# ExifTool Version History

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Note: The most recent production release is Version 9.27. (Other versions are considered development releases, and are not uploaded to CPAN.)

May 18, 2013 - Version 9.29

- Added another H264 Model value (thanks Rob Lewis)
- Added support for Canon 5DmkIII firmware version 1.2.1
- Added recognition of IBM AVC video files
- Added a new CanonModelID
- Decode more FLIR tags (thanks Tomas)
- Decode H264 MDPM TimeCode
- More improvements to Sony LensType decoding (thanks Jos Roost)
- Extract information from the ASF Metadata Library in WMV files
- Extract ColorBalanceVersion for unknown Nikon ColorBalance information
- Updated some ID3 Genre names (thanks Mats Peterson)
- Fixed warning when using -p with a string containing a newline
- Fixed some incorrect Pentax Q LensType values

Apr. 21, 2013 - Version 9.28

- Added the ability to delete unknown JPEG APP segments by segment name
- Added a bunch of new ID3 Genre values (thanks Mats Peterson)
- Decode a few more Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode a few more tricky FLIR tags (thanks Tomas)
- Improved Dutch language translation (thanks Peter van der Laan)
- Patched to avoid warning in images where the AFMicroAdj data has been truncated by Canon DPP
- Fixed -tagsFromFile and -v so they may now be used when writing via pipes
- Fixed writing of Panasonic LensType tags that were broken in the 9.15 update
- Fixed incorrect case for list type of XMP DocumentAncestors and TextLayers
- API Changes:
  - Allow a File::RandomAccess reference as an input to WriteInfo()

Apr. 15, 2013 - Version 9.27 (production release)

- Fixed "ARRAY ref" runtime error introduced in 9.25 that could occur when using the -X option
- Fixed runtime warning which could occur when conditionally deleting XMP structure

Apr. 13, 2013 - Version 9.26

- Added read support for FLIR FFF and FPF images and decode more FLIR tags
- Added some new Pentax LensType's and Nikon LensID's
- Added a few new Panasonic ContrastMode values
- Decode a number of Canon 6D tags
- Allow CanonRaw tags to be written using "CIFF" as a group name
- Improved decoding of Canon ColorData information for newer EOS models
- Improved decoding of a number of Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Removed index number from duplicate Composite TagID's in XML output
- Fixed byte-order problem for a few Nikon D5200 and D7100 tags
- Fixed incompatibility with old-style (pre-8.46) XMP user-defined structure definitions

Apr. 6, 2013 - Version 9.25 (production release)

- Added read support for FLIR thermal image metadata in JPEG images
- Added write support for DNG version 1.4 images
- Added a new Pentax DriveMode value and a new Pentax LensType
- Added two new Olympus CameraType values
- Added print conversion for XMP Flash tags to provide alternate language support
- Decode a few more Nikon and Pentax tags
- Decode more Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode more Panasonic tags and changed decoding of others
- Enhanced -j and -php options to work with -D, -H and -l
- Improved German translations (thanks Herbert Kauer)
- Patched decoding of QuickTime date/time tags to accommodate Samsung and Sony cameras that use an incorrect time zero of 1970 instead of 1904. This patch will only work for videos produced before 2036, so hopefully Samsung and Sony will fix this problem at their end before then (care to place a wager?)
- Fixed issues when using "-wm cg" and writing metadata as a block
- Fixed possible "division by zero" error when reading undefined XMP rational

Mar. 23, 2013 - Version 9.24

- Added ability to overwrite plus append output files (-w+!)
- Added support for Sigma X3F version 3.0 images
- Added a few new values for some Pentax tags
- Added a few new CanonModelID's
- Decode Nikon D5100 and D5200 custom settings plus a few other Nikon tags
- Allow the value for missing tags extracted with the -f option to be configured via the API MissingTagValue setting (default is still "-")
- Improved decoding of Sony LensSpec (again, thanks Jos Roost)
- Fixed bug reading QuickTime extended-size atoms

Mar. 10, 2013 - Version 9.23

- Added -W (-tagOut) and -Wext (-tagOutExt) options to allow multiple tags to be extracted to separate output files from a single source file
- Added append feature to -w (-w+)
- Added ability to extract SoundFile from Ricoh RMETA
- Added more SonyModelID and Sony LensType values and improved Sony LensType decoding (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a new Olympus LensType (thanks Niels Kristian Bech Jensen)
- Added another Pentax LensType
- Decode more Nikon flash information (thanks Alyda Gilmore for the samples)
- Decode Pentax Kelvin white balance tags (thanks Klaus Homeister)
- Extract PDF embedded image color space
- Improved Spanish translations (thanks Emilio Sancha)
- More patches to avoid "APP1 segment too large" errors when copying all tags from some RAW images

