Camera equipment has weird default name
Not all manufacturers give pretty names in their meta data
Martin Garnett
Last Update 3 months ago
Photospec automatically pulls EXIF data from your images to try and populate the details automatically.
Occasionally, the data that's pulled looks a bit strange. Either it'll have a very technical name, it'll have duplicated brand names, or it'll have some unfriendly formatting like ALL CAPS.
To get around this, Photospec maintains a lookup list for common equipment and replaces them with values that our users would expect to see.
For example, instead of showing "SONY ILCE-7M5", we'll show "Sony α7 V".
If your equipment is showing something that doesn't look very good, there are two steps to take.
1. Head to your settings screen and tap the refresh button next to the "Equipment name lookup" version. This will ensure you've got the latest version on your device.
2. If it's still not looking right, get in touch! Send me a photo to test, and let me know what you'd expect to see, and I'll update the list for you. Once I've updated the list, you should be able to do step 1 again, and it'll work instantly.