ExifTool Version History
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Note: The most recent production release is Version 11.11. (Other versions are
considered development releases, and are not uploaded to CPAN.)
Jan. 21, 2019 - Version 11.26
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode more tags for the Sony ICLE-6400 (thanks Jos Roost and LibRaw)
- Enhanced -htmldump feature to highlight IFD when mousing over IFD offset
Jan. 15, 2019 - Version 11.25
- Added a new Sony/Minolta LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a new Nikon LensID
- Decode Leica D-Lux7 maker notes
- Decode more Nikon AF tags for newer models
- Decode Samsung Type2 maker notes with lower case Make
- Decode another Sony tag (thanks Jos Roost)
- Improved decoding of Nikon LensType
- Improved time shift feature to fix some incorrectly formatted date/time
values
- Renamed some Sony ImageCount tags to ShutterCount (thanks Jos Roost)
- Fixed problem reading back metadata written to some odd PDF files
Jan. 8, 2019 - Version 11.24
- Compatibility Notice: Changed the meaning of '-' and '+' modifiers for %C
formatting code (does not affect lower-case %c code)
- Decode a number of new Nikon tags (thanks Michael Tapes for samples)
- Added new Olympus FlashType and FlashModel values (thanks Per)
- Added a new Canon LensType
- Added a new Nikon LensID
- Made more GeoTIFF tags writable
- Handle XMP rdf:value when reading
- Improved warning when trying to read a file with a zero-length name
- Fixed decoding of PictureControl tags for Nikon Z-7
- Fixed problem writing date/time values with " DST" designator at end of
date/time string
- Fixed problem in Windows which could cause ExifTool to abort due to a
Win32::FindFile error if a file name contained surrogate Unicode characters
Dec. 21, 2018 - Version 11.23
- Recognize DWG and DWF files
- Minor improvement to some -validate warnings
- Tolerate leading UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) at start of JSON files
- Fixed problem recognizing some streaming camm metadata in QuickTime videos
Dec. 13, 2018 - Version 11.22
- Added read support for PC Paintbrush (PCX) files
- Added two new Sony/Minolta LensTypes (thanks Jos Roost and LibRaw)
- Decode LensData tags for some newer Nikon models
- Decode ColorData for the Canon EOS R (thanks LibRaw)
- Recognize DCX files
Dec. 7, 2018 - Version 11.21
- Added a new Sony/Minolta LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a new Olympus FlashModel (thanks Michael Meissner)
- Improved decoding of FujiFilm InternalSerialNumber (thanks LibRaw)
- Minor improvements to decoding of GPS from some dashcam videos
- Made XMP-getty:Personality a List-type tag
- Made it an error to use the -o option or write FileName or Directory tags
when using the TestName dry-run feature
- Fixed problem using -E with other character sets when writing
Nov. 20, 2018 - Version 11.20
- Added a new Panasonic WhiteBalance value
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode streaming GPS from MOV videos for another dashcam model
- Improved -E option to support character sets other than UTF-8
Nov. 14, 2018 - Version 11.19
- Added -fast4 option
- Enhanced -if option to allow arbitrary Perl expressions instead of just
logic expressions
- API Changes:
Nov. 12, 2018 - Version 11.18
- Decode a new Nikon tag (thanks Richard Butler)
- Decode a new FujiFilm tag
- Updated decoding of Sony maker notes for newer models (thanks Jos Roost)
- Enhanced -if option to allow fast processing pass to evaluate the condition
- Improved warning for unknown JPEG APP segment
Nov. 4, 2018 - Version 11.17
- Added a new Canon LensType (thanks Norbert Wasser)
- Added a new Sony/Minolta LensType and a new SonyModelID (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode GPS from Garmin Dashcam videos
- Changed type of J2C files from a JPEG 2000 image to a JPEG 2000 codestream
Oct. 26, 2018 - Version 11.16
- Decode FLIR GPS information
- Decode 3D image from RED Hydrogen smartphone
- Minor improvements to decoding of new FujiFilm tags
- Fixed problem where writing Shortcut tags with the -E option would double
