On 12/04/2015 05:14 PM, Pedro Côrte-Real wrote:
>> > Joe-Random edits can be destructive, but specific edits can be purposeful.
> This isn't a matter of "wouldn't it be good if we could edit raw
> files", it possibly would be. It's a matter of these formats being so
> poorly defined it's simply not safe to do it. If you want your files
> to survive and be readable in the future just don't do it.
So?
As I say, its not as if I'm doing random edits or working with undefined
fields. I'm not editing the RAW data, just the extant exif fields.
While I agree with you in the global sense that exif is poorly defined,
the changes I'm talking about are with well defined - as in previously
defined but absent fields. Its not as if I'm screwing around with the
DPI or lens settings! Yes there are a lot of ill-defined and/or
critical exif values. I'm not talking about those, leave them along.
leave the DATA alone as well.
But under *some* circumstances someone who knows his camera well enough,
can address *very* *specific* use cases to alter *some* and *only *some*
exif fields.
This is not for the beginner!
I never claimed it was.
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