Software Update: ExifTool 11.92

Phil Harvey has released version 11.92 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. This update is referred to as a development version, the latest stable release is version 11.85. Since version 11.89, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 11.92

• Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Wolfgang Exler)
• Decode a few new Leica tags (thanks Tim Gray)
• Decode AccelerometerData from Samsung Gear 360 videos
• Fixed a couple of problems decoding timed GPS metadata from NextBase dashcam videos
• Fixed problem where -X option could produce invalid XML when reading corrupted XMP

Changes in version 11.91

• Decode a couple of new Panasonic tags
• Documented -ec option (available since version 11.54)
• Reverted -htmlDump fix of 11.90 because it broke more than it fixed, and instead applied a targeted patch to fix this problem for RW2 files

Changes in version 11.90

• Added a new Sony LensType (thanks LibRaw and Jos Roost)
• Added two new Olympus LensType values
• Added a new Canon LensType
• Added some new Canon RecordMode values
• Added some new QuickTime GeneralProfileIDC values
• Added new values ​​for a couple of FujiFilm tags
• Added a number of new QuickTime GenreID values
• Decode Nikon Z6/Z7 phase-detect AF points (thanks Andy Dragon)
• Patched to avoid possible “Undefined subroutine” error in MacOS 10.15
• Fixed incorrect offsets in -htmlDump output for some file types