Originally posted by photolady95 For some reason I can't get EXIFtool to run on my Windows 8.1 laptop.
That is strange since ExifTool is a CMD file process. I suggest doing the following (I was using it on Windows 8.1 and ExifGui without issue back in the day)
1. Go here and download Exiftool.zip
ExifTool by Phil Harvey
2. In file Explorer create a folder in a (depending on how many drives you have) Program files (86)\ExifTool.
3 Expand the zip file from step 1 and rename the extracted file ExifTool.exe.
4. Move ExifTool.exe into the folder created in step 2.
Now for the part you may be having an issue with, the ExifTool folder needs to be in your systems "Path" statement. Go to Control Panel and select "System", select the Advanced System Settings which you will need to run as a member of the Administrator group (Getting on my soapbox here, as a standard user you should NEVER be running as a member of the Administrator group unless you are doing stuff like this - you would be asking for issues). Go into System Properties "Advanced". There is a "Environment Variables" button, click it and add the path from step 2.
Now if you really really find this difficult, it is possible in Windows 8.1 to just copy the ExiftTool.exe file into the C:\Windows\system32 folder. I do not suggest that you do it as Microsoft has the habit of removing files out of Windows folders that are "not from Microsoft".
5. Once you have all this in place. Open a CMD file (Windows key + R type in CMD) change the directory into the file where your image is and run the following:
exiftool -G <image file name> | find /i "lens" you will get something that looks like this:
[EXIF] Lens Model : smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL
[MakerNotes] Lens Type : smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL
[MakerNotes] Lens F Stops : 5
[MakerNotes] Lens Focal Length : 18.1 mm
[Composite] Lens ID : smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL
Before warned - I have used Exiftool to extract the MakerNotes Lens Type field and populate the EXIF Lens Model field. There is a tool that is GUI based, but the developer has abandoned it and Google has changed the interface on the map process that really makes it difficult to do anything. Unfortunately Google wants to change everything into a source of income so embedding Google Maps is broken. Too bad you can't use Bing Maps as their interface/API stuff is not charging you.