Re: Makernote Metadata is gone

Here is the log, I hope it's OK.

Regards,
Andrej

On 02/02/2026 18:22, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> Yes, please!
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> Le lun. 2 févr. 2026 à 17:18, Andrej Valencic 
> <[email protected]> a écrit :
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>     Hi Gilles,
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>     I'm using ExifTool as the metadata backend.
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>     Should I take the debug trace as well?
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>     Regards,
>     Andrej
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>     On 02/02/2026 16:26, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>     Hi Andrej,
>>
>>     Which metadata backend did you use : Exiv2 or ExifTool?
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>>     If you use Exiv2, take a look to the debug trace from a console
>>     as explained here :
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>>     https://www.digikam.org/contribute/#freezes-and-other-run-time-issues
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>>     Reproduce the dysfunction and look if an Exiv2 error appears. If
>>     yes, report the problem to Exiv2 project:
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>>     https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues
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>>     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 :
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>>         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
>>
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