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No Pentax K20D Exif Makernotes

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:55 am
by Nutznieser
Hallo,

I work with a Pentax K20D Camera. The makernotes from exif data in jpeg's become not displayed.
I think it's a bug.

Harry

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:57 pm
by bmezenga
Hi Nutznieser,

It isn´t a bug.
XnView support makernotes only for a few brands (see WhatsNew.txt) and Pentax isn´t included.

For makernotes you can:
- use K20D Bundled software (Pentax Photo Browser)
- use ExifTool (http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) + ExifToolGUI (http://freeweb.siol.net/hrastni3/)

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:29 pm
by deejjjaaaa

Re: No Pentax K20D Exif Makernotes

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:14 am
by xnview
Could you send me a sample?

Re: No Pentax K20D Exif Makernotes

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:28 am
by Nutznieser
Hallo,

Thank you for your quickly answers and your recommended software.
xnview wrote:Could you send me a sample?
I had sent a sample picture from Pentax K20D to your e-mail adress <-- removed* -->. I hope it's the correct adress.

Thanks!

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:34 am
by bmezenga
Sample sent to webmaster at xnview dot com
It´s a small resolution jpg file straight from my Pentax k100D.

:arrow: Pierre

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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:15 pm
by bmezenga
Thanks for the Pentax makernotes in XnView 1.96 b1. :D

However, I see two problems:

1) The fields "Exposure time", "FNumber", "Exposure Compensation", "Focal Lenght" and "Shutter Count" don´t show proper values.

2) The makernotes are not showed for PEF files.

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:14 pm
by xnview
bmezenga wrote: 1) The fields "Exposure time", "FNumber", "Exposure Compensation", "Focal Lenght" and "Shutter Count" don´t show proper values.
Right
2) The makernotes are not showed for PEF files.
I'll try to add the support

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:59 am
by bmezenga
xnview wrote:
bmezenga wrote: 2) The makernotes are not showed for PEF files.
I'll try to add the support
OK for 1.96 beta 2: :!: Thank you :!:

:arrow: "Shutter Count" still don´t show proper value.

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:31 am
by xnview
bmezenga wrote: :arrow: "Shutter Count" still don´t show proper value.
Yes, i have a problem with it

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:11 am
by bmezenga
xnview wrote:Yes, i have a problem with it
Maybe this perl library from Phil Harvey can shed some light on the shuttercount subject. Follow a parcial extraction:

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# Encrypt or decrypt Pentax ShutterCount (symmetrical encryption) - PH
# Inputs: 0) shutter count value, 1) ExifTool object ref
# Returns: Encrypted or decrypted ShutterCount
sub CryptShutterCount($$)
{
    my ($val, $exifTool) = @_;
    # Pentax Date and Time values are used in the encryption
    return undef unless $$exifTool{PentaxDate} and $$exifTool{PentaxTime} and
        length($$exifTool{PentaxDate})==4 and length($$exifTool{PentaxTime})>=3;
    # get Date and Time as integers (after padding Time with a null byte)
    my $date = unpack('N', $$exifTool{PentaxDate});
    my $time = unpack('N', $$exifTool{PentaxTime} . "\0");
    return $val ^ $date ^ (0xffffffff - $time);
}

Re: No Pentax K20D Exif Makernotes

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:28 am
by Nutznieser
Hallo,

I have to say thankyou for implemented the makernotes for Pentax K20D!
But one value is still allways bad: The field shutter count.

Could you repair that? It would be perfect!

Harry

Re: No Pentax K20D Exif Makernotes

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:40 am
by Bruce
EXIF in XnView will not show shutter count for Pentax istDL. Shutter counts for Nikon D 50 and 70 display just fine. www.myshuttercount.com will display Pentax shutter count after you upload a photo. That's probably good enough for government work.

Bruce