Exit tags and maker notes

[Javelin]

I haven't seen this before (at least not such a complete list) These are the Exif tags sony uses some of which are not supported by software Exif readers

http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exi ... /Sony.html

[Greg Beetham]

That's interesting stuff, looks like quite a few other brands (Sigma, Tokina etc.) lenses are on the Sony internal lens list now, they must carry an IC chip that the camera can read (Sony A-mount version).

This passage (quotation) from the home page at Exiftool is interesting also:
"Known Problems ^
•There is a bug in a number of Adobe utilities which causes some edited Sony ARW images to be displayed with the wrong tone curve. This problem has been observed in Photoshop CS4 Camera Raw 5.6, DNG Converter 5.6 and Lightroom 2.6 with ARW images from the A500, A550, A700, A850 and A900. Other software such as the Sony IDC utility, Apple RAW utilities, dcraw and Capture One have no problems with edited images. If this problem effects you, please submit a bug report to Adobe. [This bug still exists as of DNG Converter 6.2]
•There is a bug in the Apple RAW file support (OS X 10.4.11) which prevents some edited Pentax PEF images from being displayed properly. Other software such as the Pentax Silkypix software and dcraw have no problems with these images. [This bug is fixed in OS X 10.5.4]
•In Windows, ExifTool will not process files with Unicode characters in the file name. This is due to an underlying lack of support for Unicode filenames in the Windows standard C I/O libraries."
Greg