Mar. 2, 2013 - Version 9.22

- Fixed problem extracting metadata from encrypted embedded JPEG images in PDF files and added the ability to extract JPEG 2000 information too

Mar. 2, 2013 - Version 9.21

- Added ability to extract embedded images and their metadata from PDF files
- Added read support for binary-format PLIST files
- Added support for Sigma DP3 Merrill maker notes
- Added a few new Sigma LensType values
- Added a new FujiFilm PictureMode value
- Decode a number of new Pentax tags (thanks Klaus Homeister)
- Decode more Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode some new Nikon D800 tags (thanks Alyda Gilmore for the samples)
- Decode a number of new tags in 3GP videos
- Decode Pentax CameraType
- Made a few more DNG tags writable (but protected)
- Fixed problem reading XREF table of some PDF files
- API Changes:
  - The CombineInfo() routine is now deprecated because it is likely that nobody ever used it. If anyone actually uses this, please let me know

Feb. 20, 2013 - Version 9.20

- NOTICE: This release fixes a problem in the 9.19 Windows version that could cause ExifTool to crash when writing metadata to some files (it seems that one of the files in the 9.19 Windows package was corrupted)
- Added a new PentaxModelID
- Added write support for a few Getty Images XMP tags
- Decode Sony AFAreaModeSetting (thanks Jos Roost)

Feb. 20, 2013 - Version 9.19

- Added read support for Phase One IIQ maker notes
- Added a couple of new Minolta Teleconverter values
- Patched problem which could result in runtime warning when extracting information from a file with an incorrectly formatted PreviewImage pointer
- Improved handling of unknown maker notes when writing to reduce the chance of corruption (fixes problem of corrupted SilverFast maker notes)
- Fixed bug in HtmlDump where unused bytes at end of MakerNotes were not shown if they came at the end of a TIFF-format file

Feb. 16, 2013 - Version 9.18

- Decode more AF information for Sony SLT models (thanks Andy Johnson for the samples)
- Recognize CameraInfo and ColorData information from newer Canon 1DX firmware
- Organized support files in full Perl distribution into separate directories
- Improved German and Spanish translations (thanks Herbert Kauer and Emilio Sancha)
- Fixed inconsistency where a priority tag could be hidden by a same-named tag in the same group when using the -j or -X option combined with -g or -G
- Fixed problem in standard tests that could cause ExifTool test 25 to fail

Feb. 9, 2013 - Version 9.17

- Added PLIST and MODD to the list of supported file extensions
- Added track name to UserData tags within QuickTime tracks
- Added a new Pentax LensType (thanks Pietu Pohjalainen)
- Added a new Canon LensType
- Decode binary data in PLIST and MODD files
- Decode new Canon 1DX CustomFunctions
- Issue a minor warning and ignore duplicate PDF Info dictionaries unless the -m option is used
- Improved date/time parsing when writing to allow single-digit fields
- Improved decoding/naming of a few Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Improved German translations (thanks Herbert Kauer)
- Changed a few PLIST tag names
- Fixed decoding of Olympus CameraType for some models
- Fixed problem calculating AvgBitrate for some video files
- Fixed problem writing Canon:LensSerialNumber

Feb. 2, 2013 - Version 9.16

- Added support for DarwinCore XMP tags
- Added support for CinemaDNG tags
- Added basic support for parsing XML PLIST information, and use this to extract tags from QuickTime iTunesInfo Data
- Added a new Pentax lens (thanks Niels Kristian Bech Jensen)
- Added some new Sony E-mount lenses (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a new NEFBitDepth value (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a new CanonModelID
- Decode a few more Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Improved decoding of QuickTime iTunesInfo tags
- Improved Spanish translations (thanks Emilio Sancha)
- Improved handling of errors in Perl expression of new formatting feature
- Improved -p option to also handle structures
- Changed a number of Sigma lens names for Olympus to conform with official Sigma model names (thanks Niels Kristian Bech Jensen)
- Moved the MWG XMP tags documentation to the MWG page
- Patched to allow reading GPX track logs with no version number
- Fixed problem reading an ID3 POPM frame with a missing counter
- Fixed bug which could cause "uninitialized value" runtime warning when reading Nikon maker notes with an empty RetouchHistory
- API Changes:
  - Compatibility Notice: The MWG Composite tags are no longer automatically loaded just by using the MWG module. Image::ExifTool::MWG::Load() must now be called explicitly to load these tags

