lowered priority of JPEG APP12 PictureInfo tags when reading
- Created mechanism to allow self-referential XMP structures
Apr. 15, 2012 - Version 8.88
- Added a new Canon LensType (thanks Gerald Erdmann)
- Decode a number of new Olympus tags and values
- Decode a few more QuickTime tags
- Many more improvements and additions to Sony decoding (thanks Jos Roost)
- Changed Ricoh InternalSerialNumber to also convert numerical value
- Removed the ability to create IFD1 in TIFF-format images (you shouldn't
really do this anyway)
- Fixed incorrect IFD number in some error messages when writing
Apr. 9, 2012 - Version 8.87
- Added a new PentaxModelID
- Added new values for some Panasonic tags
- Added a couple of new Canon LensTypes
- Decode a few more Sony tags and values (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode more CanonVRD tags
- Decode makernotes from Pentax WG-2 GPS MOV videos
- Changed Panasonic AdvancedSceneMode to a Composite tag
- Fixed problem introduced in 8.70 where excluding groups from deletion didn't
work when copying back tags in the same command
- Fixed problem repairing incorrect makernotes offsets in JPEG images from
Sony SLT and NEX cameras
Apr. 3, 2012 - Version 8.86
- Added a few new values for some Panasonic tags
- Added a new CanonModelID and a new Canon LensType
- Added a new Nikon LensID
- Decode more Sony CameraSettings3 information (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode another Canon 5D tag
- Decode some new CanonVRD DLO tags
- Changed decoding of CanonVRD VRDVersion tag
- Changed formatting of a Pentax LensType for consistency with other lenses
- Patched decoding of Reconyx:DateTimeOriginal to accomodate values written
with an incorrect byte order by some models
Mar. 25, 2012 - Version 8.85 (production release)
- Added a couple more Olympus CameraType values
- Added two new Pentax LensType's and a PentaxModelID
- Decode a number of new Sony CameraSettings3 tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode a few new Pentax K-01 tags
- Decode new custom functions of the Canon 5D Mark III
- Recognize another non-standard APP1 XMP header
- Increased unrolled depth of XMP-mwg-kw:HierarchicalKeywords from 4 to 6
- Extended "-charset exif=CHARSET" to also apply to EXIF UserComment when
stored as ASCII
- Changed name of Olympus MaxApertureAtCurrentFocal to to MaxAperture
- Patched to avoid possibility of unnecessary "references previous directory"
warning when the length of one directory is zero
Mar. 17, 2012 - Version 8.84
- Added a few more SonyModelID's (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a new CanonModelID and a number of new Canon LensType values
- Added a new Minolta/Sony LensType
- Decode CameraTemperature for a number of new Canon PowerShot models
- Decode information from PANA atom of Panasonic DMC-FT20 MP4 videos
- Decode a bit more of the Casio MakerNotes
- Improved Polish translations for EXIF information (thanks Kacper Perschke)
- Changed some warning messages for invalid IFD entries
- Patched to allow writing of Sony MakerNotes containing invalid IFD entries
Mar. 13, 2012 - Version 8.83
- Added a new SonyModelID and a new Nikon LensID (thanks Gregg Lee and Jos
Roost)
- Added Finnish translations (thanks Jens Duttke and Jarkko Mäkineva)
- Fixed the Composite:LensID problem properly this time (with any luck)
Mar. 13, 2012 - Version 8.82
- Added ability to extract information from PostScript-type DFONT files
- Added a new Minolta/Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
- Improved geotagging of orientation information when extrapolating past end
of track
- Changed behaviour while copying information to allow flattened tags to be
specified without the need to use the --struct option
- Removed unnecessary warning when writing PreviewImage to Ricoh DNG file
- Fixed problem introduced in 8.81 which prevented generation of the Composite
LensID for Nikon images when duplicate tags were disabled
- API Changes:
- Added NoFlat option to SetNewValues()
- Changed Struct option to allow copying of both structured and flattened
tags at the same time
