Irregular lens metadata

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May 4, 2022
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When I search for photos taken by a particular lens, I get different names for the same lens. For instance, when I search for the Fuji 18-55, I get both "Fujifilm XF18-55..." and "XF 18-55...." I get different names for the same lens even on the same body.

Any idea what is happening and how to fix it?

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JohanElzenga

Community Expert

I don't think you can fix this. Different cameras write different metadata, even for the same lens. Software may also play a part. Lightroom simply uses those metadata.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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qasedurAuthor

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That's may be true but I'm getting the lens inconsistency even on the same body. The exif lens data is the same using a third party reader. The inconsistency is just in the Lightroom catalog.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Lens data are written to more than one field. Maybe that other reader is using another field that happens to be consistent, while Lightroom is reading a field that isn't. Like I said, Lightroom simply reads the data that the camera wrote. You would need a utility that can change these, Lightroom can't change it.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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