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albertknappmd

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I started putting in file in LR last week and am delighted with the program.. Smooth, efficient and very well thought out... My only complaint or concern regards the following metadata issue. The DMR ID and lens focal length are accurately transmitted to the metadata profile on the right side of LR. But when you look at the search metadata on the left side, you can successfully search for the different DMR IDs but the lens search always comes up as "unidentified lens"... Any ideas as to how to fix this glitch? Yes, the lenses all have 3 cam and obviously are registering focal length-wise in the metadata as seen on the right side... :confused: :confused: :confused:

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From my experience the DMR can only register the focal lengths of the ROM lenses, but not the 3-CAM lenses. Obviously the 3-CAM lenses have no way to transmit the lens focal length to the DMR but the ROM lenses.

 

So if you are using 3-CAM then sorry you will find either '0.00 mm' or 'unidentified lens' in the focal length section of the EXIF from the DMR.

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I don't know if this is the problem (I'm not home and can't check), but on the M8 EXIF information includes "focal length" and "maximum aperture", but not "lens". Perhaps the DMR works the same way. In any case, LR by default uses "lens" rather than the other two fields.

 

Maybe there's a way to change what EXIF fields LR uses and displays?

 

Until later,

 

Clyde Rogers

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You have it correct, the DMR and M8 don't seem to use the lens field of the Exif. In particular, the DMR will show then lens on the info screen of the DMR back, but it never shows up anywhere on third party programs. Leica must be storing this lens info for the DMR ROM lenses in the makers or proprietary portion of the DNG. It would be nice if they wrote it to the LENS field of the exif info.

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Rob

 

Perhaps they'll switch this on in the next firmware update.

 

Oh, hang on ... :o

 

If they didn't get it right on the M8, I doubt if they will get it on the DMR. I think they misunderstand what we want or can't understand why we want it.

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It was posted in another thread that 1.26 is the version due out in the next month or so.

 

http://www.leica-camera-user.com/digital-forum/19454-leica-digital-modul-r-firmware-update-2.html?highlight=1.26#post217321

 

Oh I didn't read this post. I really wish a newer DMR firmware can come out, with real improvements base on the customers' expectations (such as those discussions in this forum).

 

Hope that this new firmware will not be another V1.2

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You have it correct, the DMR and M8 don't seem to use the lens field of the Exif. In particular, the DMR will show then lens on the info screen of the DMR back, but it never shows up anywhere on third party programs. Leica must be storing this lens info for the DMR ROM lenses in the makers or proprietary portion of the DNG. It would be nice if they wrote it to the LENS field of the exif info.

 

 

yes see the same. Using the Apo Elmarit 70-180 do not see the correct information transmitted to the LR. This has definitely to do with Firmware and hopefully we will any day in the future get an upgrade.

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