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RAW MakerNotes coverage far behind ExifTool (Canon/Nikon/Panasonic/Minolta) #107

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@swackhamer

Found via

Independent exiftool-parity audit comparing oxidex against a freshly pulled ExifTool 13.55 tag database.

Bug

MakerNotes are the dominant missing-tag category across RAW formats:

  • CR2 (Canon): 167 missing MakerNotes tags
  • NEF (Nikon): 100 missing MakerNotes tags
  • MRW (Minolta): 71 missing MakerNotes tags
  • DNG: 138 missing MakerNotes tags
  • RW2 (Panasonic): also significant gaps

Total missing tags by format: CR2 240, DNG 200, NEF 137, RW2 123, X3F 117, MRW 72 — MakerNotes account for the bulk of each.

Scope

Proprietary maker-note parsers need substantial expansion to reach ExifTool parity. This is likely multiple follow-up efforts per manufacturer, but filing as one tracking issue for the overall gap; may want to split into per-manufacturer issues once prioritized.

Repro

just compare-exiftool-format CR2 (or DNG/NEF/RW2/MRW/X3F) + uv run scripts/find_tag_gaps.py --only-format <FORMAT>.

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