Why do my Fujifilm X100S RAW files appear to have no EXIF, and can I sync metadata from matching JPEGs?
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I shoot RAW+JPEG on a Fujifilm X100S. The JPEG files show EXIF metadata, but the matching RAW files appear not to. Before I delete the JPEGs, I want to make sure I won’t lose important shooting information. Is it actually possible for a RAW file to have no EXIF, or is this more likely a software/viewing issue? If needed, is there a batch way to sync metadata between JPEG and RAW files when they have matching filenames?
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I do not believe it is possible to have a raw file without any exif data. Besides things like camera make/model/settings, the exif contains the information required to convert the raw data into a viewable image.
Either you do not have the right program/method for viewing the exif, or it is being stripped out by a program/process.
However, there are programs that can sync XMP/IPTC data between jpegs and raw files with the same names. Photo Mechanic can do it with it's contact sheet function. And there is a much cheaper program called Syncomatic that seems designed for just this purpose (I have no experience with it though).
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A true RAW file generally should contain metadata; it’s unlikely your X100S RAWs have no EXIF at all. RAW files need embedded camera/image information to be interpreted, so this is more likely a limitation of the software you’re using to view metadata, or metadata being stripped during some step in your workflow.
If you specifically need to transfer metadata in bulk between matching JPEG and RAW files, tools exist that can sync XMP/IPTC metadata based on filename matches. From the community answers, Photo Mechanic can do this from its contact sheet, and Syncomatic is another tool intended for that kind of batch syncing.
So the best first step is to verify the RAW files with a different metadata viewer before assuming the EXIF is missing. If the issue is only that your current software can’t read it, you may not need to copy anything at all.
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