Jan. 27, 2013 - Version 9.15

- Added advanced formatting feature to -p and -tagsFromFile options
- Added -echo3 and -echo4 options
- Added a few more Olympus LensType values, removed one, changed some lens names for consistency (all thanks Niels Kristian Bech Jensen), and use hexadecimal instead of decimal for numerical LensType values
- Added a number of new Sony E-mount lenses
- Added a new Tamron lens for Sony (thanks Marcin Krol)
- Trim trailing spaces from Panasonic LensType strings
- Fixed bug which could cause "Can't call method GetMarkerPointers" runtime warning when writing certain types of corrupted images
- Fixed problem copying PrevewImage from some corrupted files
- Fixed problem identifying a Sigma lens for Nikon at some focal lengths
- API Changes:
  - Added AddUserDefinedTags() method
  - Added formatting feature for tag values in SetNewValuesFromFile()

Jan. 18, 2013 - Version 9.14

- Added -wm (-writeMode) option to provide control over tag write/create mode
- Added ability to use wildcards in target tag names when writing
- Added ability to read/write Jpeg2000 XML tag as a block
- Added ability to delete MPF segment (with -MPF:All=)
- Added a number of new Olympus lenses (thanks Niels Kristian Bech Jensen)
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Robert Rottmerhusen)
- Added a number of new Pentax LensType's (thanks Alan Robinson for one)
- Added a few new CanonModelID's and Canon LensType's
- Decode ID3v2 POPM and OWNE frames
- Decode new Canon 6D CustomFunctions
- Improved calculation of ScaleFactor35efl for Canon cameras
- Changed priority of PDF Info tags so tags from most recent Info dictionary take precedence (to partially accomodate the questionable Acrobat Pro incremental update technique)
- Changed some verbose warnings when attempting to write "unsafe" tags
- Changed behaviour so that "unsafe" tags are not copied for any tag specified using a wildcard (previously this was the behaviour for a tag name of 'all' or '*', but not names like 'gps*')
- Fixed bug where a Composite tag could sometimes not be generated when the -struct option was used if the tag was derived from an XMP List-type tag
- Fixed problem conditionally deleting GIF Comment and MIE tags
- Fixed decoding of RawImageWidth/Height from FujiFilm X-E1 RAF images
- API Changes:
  - Added WriteMode option

Jan. 10, 2013 - Version 9.13 (production release)

- Added basic validation of ExifVersion and FlashpixVersion tags when writing
- Fixed problem where MPF PreviewImage was lost when editing metadata in JPEG images from the Nikon D4, D600 or D800

Jan. 2, 2013 - Version 9.12 (production release)

- Fixed problem introduced in 9.10 preserving file modification date/time when some options are used

Jan. 2, 2013 - Version 9.11 (production release)

- Improved decoding of some Sony tags
- Changed 3 tag names to avoid a leading digit to fix XML validation problem
- Fixed bug introduced in 9.04 that could double-encipher some Sony MakerNote information when writing (affected files are fixed by writing any tag with ExifTool 9.11)

Dec. 29, 2012 - Version 9.10

- Added write support for a few new XMP-crs and XMP-photomech tags
- Added a new Samsung LensType (thanks Jaroslav Stepanek)
- Added a new Pentax LensType (thanks Helmut Schütz)
- Added a new Canon LensType
- Decode Sony A99 FocusMode (thanks Michael Tapes for the samples)
- Tolerate (but warn about) up to 4 bytes of garbage at start of EXIF segment
- Changed -P option to also preserve FileCreateDate on Windows (requires Win32API::File::Time)
- Changed "[minor]" warning messages to capitalize the "M" (ie. "[Minor]") if processing is affected when the warning is ignored
- Patched to avoid problem of slow processing with some corrupted EXIF

Dec. 15, 2012 - Version 9.09

- Added a few new Google XMP GPano tags
- Added a new Olympus CameraType
- Added a couple of new Minolta LensTypes
- Added two new Nikon LensID's (thanks David Püschel and Robert Rottmerhusen)
- Decode Nikon D7000 AFPointsUsed and make this tag writable
- Decode a new Olympus tag (thanks Christoph Anton Mitterer)
- Renamed one of the FujiFilm RAF RawImageWidth/Height pairs to RawImageFullWidth/Height
- Changed -stay_open when combined with -q to flush output after each command (as already done without -q) (requires IO::Handle)
- Fixed problem shifting FileCreateDate when writing other "real" tags in the same command

