Software Update: ExifTool 11.66

Phil Harvey has released version 11.66 of ExifTool. ExifTool is a free and cross-platform program that allows the metadata of a large number of files can be managed and edited. It works from the command line, but there are third-party solutions available that allow it to be used with a graphical user interface as well. Since version 11.61, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 11.66

• Added a new Nikon LensID
• Added a few new Canon LensType values
• Decode a few more Hasselblad tags
• Decode a new Canon tag
• Decode more Samsung trailer tags
• Extract BWF iXML, aXML and UMID from RIFF-format files
• Extract ICC_Profile from more types of PDF files
• Enhanced %s of the -W option to recognize the PICT format
• Recognize MacOS alias files
• Changed name of Ricoh CropMode35mm tag and added a new value
• Minor change to a Minolta lens name
• Fixed problem where NikonCapture information couldn’t be deleted from an NEF
• Fixed problem identifying some SVG files
• Fixed typo in a CanonModelID value
• Fixed bug which could result in “Internal error: no list index” warning when creating nested XMP lang-alt lists
• Fixed the names of a few Tamron lenses for Nikon
• Fixed problem extracting Layer information from some PSD files
• Fixed writing of QuickTime GPSCoordinates to use the correct number of digits before the decimal point for latitude and longitude

Changes in version 11.65

• Added new SonyModelID and Sony LensType values
• Added support for some new Sony models
• Added a couple of new CanonModelID values
• Added a new Canon ColorDataVersion value
• Enhanced FastScan option so a setting of 2 stops processing PNG images at the IDAT chunk when reading
• Preserve order of nested lang-alt list entries when -struct option is used

Changes in version 11.64

• Added a new Canon LensType
• Added a new Nikon LensID
• Added config file for converting streaming GPS from BlueSkySea dashcam
• Decode FocusDistance for Nikon Z6/Z7
• Documented groups in families 5 and 6 (available but undocumented since Exiftool version 8.22 and 11.50 respectively)
• Fixed some ordering problems when writing/copying nested XMP lang-alt lists
• Fixed some minor quirks with QuickTime language codes
• Fixed a CanonModelID value
• API Changes:
  • Documented SavePath and SaveFormat options

Changes in version 11.63 – “PNG Early Text”

• Added a few new Sigma lenses
• Improved handling of Canon CNTH atom in MOV/MP4 videos
• Changed PNG writer to place all text chunks before IDAT (not just XMP)
• Issue minor warning for any text chunk after PNG IDAT (not just XMP)
• Enhanced ForceWrite feature to allow “PNG” to be specified (to move existing text chunks to before IDAT without editing any metadata)
• Removed Windows “surrogate” warning for files that wouldn’t be processed anyway
• Fixed some entries in the Minolta LensType list
• Fixed identification of a Sony lens

Changes in version 11.62

• Added a number of new Canon, Pentax, Sony and Sigma lenses
• Removed some extraneous verbose warnings when geotagging
• Removed Minolta LensType value for a non-existent lens
• Patched problem writing some simple qualified XMP values
• Patched to avoid writing files in Windows with Unicode surrogate characters in their name unless the -overwrite_original_in_place option is used
• Fixed an incorrect Pentax LensType
• Fixed family 2 group names of some XMP-exifEX and XMP Composite tags