Image-ExifTool - Newbie needs help with Makernotes

Posted on Wed Jan 23 12:26:34 2008 by mixx
Newbie needs help with Makernotes
Hi, please pardon my lack of experience, but I can not figure out how to do this: I lost the Makernotes information in about 600 images dear to my heart. This was caused by Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0, which deletes the Makernotes if you edit a JPEG file and save it (at least in the JPEG of my Pentax K100D dslr and others reportes in the forums). BTW: Version 6.0 does the same. So I am trying to put back essentially just one label LensType, because that is important to me. Alas, Makernotes can be written only as a block and I am asking how I should handle this task. Makernotes has lots of other information, too, that a specific to the image. I do not need those but do not want to create a messy situation and contradictions in the Metadata. Could I just copy the Makernotes from an intact file, zero out all fields and just keep LensType? How would I go about that. Or what would be the best way to put back the LensType field of Makernotes? Any help appreciated. Thanxx, Mixx
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