Nov. 26, 2012 - Version 9.08

- Fixed bug introduced in 9.07 that broke writing of FileModifyDate

Nov. 24, 2012 - Version 9.07

- Added ability to read/write FileCreateDate (Windows only)
- Added ability to read FileInodeChangeDate (non-Windows only)
- Added support for new tags in DNG 1.4 specification
- Added support for Google Photosphere GPano XMP tags
- Added a couple of new Olympus filter effects
- Changed a Panasonic LensType (thanks Olaf Ulrich)
- API Changes:
  - Enhanced SetFileModifyDate() to write FileCreateDate (Windows only)

Nov. 17, 2012 - Version 9.06

- Added support for Nikon maker notes in images from any camera make (as written by Capture NX2)
- Added support for FujiFilm X-E1 RAF images
- Added a new Olympus CameraType
- Added a new PentaxModelID and a new Pentax LensType
- Extract FileCreateDate (Windows) and FileInodeChangeDate (other systems)
- Fixed bug decoding UTF-16 ID3 synchronized lyrics

Nov. 10, 2012 - Version 9.05

- Added ability to read APE metadata from MP3 audio files
- Decode ID3 synchronized lyrics/text information
- Decode maker notes in Leica V-LUX40 MP4 videos
- Decode Sony A99 AFPointSelected (thanks Michael Tapes for the samples)
- Improved decoding of some Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- API Changes:
  - Removed GeoNoInterpolate option (just set GeoMaxIntSecs to 0 instead)

Nov. 3, 2012 - Version 9.04 (production release)

- Added two new Sony LensType values (thanks Matthias Paul)
- Added a few new Canon LensType values
- Added a couple of new PentaxModelID's and decode some new K-5 II values
- Added support for some new XMP tags written by the Apple iPhone 5
- Added a new Olympus CameraType
- Decode more Sony tags/values (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode Nikon HDRInfo (thanks Stefan)
- Decode some FlashInfo tags for new Nikon models
- Decode a few WM ID3 tags (some documentation on these would be nice)
- Fixed bug which could cause truncated/garbage ID3v2 strings to be returned
- Fixed -globalTimeShift option to also work when copying tags
- Fixed decoding of Nikon AFFineTuneAdj for FirmwareVersion 1.10B (thanks Michael Tapes for the samples for this and the A77)
- Fixed problem where a few tags (FileSequence, NewGUID and Now) were not available for use with the -p option
- API Changes:
  - Added RequestAll and GeoNoInterpolate options
  - Fixed problem in SetNewValue when setting the Raw value of some tags

Oct. 13, 2012 - Version 9.03

- Added new feature to provide control over directory levels in %d strings
- Added ability to write OtherImage in NEF images
- Added a new Pentax LensType
- Added a few new CanonModelID's (thanks Laurent Clevy)
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Geert De Soete)
- Added a few new Olympus CameraType values
- Decode some new CameraInfo tags for the Canon EOS 650D
- Decode a number of new Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Improved decoding of some Sigma tags for the DP1/DP2 Merrill
- Give priority to EXIF tags over SigmaRaw tags X3F images
- Changed Samsung lens names to include "NX" (thanks Jaroslav Stepanek)
- Fixed misleading verbose "TAG is not writable" messages when copying list-type tags
- API Changes:
  - Enhanced GetValue() to allow return of 'Rational' value

Sept. 6, 2012 - Version 9.02

- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Joseph Heled)
- Added a new EXIF SubFileType value used in DNG images
- Added write support for Apple Adjustment Settings XMP tags (XMP-aas)
- Added a couple of new Samsung LensType values (thanks Jaroslav Stepanek)
- Added a couple of new Canon LensType values and a new CanonModelID
- Decode a number of new Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Enhanced "-o -" feature to allow output file type to be specified
- Extract last file access time as FileAccessDate
- Allow tags to be set from files which are zero bytes in size
- Made ProfileHueSatMap tags Binary if they are too long
- Changed names of some PanasonicRaw DistortionInfo tags
- Changed decoding for a Sony ExposureMode value
- Fixed hang/crash that could occur when writing to an image with corrupted Sony MoreInfo data (ie. SLT-A55V JPEG corrupted by GIMP)

Aug. 25, 2012 - Version 9.01 (production release)

- Added a couple of new CanonModelID values
- Added a couple of new Canon LensType values (thanks Pascal de Bruijn)
- Added a new PentaxModelID and a few new Pentax PictureMode values
- Decode a new Pentax ISO tag
- Improved -listx output for XMP structure tags
- Fixed "unexpected end of file" problems with some compressed MIE files

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