Software Update: ExifTool 12.11

Phil Harvey has released version 12.11 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. New versions appear regularly, but most releases are made available under the beta flag. This update is also referred to as a development version, the last stable release is version 12.00. Since version 12.08, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 12.11:

• Added -csvDelim option
• Added new Canon and Olympus LensType values ​​(thanks LibRaw)
• Added a warning if ICC_Profile is deleted from an image (github issue #63)
• EndDir() function for -if option now works when -fileOrder is used
• Changed FileSize conversion to use binary prefixes since that is how the conversion is currently done (eg. MiB instead of MB)
• Patched -csv option so columns aren’t resorted when using -G option and one of the tags is missing from a file
• Fixed incompatibility with Google Photos when writing UserData:GPSCoordinates to MP4 videos
• Fixed problem where the tags available in a -p format string were limited to the same as the -if[NUM] option when NUM was specified
• Fixed incorrect decoding of SourceFileIndex/SourceDirectoryIndex for Ricoh models

Changes in version 12.10:

• Added -validate test for proper TIFF magic number in JPEG EXIF ​​header
• Added support for Nikon Z7 LensData version 0801
• Added a new XMP-GPano tag
• Decode ColorData for the Canon EOS 1DXmkIII (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode more tags for the Sony ILCE-7SM3 (thanks Jos Roost)
• Automatically apply QuickTimeUTC option for CR3 files
• Improved decoding of XAttrMDLabel from MacOS files
• Ignore time zones when writing date/time values ​​and using the -d option
• Enhanced -echo3 and -echo4 options to allow exit status to be returned
• Changed -execute so the -q option no longer suppresses the “{ready}” message when a synchronization number is used (eg. -execute123)

Changes in version 12.09:

• Added ability to copy CanonMakerNotes from CR3 images to other file types
• Added read support for ON1 presets file (.ONP)
• Added two new CanonModelID values
• Added trailing “/” when writing QuickTime:GPSCoordinates
• Added a number of new XMP-crs tags
• Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
• Added a new Nikon Z lens (thanks LibRaw)
• Added a new Canon LensType
• Decode ColorData for Canon EOS R5/R6
• Decode a couple of new HEIF tags
• Decode Firmware Version for Canon M50
• Improved decoding of Sony CreativeStyle tags (thanks Jos Roost)
• Improved parsing of Radiance files to recognize comments
• Renamed GIF AspectRatio tag to PixelAspectRatio
• Patched EndDir() feature so subdirectories are always processed when -r is used (previously, EndDir() would end processing of a directory completely)
• Yet another tweak to the EventTime formatting rules (also allow time-only values ​​with fractional seconds and a time zone)
• Avoid loading GoPro module unnecessarily when reading MP4 videos from some other cameras
• Fixed problem with an incorrect naming of CodecID tags in some MKV videos
• Fixed verbose output to avoid “adding” messages for existing flattened XMP tags