Manual lens data in darktable XMP files is not kept
Darktable ignores manually entered lens, focal length and aperture data stored in XMP files for manual lenses.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
6 public reports · first reported 9 October 2026 · last reported 9 October 2026
What's going wrong
Photographers who use manually focused or adapted lenses find that darktable does not keep the correct lens, focal length, aperture or focus distance in its sidecar files.
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