Extracting JPEG from older RAW file with exiftool not possible?

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I’m trying to extract the embedded JPEG from an .ORF RAW file with exiftool but don’t succeed.

The photo dates from 2008 captured with my Olympus E-3. I use the following command:

exiftool -b -jpgfromraw -w %.jpg *.ORF

Exiftool logs:

0 output files created

Extracting JPEGs from other RAW files works with no issues. Anyone knows what could be the reason?

2

It might not be hiding in the “JpgFromRaw” location, try a different one? Use exiftool -a -u -s -G1 to see the file structure. It’s also possible that there simply is no thumbnail/preview embedded…

3

Thank you. What should I look for in the file structure printed by exiftool?

4

I usually just run dcraw -e some.raw

5

I use this command, which should extract all embedded previews: exiftool -a -b -W %d%f_%t%-c.%s -preview:all *.ORF

And a shell script that will take as argument any number of files and/or folders:

#!/bin/bash

for var in "$@"
do
    echo "## $var"
	
	if   [ -d "${var}" ] # Directory
	then
		path=$var
		file=$var
	elif [ -f "${var}" ] # File
	then
		path="$(dirname "${var}")"
		file="$(basename "${var}")"
	else
		echo "Not a valid file or directory"
		exit 1
	fi
	
	cd "$path" || exit

	exiftool -a -b -W %d%f_%t%-c.%s -preview:all "$file"

done
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Thank you, this did it!

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