XnView Software

pulancho wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 2:18 am While in the browser view you changed the EXIF and then opened the photo into the full size view and the EXIF info displayed in the upper left corner shows all the changes you made?

yes, not you?

No, it does not change it for me. Here are some screenshots. By the way, I am still using an M2 Pro 12/19 Mac, MacOS 15.5.

EXIF info before I change it:

Preparing to edit the EXIF:


I then clicked on Apply and it indicated that it was writing the data.

Displaying the EXIF info after I changed it:


This is just an experiment. Of course, for this HIF photo I do not actually want to change the EXIF.

Focal length is a number not string

Ahh, yes you are right.

Therefore this should work?

Hmm, that didn't work. I still get the original EXIF info.

strange it works with your file, try to change only make or model

Okay, I did that. In Edit Metadata I clicked on Clear all. Then I added only EXIF:Make and set it to Canon. But when I look at the photo in the full view the EXIF still says SONY ILCE-6700.

pulancho wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 1:58 am Okay, I did that. In Edit Metadata I clicked on Clear all. Then I added only EXIF:Make and set it to Canon. But when I look at the photo in the full view the EXIF still says SONY ILCE-6700.

in Viewer in Properties>EXIF tab?
reload file (ctrl+r)

pulancho wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 1:58 am Okay, I did that. In Edit Metadata I clicked on Clear all. Then I added only EXIF:Make and set it to Canon. But when I look at the photo in the full view the EXIF still says SONY ILCE-6700.

are you in browser?