image::exiftool::pentax(3) [suse man page]

Image::ExifTool::Pentax(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				Image::ExifTool::Pentax(3)

NAME

       Image::ExifTool::Pentax - Pentax/Asahi maker notes tags

SYNOPSIS

       This module is loaded automatically by Image::ExifTool when required.

DESCRIPTION

       This module contains definitions required by Image::ExifTool to interpret Pentax and Asahi maker notes in EXIF information.

NOTES

       I couldn't find a good source for Pentax maker notes information, but I've managed to discover a fair bit of information by analyzing
       sample images downloaded from the internet, and through tests with my own Optio WP and K10D, and with help provided by other ExifTool users
       (see "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS").

       The Pentax maker notes are stored in standard EXIF format, but the offsets used for some of their cameras are wacky.  The Optio 330 gives
       the offset relative to the offset of the tag in the directory, the Optio WP uses a base offset in the middle of nowhere, and the Optio 550
       uses different (and totally illogical) bases for different menu entries.  Very weird.  (It wouldn't surprise me if Pentax can't read their
       own maker notes!)  Luckily, there are only a few entries in the maker notes which are large enough to require offsets, so this doesn't
       affect much useful information.	ExifTool attempts to make sense of this fiasco by making an assumption about where the information should
       be stored to deduce the correct offsets.

REFERENCES

       Image::MakerNotes::Pentax
       <http://johnst.org/sw/exiftags/> (Asahi models)
       <http://kobe1995.jp/~kaz/astro/istD.html>
       <http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/>
       (...plus lots of testing with my Optio WP and K10D!)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       Thanks to Wayne Smith, John Francis, Douglas O'Brien Cvetan Ivanov, Jens Duttke and Dave Nicholson for help figuring out some Pentax tags,
       Denis Bourez, Kazumichi Kawabata, David Buret, Barney Garrett, Axel Kellner, Anton Bondar and Albert Bogner for adding to the LensType
       list, and Ger Vermeulen and Niels Kristian Bech Jensen for contributing print conversion values for some tags.

AUTHOR

       Copyright 2003-2010, Phil Harvey (phil at owl.phy.queensu.ca)

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       "Pentax Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, Image::ExifTool(3pm), Image::Info(3pm)

perl v5.12.1							    2010-03-18						Image::ExifTool::Pentax(3)

Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML(3)

NAME

       Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML - Read/write tag information XML database

DESCRIPTION

       This module is used to generate an XML database from all ExifTool tag information. This database may then be edited and used to re-generate
       the localized tag information modules (Image::ExifTool::Lang::*).

METHODS

   Write
       Print complete tag information database in XML format.

	 # save list of all tags
	 $success = Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML::Write('dst.xml');

	 # list all IPTC tags to console, including Flags
	 Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML::Write(undef, 'IPTC', Flags => 1);

	 # write all EXIF Camera tags to file
	 Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML::Write($outfile, 'exif:camera');

       Inputs:
	   0) [optional] Output file name, or undef for console output.

	   1) [optional] String of group names separated by colons to specify the group to print.  A specific IFD may not be given as a group,
	   since EXIF tags may be written to any IFD.  Saves all groups if not specified.

	   2) [optional] Hash of options values:

	       Flags   - Set to output 'flags' attribute
	       NoDesc  - Set to suppress output of descriptions

       Return Value:
	   True on success.

       Sample XMP Output:

	 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
	 <taginfo>

	 <table name='XMP::dc' g0='XMP' g1='XMP-dc' g2='Other'>
	  <desc lang='en'>XMP Dublin Core</desc>
	  <tag id='title' name='Title' type='lang-alt' writable='true' g2='Image'>
	   <desc lang='en'>Title</desc>
	   <desc lang='de'>Titel</desc>
	   <desc lang='fr'>Titre</desc>
	  </tag>
	  ...
	 </table>

	 </taginfo>

       Flags (if selected and available) are formatted as a comma-separated list of the following possible values:  Avoid, Binary, List,
       Mandatory, Permanent, Protected, Unknown and Unsafe.  See the tag name documentation and lib/Image/ExifTool/README for a description of
       these flags.  For XMP List tags, the list type (Alt, Bag or Seq) is also output as a flag if applicable.

   BuildLangModules
       Build all Image::ExifTool::Lang modules from an XML database file.

	   Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML::BuildLangModules('src.xml');

       Inputs:
	   0) XML file name

       Return Value:
	   Number of modules updated, or negative on error.

AUTHOR

       Copyright 2003-2010, Phil Harvey (phil at owl.phy.queensu.ca)

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       Image::ExifTool(3pm), Image::ExifTool::TagNames(3pm)

perl v5.12.1							    2010-03-01					    Image::ExifTool::TagInfoXML(3)