Walkthrough to adding Lens IDs in Lightroom

Brian,

It works.. thanks a lot :)

Thomas

HowieS wrote: Do you have to run this batch file again every time you add new pics?

Yes. However, one can set-up a workflow to do this automatically. In my case, i use "downloader pro" software to download my images from a card reader and the same tool is calling the appropriate bat file to handle lens info tags. So, i don't need to do anything anymore :)

HowieS wrote: It seems that if this is just moving information from one line of the metadata file to another why can't Adobe to just add a line of code to their program or is it more complicated than that?

It isn't complicated, and in fact many software is recognizing minolta (sony) lens info quite well. It is only that adobe didn't find this to be worth working on :(

@Kiklop: I am willing to give Downloader Pro a shot. Can you please provide a copy of the ExifTool batch file that you use?

Thanks... Brian

@sdm9465: Brilliant!!! I'm half way there. I am still generating XMP files in LR2. You don't happen to have the batch file that Downloader Pro can use to generate the XMP files correctly in the first place, do you?...

Thanks much... Brian

bms44974 wrote: @Kiklop: I am willing to give Downloader Pro a shot. Can you please provide a copy of the ExifTool batch file that you use?

Here is the content of the bat file i use (located in the "send to" folder

@echo off
:begin
if _%1_==__ goto end
echo Processing %1...
PATH TO YOUR EXIF FOLDER\exiftool.pl -k -TagsFromFile %%d%%f.arw "-lensId>lens" -ext XMP -overwrite_original %1 -r
   shift
   goto begin
end


Save this code with a bat extension

And a DP command line looks like
PATH TO YOUR BAT FILE\SendTo\ExifTool_ARW.bat %d

It is important to have xmp files ready, and those are made by downloader pro as well (you need to enable the option to add XMP files in DP


Edited by Kiklop - 16 January 2009 at 11:02

I'm heard that 2.3RC(s) of LightRoom supported the lens name of Pentax.
Why is only A-Mount left?
The program exififd.exe written by me has same function as exiftool.
It can insert APP section to JPG.
Additionaly, Any Minolta/Sony MakerNote not broken.
It handled .xmp include sub directories.
And more inteligent LensID to name convert, It use Focal Length, Max Apature, APS-C or 135 Lens. Not perfect, but useful.
The exif tool is great, but exififd is dedicated to file format of A-Mount SLRs. And exififd is open source. You can compile it by free VC++ 2005 or 2008.
Bad news:It's also commandline program.. But Almost all function use with only Drag and drop operation. No need typing the complicate command line.
Are you interested in this?

vitor wrote: gigo wrote: I'm heard that 2.3RC(s) of LightRoom supported the lens name of Pentax. Why is only A-Mount left? The program exififd.exe written by me has same function as exiftool. It can insert APP section to JPG. Additionaly, Any Minolta/Sony MakerNote not broken. It handled .xmp include sub directories. And more inteligent LensID to name convert, It use Focal Length, Max Apature, APS-C or 135 Lens. Not perfect, but useful. The exif tool is great, but exififd is dedicated to file format of A-Mount SLRs. And exififd is open source. You can compile it by free VC++ 2005 or 2008. Bad news:It's also commandline program.. But Almost all function use with only Drag and drop operation. No need typing the complicate command line. Are you interested in this? I'm interested, can you provide a link to get the source code? I will modified it to work in linux.

I'm interested too, but can this program handle also the raw-files or just jpegs? (sorry for this maybe stupid question, but I'm not really familiar with these programs and formats)