i-plus-i said:
For one thing, ACDSee did not modify any of the files but only "Imported" them from the camera into the computer and, if importing is considered "Modify" then why not update all the files intead of only those in the "Portrait" (Vertical) orientation.
I'd guess it was the rotation itself that counted as modification. Although I'd question whether that's actually true - whatever ACDSee does to rotate the file on import probably doesn't require actual modification? On the other hand, maybe it does for that particular camera model, and that's why it never used to work correctly? Don't know.
The EXIF/Camera/Software field is listing the firmware of the camera which in my case is (DSLR-A700 v04) and ACDSee should not mess around with it as the info is no where else and it can not be put back manually, at least, I don't know how to do it.
I'd guess it is in the Maker Notes somewhere, although I have no idea if ACDSee can access it or not. In any case, whether it is lost in import or lost on edit, the point is, you can't expect to hold on to that field forever - softeare is *supposed* to alter that field if it alters the file. But it's perfectly reason to hope to at least get a look at it once, and if you never modify your originals, to expect it to still reflect what the camera had. Again, I'm going to guess this is a quirk of something Sony did different in their their images to make them not rotate correctly in the first place, but even if so, I suppose ACDSee could make an exception and violate the standard just a little and not chang the software field when performing this particular modification.
Posted On August 20, 2009 - 07:27 PM (3 months ago) (
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