Windows 10: How to retain EXIF Data when editing photos in Windows Photos app? Works fine on Windows 10...

Hi all,In Windows 10 I could edit a photo using the built-in Windows 10 Photos App. Specifically, I would regularly crop images and sometimes apply a filter etc. I could then save the changes to the image file and the original EXIF metadata such as the geographical information as to where the photo was taken etc would be retained - this was perfect for my requirements as I would then upload this editted image to a website and the EXIF data would be extracted by the website and used to place a "pin" on a map as to where the photo was originally taken and extract and display other informat

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Old digital camera photos do not retain original EXIF data when copied

Date Modified is the time and date the photos were done. As for Exif data, it can be stripped from photos. Are you using any type of utility to see if the actual file retains any Exif data inside the photo file?

 

Old digital camera photos do not retain original EXIF data when copied  

That is probably beause there are actually three dates stored in EXIF (for Windows, dunno about Mac), and yes, that's con-frickin-fusing.

Also need to clarify a bit about the location of EXIF data.

If you shoot JPG (or export TIFF) then the EXIF data will indeed be stored within the photo file itself. However, if you shoot RAW, e.g. Nikon NEF or Canon CR2, then Adobe Lightroom (and probably other editors) will create a "sidecar" XMP file to store EXIF data. That's because the best practice for RAW photos is never to alter them, but instead to alter the XMP file which contains the metadata about the photo.
@Compumind. Perhaps more than you needed to know. *Biggrin

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I think the real fault lies with the industry committee that set up the EXIF standards.

Exif - Wikipedia. See the part about "Maker Notes." Way back when, in the "dark ages" before Win 10 *Biggrin, there was a group that advocated for OpenRAW, a proposed RAW format that would be supported by all the camera manufacturers at the time. That proposal went exactly nowhere, so we are stuck today with proprietary RAW formats from most of the current camera manufacturers, increasing the burden on photo editing programs and limiting the number of editing programs that support RAW formats.

Canon and Nikon persist in putting out third-rate free editing programs that work only with their proprietary formats. I don't know why they even bother, except to satisfy some corporate egos in Tokyo.

 

Old digital camera photos do not retain original EXIF data when copied  

I have some good news. I hooked up my phone to my laptop with a USB cable. I then copied over the same photo again to my desktop. I renamed this 20221116_211205d.jpg. This copy retained the same Exif date taken and size as the original.

I would like to repeat that with File Explorer the original date and time are retained for all photos in the Date and Date taken columns. It is strange even when it seems the Exif date and time have been changed.





For me the problem is with the Phone Link app. If I use it to drag and drop a photo to my desktop the Exif date and size are changed. I will continue to use the Phone Link app but for most purposes but will have to remember its limitations.