Re: Makernote Metadata is gone

Hi Gilles,

I'm using ExifTool as the metadata backend.

Should I take the debug trace as well?

Regards,
Andrej



On 02/02/2026 16:26, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> Hi Andrej,
>
> Which metadata backend did you use : Exiv2 or ExifTool?
>
> If you use Exiv2, take a look to the debug trace from a console as 
> explained here :
>
> https://www.digikam.org/contribute/#freezes-and-other-run-time-issues
>
> Reproduce the dysfunction and look if an Exiv2 error appears. If yes, 
> report the problem to Exiv2 project:
>
> https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues
>
> You can try to use Exiftool backend instead, even if internally in 
> digiKam we still use Exiv2 metadata containers to work. If the problem 
> is relevant to writing in file, ExifTool will probably fix it. If the 
> problem is relevant to the Exiv2 containers (aka Exif in this case : 
> makernotes are hosted in Exif), well the dysfunction must be fixed in 
> Exiv2.
>
> Best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le lun. 2 févr. 2026 à 15:19, Andrej Valencic 
> <[email protected]> a écrit :
>
>     I have a new camera - Fujifilm X T30 III - and I found out that after
>     editing and saving pictures all the Makernote metadata are gone.
>     Included is an example of a picture before and after editing/saving.
>     Such things did not occur with my previous camera (Panasonic Lumix
>     TZ100).
>
>     Is this a feature or a bug? I really don't want to lose those
>     metadata
>     information!
>
>     Best regards,
>     Andrej
>