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Sony Alpha 7ii EXIF Data IBIS Focal Length Setting
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:44 pm    Post subject: Sony Alpha 7ii EXIF Data IBIS Focal Length Setting Reply with quote

I wonder if there is any EXIF data available from the IBIS In-Body Image Stabilization system of the Sony Alpha 7 (Mk2, specifically). I mean the focal length I put in manually whenever I don on a manual lens. I haven´t found any setting in the EXIF data yet, but probably I´m looking in the wrong place or the EXIF designation is not recognizable to me.

Reason is, to know the IBIS focal length setting would help me identify which lens I used for a particular image when looking at it later on; I usually don´t make notes, and if, then only for this forum. Which get occasionally lost Wink

If no setting is available in EXIF, is there another way, except making notes?


PostPosted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The IBIS data will not be store on the EXIF.

You can use add EXIF data with an EXIF tool like LensTagger https://www.lenstagger.com/ . An easy way to record the lens being used is to take a photo of the lens before you swap lenses.


PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why Sony would not store "SteadyS. Focal Len." in EXIF?

I suppose using different settings, you could compare "exiftool -json imagefile" results for each to find changes.

The setting may be lurking in the binary data.

EDIT: LM-EA7 and LM-EA9 adapters write focal length into EXIF.


PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello Calvin and Vis,

Thank you for the suggestions. I do sometimes take pictures of the lens before I put it on just to know later; however, this is no option when I go back a year or two in my image collection and wonder what lens I used back then. Vis, my knowledge about that is... well, I start at zero. But thanks for it anyway, it´s a starting point. As for lens tagger, I don´t use Lightroom. But an application just like that would be useful to have on the camera itself.


PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

visualopsins wrote:
"exiftool -json imagefile"


exiftool.org?


PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ZuikosHexanonsandVivitars wrote:
visualopsins wrote:
"exiftool -json imagefile"


exiftool.org?


Yes