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jonasflanken
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March 18, 2016

P: Lens metadata field missing on import

  • March 18, 2016
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Since updating Photoshop and Lightroom, I've noticed that the aux:lens metadata field is being deleted from my images on import, such that there is no lens listed after import. I've determined that it's Camera Raw 9.5 that seems to be the culprit, as lens metadata is retained if I use an older version of the DNG Converter v8.8 to import the same images.

For example, I had an image shot on a Sony RX100 III at 8.8mm. If I import this image with the old version of DNG Converter, and then open the converted DNG in Photoshop, the lens is reported with the full-frame equivalent focal lengths, i.e., 24-70mm F1.8-2.8, and the raw metadata has the correct aux:Lens field (24-70mm F1.8-2.8).

Conversely, if I import the same image directly into Photoshop or Lightroom, the metadata will display the correct focal length, but will not display the lens information; Lightroom reports this only as "unknown lens," and in Photoshop the aux:Lens field is missing completely.

For now, I will use the old version of DNG Converter as a workaround, but this is inconvenient, and really should be fixed.

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    Mollysnoot
    Known Participant
    March 20, 2016
    I've hit the same problem in 2015.5 running on Win 7. I use a Nikon D750.

    This is a pretty major issue for those of us who rely on this - basic - functionality in LR. It also impacts on my smart collections that rely on lens data (they simply don't "see" newly imported images) as well as creating exported files that also fail to include the lens metadata.

    This for me is bad enough that I've had to roll back to 2015.4: a big inconvenience, and not what I expect from Creative Cloud. Fingers crossed that in another three months you'll manage to fix it with 2015.6... Hopefully that version will have had some serious beta testing done first. 
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    rmoorlag
    Participating Frequently
    March 20, 2016
    No Mauro, no information is lost in DNG creation. It does only not show in LR6.5/2015.5.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    March 20, 2016
    I have reproduced the same problem with all my Nikon lenses and Lightroom 6.5 (camera raw 9.5) on windows 8.1.
    I confirm that LENS metadata is lost in the creation of the DNG file.
    Please let provide a fix asap.
    Without the fix all imported images will have lost the lens model forever!
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    March 20, 2016
    I have just run across a new wrinkle with this issue.  Not that it really matters in this case but could help solve the issue, I have been doing library re-arranging and creation and have found that re-importing JPEGs that were created with my Canon SX-40 also do not show lens type.  In the original library created with the previous version, it clearly displayed 4.3-150.5 mm in the EXIF display window.  The imports into the new library no longer display this info.

    Again, this case doesn't really matter as it is an advanced point and shoot with a fixed zoom lens, but may give some more leads as to what the issue may be.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    March 20, 2016
    My D7200 with Nikon 50mm f1.8 and sigma 70-200 f2.8 are also displaying unknown lens!
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    March 20, 2016


    There No Lens information displayed  in Develop-view options-lens LR2015CC 2015.5 update
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    Caton88
    Participating Frequently
    March 19, 2016
    I have a Nikon D750 with Tamron lenses. Prior to the latest update, LR 6 (Windows) displayed the lens field in Metadata. Now, in version 6.5, it does not. Thank you for working on a fix.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    March 19, 2016
    Thank you Jeffrey.
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Genius
    March 18, 2016
    Excellent, thanks.
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    J453
    Legend
    March 18, 2016
    We're able to repro here as well. Engineering is investigating and we will address this in the next update.

    Please note - the metadata is still in the file - just hidden from display.

    Thanks!
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