I've just tried this with a new manual lens on my S5ii, and the name I give to it is displayed among the EXIF data (displayed by DxO Photolab in my case).
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S1Rii saves MF lens info in EXIF data
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I've just tried this with a new manual lens on my S5ii, and the name I give to it is displayed among the EXIF data (displayed by DxO Photolab in my case).
It will show up in Windows, just not in Windows Explorer. As I mentioned above, Windows Explorer has a very limited ability to show EXIF data.
But there are fields in Explorer for this.
It neither shows it in the photo display app of Windows 10. Only in Lightroom and here in the forum with the special Exif data forum plugin.
Win 10 photo app.
Lightroom 6
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Interesting. This may be the result of the fields to which the EXIF data are written. Based on my EXIF reader (gThumb), the description of a Panasonic or Sigma autofocus lens is written to two locations: (1) the EXIF Maker Notes in a field labeled Lens Type, and (2) the EXIF Other section in a field labeled Lens Model. On the other hand, with a manual focus or adapted lens the description of the lens is only written to the second location: the Lens Model field in the EXIF Other section. Windows Explorer and Photo Viewer may only be searching for the lens in the Maker Notes section, in which case the software will miss it. It seems that better programs such as Lightroom (or the forum software) will search the entire EXIF stack. This is just speculation on my part; I don't know enough about Windows or EXIF data to provide a definitive answer.
I don't know if that would be permissible. I seem to recall that the Maker Notes section is reserved for data embedded in the lens by the manufacturer. I believe that is why all such entries are blank for "dumb" lenses, and why there is the EXIF Other section, which is unrestricted. If I am correct then Panasonic is doing things by the book, and the problem needs to be fixed by Microsoft.
Windows "10" is not a regular state of the art Widows version. So more obliviously it doesn't show the actual today’s correct EXIF data.
Till "now" (but I don't use the latest new camera models - neither their latest camera's "EXIF" data implementation).
I always go back to an "old" EXIF reader by "Phil Harvey". Old but still the best, by software updates till "today".
By combination with the ExifTool User GUI.
ExifTool by Phil Harvey
A command-line application and Perl library for reading and writing EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, makernotes and other meta information in image, audio and video files. For Windows, MacOS, and Unix systems.
Solved - Combine Exiftool with Exiftool GUI
Solved - Combine Exiftool with Exiftool GUI
exiftool.org
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Be very careful using ExifTool with S1Rii RAW files. The latest production release of ExifTool is 13.25, which can corrupt S1Rii RAW files. There is a pre-production release (13.29) which corrects this, and includes the following note: "Fixed issue where RW2 images from the Panasonic DC-S1RM2 could be corrupted when writing". In short, pay close attention to the version you are using, and don't just use the latest production version.Windows "10" is not a regular state of the art Widows version. So more obliviously it doesn't show the actual today’s correct EXIF data.
Till "now" (but I don't use the latest new camera models - neither their latest camera's "EXIF" data implementation).
I always go back to an "old" EXIF reader by "Phil Harvey". Old but still the best, by software updates till "today".
By combination with the ExifTool User GUI.
ExifTool by Phil Harvey
A command-line application and Perl library for reading and writing EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, makernotes and other meta information in image, audio and video files. For Windows, MacOS, and Unix systems.exiftool.org
Solved - Combine Exiftool with Exiftool GUI
Solved - Combine Exiftool with Exiftool GUIexiftool.org
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ExifTool is a very powerful program, but because it is an EXIF editor it has permission to re-write your files. While I have used it in the past, unless I need to edit the EXIF data for some reason I much prefer to use a simple EXIF viewer for examining EXIF data. Less chance of something going wrong.
