Yes, this is a known issue. The Virtual Copies do not refresh with changes to EXIF data.
I haven't tried this, but it might work: temporarily re-set a VC to be the Master, save metadata, then switch the master back. Godfrey On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:07 AM, AlunFoto <alunf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Guys&gals, I need to pick your brains a little... > > I have lots of images in my archive taken with A-series lenses. They > appear in LR as shot with "A series lens". > Recently, however, I figured out how to use Exiftool to actually > insert the right nomenclature into the DNG-file, like "smc Pentax-A* > 200mm MACRO 1:4 ED", for example. > > Lightroom 3.x happily accepts my changes when I tell it to reload > metadata from file, and all is well. Except for Virtual Copies made in > LR before the metadata was changed. For some reason, the changes does > not propagate as expected. If you change the original filename, for > example, it's propagated. If you change keywords and/or IPTC data, > it's taken care of. But not EXIF... > > So I just wondered... Has any of you seen this before? Is there a way > to convince LR to update the EXIF for Virtual Copies, or is this just > a bug they may or may not be fixed in version 4? > > thanks, > Jostein > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
