getexif() returns incomplete exif data since 8.2.0

[Starcross]

Calling getexif() on an image instance prior to 8.2.0 used to return more information, for example shutter speed and aperture for images with this data present.

Calling the protected _getexif() continues to provide the full data set.

See also this discussion on stack overflow

[radarhere]

Hi. #4947 would be responsible for this.

The shutter speed and aperture is contained within the EXIF IFD - ShutterSpeedValue and ApertureValue in https://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/tifftags/privateifd/exif.html

Prior to #4947, we merged the EXIF IFD into the rest of the top level tags. This was not ideal however, as this meant that you couldn't tell which tags had been part of the EXIF IFD, and which tags had been already at the top level. So #4947 stopped this merging.

Instead, you can get the EXIF IFD using get_ifd().

from PIL import Image
with Image.open("Tests/images/flower.jpg") as im:
    exif = im.getexif()
exif_ifd = exif.get_ifd(0x8769)
print("ShutterSpeedValue", exif_ifd[0x9201])
print("ApertureValue", exif_ifd[0x9202])

I've also posted an answer to the StackOverflow question.

[Starcross]

Great, thanks for the clarification