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Fujifilm metadata not recognized by Capture One

Hi
I recently made a gear switch from Canon to a modest Fuji X-E1. I like this camera quite a lot.

I immediately noticed that the metadata written by my camera is not present in Capture One. After some reading, it seems that the Fuji camera stores the information in the RAW image in a format called MakerNotes, as opposed to the standard EXIF. This is a pretty big bummer for me because I use the metadata a lot in my workflow, especially the star ratings which I set in camera in order to filter "good" shots among the 2,000 or so that I have to look at in post.

What do I do here? Is there a way to read MakerNotes in Capture One that I an unaware of? Is there a way to have it copy the MakerNotes into EXIF fields? Do I need to run some external tool against my memory card before importing?
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  • Lars Hennings
    Hi, is there in the tools a register "i" and in it "Metadata"? If not, Menu: View or so. Is in Preset Fuji activ? lars
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  • Hi
    LarsH wrote:
    Hi, is there in the tools a register "i" and in it "Metadata"? If not, Menu: View or so. Is in Preset Fuji activ? lars

    I have absolutely no idea what this means.
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  • Clau_S
    Festics wrote:
    LarsH wrote:
    Hi, is there in the tools a register "i" and in it "Metadata"? If not, Menu: View or so. Is in Preset Fuji activ? lars

    I have absolutely no idea what this means.


    He was referring to the metadata tool in the homonymous tool tab, whose icon is a little i inside a circle.
    I've got a Fuji X-T100 and Capture One correctly shows standard Exif data, like camera model, lens, exposure settings and so on. Can't you see any of them?
    I've never rated a picture on camera. I'll do a test to see if there's a problem with mine too. My only guess would be to look at Metadata section in Image tab of Preferences but you can only set to read from embedded XMP, IPTC or Sidecar XMP. If you've already tried to change them, a proprietary format could effectively be incompatible.
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  • Gordon Webster
    You'll find that the standard EXIF data (time, camera, lens, exposure, etc.) IS correctly identified and shows in C1.
    It is the "Star Rating" that does not transfer from the camera (which Fujifilm uses MakerNotes) to C1. I simply stopped using the in-camera star rating.
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  • Wolfgang Plattner
    MakerNotes of Fuji are not readable in external software.
    Make your metadata like star-ratings with additional software during or after the import, then C1 will be able to read it.
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  • Piotr Szenajch

    The new firmware for x100v version 2.0 was supposed to solve the problem of in-camera rating not showing in editing software. I can see the rating now in ApolloOne for Mac OS. But still not in Capture One 20. C1 team, if you are reading this, please fix this asap.

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  • FirstName LastName

    The workaround I use is to first extract the metadata to an XMP file which Capture One can read. I put the raw images in a folder then extract the data using exiftool[1] which can read the saved rating from the camera (at least from the XT-4 I tried with), then importing from that folder Capture One picks up the ratings. The downside of this is that it's not exactly user-friendly if you're not familiar with terminal commands.

    I run this command in the folder of images, this could probably be automated in Mac automator for a given folder, I don't as I prefer to run it only after geotagging (when I have a GPX).

    find . -name '*.RAF' | parallel 'exiftool -TagsFromFile {} {.}.xmp'

    [1]: https://exiftool.org/

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