Changing Camera Model in Metadata

[2WK]

How do I edit this type of metadata? Can it be done in Lightroom, Aperture, Capture One or Photoshop?

Thank you!
Mike

 

[icebear]

How do I edit this type of metadata? Can it be done in Lightroom, Aperture, Capture One or Photoshop?

Thank you!
Mike

I have no clue how to but why would you want to to change information that can obviously not be incorrect - just to fool some else?

 

[2WK]

Lets just say I have to change some of these fields, including time of capture etc.

 

[dct]

Exiftool is the solution to play around with image metadata on a professional way. Also for time shift purposes (e.g. to correct wrong camera settings during the foto session)

 

[2WK]

Hmm thanks for that but the command line software is a bit heavy for me.

 

[pdh]

if you're a Windoze user there is a GUI for exiftool http://u88.n24.queensu.ca/~bogdan/ - it's not perfect but it does work

 

[russelljtdyer]

exiftool

exiftool

Icebear asked why one would want to change the metadata. I do it with image files that were made when I get film developed. They don't come with the make and model of the camera and lens. At a minimum, I set those fields and the type of film and ASA/ISO. If I recorded on paper the exposure settings, I add that information too.

I use the command-line Exiftool. It's not too difficult. If you want to see the settings for an image file, you would enter something like this:

exiftool IMG_0062.JPG

That will return a long list of fields for the image file called, IMG_0062.JPG. You would enter the name of your image file, of course. On Macintosh systems at least, you can narrow the results by using an additional utility called, grep. You would enter something like this from the command-line to show only results with word 'Lens':

exiftool IMG_0062.JPG | grep Lens

To set a value in a field, you would enter generally the field name shown in the results from running the first line shown above, without spaces and prefaced with a hyphen, followed by an equal sign and the new value in quotes. For instance, to set the 'Lens Model', you would enter something like so:

exiftool -LensModel="Zeiss 35mm f/2.0 T* ZM Biogon" IMG_0062.JPG

Below shows the results of that line:

exiftool IMG_0062.JPG | grep 'Lens Model'
Lens Model:  Zeiss 35mm f/2.0 T* ZM Biogon

 

[thomasw_]

Yes, exiftool is by far the quickest and slickest handy dandy tool for any film negatives that I scan; I dislike the metadata showing my camera/lens/film/developer information incorrectly, and it is very easy to fix with exiftool in a terminal, just change the values to suit your information as in this example--->

exiftool -make="Leica" -model="Leica M4" -FocalLength=35 -MaxApertureValue=1.4 -Lens="Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4" -keywords="Leica M4" -keywords="Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4" -keywords="Tri-X 400" -keywords="Wine Tastings -- Naramata/Penticton" -DateTimeOriginal="2012:08:12 13:30" -CreateDate="2012:08:12 15:30" -title="Grape-escapes! -> August 2012" -subject="Wine Tasting" *.jpg

then use

rm -r *.jpg_original

to clean up the folder.

hope this helps.

thomas

 

[sevres_babylone]

I have no clue how to but why would you want to to change information that can obviously not be incorrect - just to fool some else?

Thanks for the question posted, and for the answers. With respect to my reason for wanting to change the information, it would be to indicate the actual lens used; with my M9, I use lens settings for various Leica lenses for my CV, Jupiter, Canon and Zeiss lenses. Also, sometimes I just forget to switch the setting when I change lenses.

 

[icebear]

Icebear asked why one would want to change the metadata....

Hi there, the original poster explicitly asked to change the camera model, that why I didn't see a reason for that particular field to be changed in the first place. Sure if you entered manually some wrong data (lens type) and would like to correct that then all the input on "how to" is very useful.

 

[2WK]

Camera type, lens type. I just want the ability to change all of that jazz. Especially when the camera type is displayed as Epson Perfection V500 Photo. I guess exiftool is something I will try to figure out, being that I can not find any OSX Gui for it.

 

[citizen99]

Thanks for starting this useful thread, and for the helpful replies. Glad to know l can use this to add film camera/exposure/film data to processors' digital scans 🙂.
For any Luddites 😉 who, like myself, prefer to use Debian Oldstable (Lenny) whenever not needing later libraries, the Stable package libimage-exiftool-perl_8.15-1_all.deb works nicely (you most probably have the perl dependency already installed).

 

[MartinP]

I wouldn't publish a photo taken at home with any GPS data viewable, unless you want visitors.

Hmmmmm . . . . what was the precise latitude and longitude of that big shiney white location in Washington DC again???
😉

(PS. Dear D.H.S, I'm only joking, honest).

 

[anthony_semone]

Thanks for the EXIF tool info and the walk through of the command lines: Aperture does not recognize either my G2 or its lens. 🙁

 

[MartinP]

Absolutely! And there was even an app in Facebook that gave ones location. Burglars can be very happy about these things . . .

 

[nighstar]

you don't need any software at all if you're using Windows. simply right click on an image file, click Properties, select the Details (? i'm translating out of Japanese) tab, scroll down to the Camera Maker & Camera Model fields and change them. easy as pie.

 

[nighstar]

I tried that with win, and it does show date and time. In the second tab it allows for the author field, etc. Will Win show all of the additional fields added with the new cameras? My copy (non vista or 7) doesn't show them. All are visible in Bridge.

as in GPS info? i'm afraid not. i use Lightroom/Photoshop to change something like that, but neither Lightroom nor Photoshop allow me to change the camera maker/model, so for that I simply use Windows.

 

[2WK]

I did more poking around and found Reveal for Mac.

I am able to edit most things with this and it is a GUI.