unescape the HTML entities
Oct. 25, 2018 - Version 11.15
- Added a couple of new Canon LensType values (thanks LibRaw and Andrew Shieh)
- Added a new Nikon LensID
- Added definitions for a few more VCard tags
- Added a new FujiFilm ShutterType value
- Decode some new FujiFilm tags (thanks Richard Butler)
- Store XMP GPS coordinates with two extra digits of precision and trim
trailing zeros
- Improved technique for handling rounding errors in times and GPS seconds
- Removed "Undersized IFD0 StripByteCounts" minor warning when writing ORF
files since this is a "feature" of most Olympus models
- Warn about undefined EXIF values with -validate option
- Changed the way Mask-ed values are decoded (do bit shift automatically)
- Changed FujiFilm HighISONoiseReduction tag to just "NoiseReduction", and
avoid extracting historic NoiseReduction tag if value is "n/a"
- Fixed potential problem reading GeoTiff tags with multiple SHORT values
- API Changes:
Oct. 16, 2018 - Version 11.14
- Added more TIFF Compression values
- Added more AIFF CompressionType values
- Added more Nikon NEFCompression values (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a new Canon RecordMode
- Decode some new Canon custom functions
- Patched "Invalid VignettingCorrUnknown2 data" warning for EOS R CR3 images
- Fixed bug were any argument beginning with "-progress" on the command line
was interpreted as the -progress option
Oct. 9, 2018 - Version 11.13
- Decode GPS from NextBase 512G dashcam MOV videos (different than 512GW)
- Added a new Canon LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Minor improvements to verbose dump of streaming GPS metadata
- Reverted change of version 10.71 which resulted in Windows not recognizing
PNG CreationTime as written by ExifTool (added this feature to the
StrictDate API option instead)
- Improved decoding of Nikon CropHiSpeed (thanks LibRaw)
- Improved -fast option to reduce memory usage when reading JPG, PNG,
QuickTime-based and RIFF-based files via a sequential stream
- Fixed DOF calculation to use ApproximateFocusDistance if available
- API Changes:
Oct. 2, 2018 - Version 11.12
- Added a new Sony/Minolta LensType (thanks LibRaw and Jos Roost)
- Added a new Nikon LensID
- Decode a few new Sony SRF2 tags (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode GPS from NextBase 512GW dashcam MOV videos
- Validate MS-DOC FIB before extracting contained tags
- Fixed bug extracting GPSSpeed for some dashcam models
Sept. 27, 2018 - Version 11.11 (production release)
- Added ARQ to the list of supported file types
- Added support for GIMP XCF version 4 and later
- Added a new QuickTime HandlerType value
- Added read support for Apple AAE files
- Added a new CanonModelID and some new Canon LensType values (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a number of new Nikon LensID values (thanks Robert Rottmerhusen)
- Added a new Sony/Minolta LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode more Sony IDC tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode some new Panasonic tags (thanks Klaus Homeister)
- Decode more tags from Nikon MOV videos
- Decode a new Nikon tag (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode a large number of new Kodak IFD tags (thanks Jim McGarvey)
- Decode streaming GPS from videos of more dashcam and drone models
- Decode more tags from Microsoft Word DOC files
- Updated arg_files/iptcCore.args for IPTC Extension version 1.4
- Patched to read corrupted MakN data written by buggy Adobe Camera Raw
- Downgraded "Undersized StripByteCounts" error for some RAW file types
- Fixed incorrect decoding of embedded GPS in Rexing V1P dashcam videos
- Fixed incorrect format for DNGPrivateData
- Fixed potential error when deleting maker notes from some images
- Fixed problem decoding Apple PLIST information from some files
- Fixed bug in Windows with CR/LF sequences in list values of the -X output
- Fixed some inconsistencies in detecting file name conflicts when writing the
TestName tag
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