Mar. 9, 2012 - Version 8.81
- Added some new Canon, Pentax and Sony/Minolta LensType's
- Added a few new FujiFilm PictureMode values (thanks Kai Lappalainen)
- Added some new FujiFilm FilmMode values
- Added a couple of new CanonModelID values
- Added local timezone message to -v2 geotagging output
- Made all Pentax LensType tags writable
- Improved Composite LensID logic to use Sony LensSpec value if available
- Fixed problem opening files with path names that begin with "&"
Feb. 25, 2012 - Version 8.80
- Added a new Olympus CameraType
- Improved geotagging to tolerate out-of-sequence and missing NMEA sentences
- Increased the maximum XMP tag ID length to 250 characters to allow very deep
user-defined structure hierarchies
Feb. 20, 2012 - Version 8.79
- Avoid deleting the JPEG APP14 Adobe segment when deleting all metadata
- Added ability to read/write/create JPEG APP14 Adobe segment as a block
- Added some new CanonModelID values
- Added another Panasonic WhiteBalance value (thanks PeterK)
- Decode Panasonic ColorTempKelvin tag
- Decode information from Qualcomm APP7 JPEG segment
- Extract PreviewImage for a few more uncommon camera models
- Strengthened MP3 file recognition to avoid mis-identification of some files
- Fixed problems reading "sfnt" resource in some DFONT files
- Fixed problems writing some LensType values for 3rd-party lenses
Feb. 11, 2012 - Version 8.78
- Added basic read support for a few obscure audio formats (LA, OFR, PAC, WV)
- Added a couple more Canon LensType values
- Decode some new Kodak tags in MP4 videos
- Patched timezone problem on MirBSD due to leap-second "feature" of this OS
- Fixed problem converting Adobe XMP LensID's for Pentax lenses
- Fixed runtime warning due to conflict with some Vorbis tag ID's
- Fixed problem which could result in duplicate columns in -csv output when
used with -f and the "#" suffix on a tag name
- API Changes:
Jan. 27, 2012 - Version 8.77 (production release)
- Added some new and updated some existing Sony/Minolta LensType values
- Added two missing Minolta Teleconverter values
- Added a new Canon LensType
- Decode Olympus ArtFilterEffect
- Enhanced -c (CoordFormat) option to allow signed coordinate output
- Changed -sort option to always sort -json and -X outputs by tag name
- Minor change to an Olympus LensType name (thanks Niels Kristian Bech Jensen)
- Fixed problem geotagging orientation information from PTNTHPR sentence
- Fixed decoding of negative Pentax EffectiveLV values
- Fixed typo in an Olympus LensType
Jan. 18, 2012 - Version 8.76
- Added -sort option to sort output by tag name or description
- Added support for FujiFilm RAF version 1.03 images and downgraded RAF
version error to a warning
- Added a number of new Minolta/Sony LensType's
- Added a new CanonModelID
- Decode FocusPosition for Sony A850 and calculate Composite FocusDistance
- Decode IFD found in some Samsung Type1 maker notes
- Patched Olympus test to fix failure on some platforms
- Patched -json output to filter out invalid UTF-8 characters
- API Changes:
- Added Sort2 option and 'Descr' setting for Sort option
- Added secondary sort option to GetFoundTags() and GetTagList()
- Changed name of Sort 'Alpha' setting to 'Tag' (but 'Alpha' still works
for backward compatibility)
Jan. 8, 2012 - Version 8.75 (production release)
- Added -php output option (thanks Marcel)
- Decode another AIFF tag and handle character encoding in AIFF text values
- Recognize PHP files
- Enhanced Geotag feature to write speed/track from NMEA GPRMC sentence, and
orientation information from Honeywell NMEA PTNTHPR sentence
- Changed verbose XMP output to print raw values
- Lowered default priority of "avoided" tags so they don't override other
same-named tags when reading with duplicate tags disabled
- Patched tests to ignore MirBSD leap-second unconformity
- Patched ZIP module to avoid failed tests with Perl 5.6.2 on GNU/Linux 2.6
- Fixed problem reading xref table of some PDF files created by PScript5.dll
- Fixed problem reading RicohSubdir from AVI videos of the GR Digital 4
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