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How to register IPTC Information into the Sony A1, A11, A9, A9II, A9III, A7RIV and A7RV

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This is one of the least known features of the A9, A9II, A9III, A7RIV, A7RV and A1. The feature allows you to put customised IPTC information into your camera, which in turn adds it to your images. But the IPTC feature and how put the information into the camera is vague. No more.

The Sony software and instructions are here.

The Doc had to do a survey before he could download the software.

Get an old SD card, it does not need to be fast, as the IPTC information will be stored on the card and then loaded into the camera. Warning: any SD card which is subsequently formatted will lose its customised IPTC Information and you will need to reload the IPTC data back onto the SD card.

The Sony instructions linked above are not complete. The Doc’s suggestion:

  1. Install the Sony IPTC software on your PC/Mac. It is called the Sony IPTC Metadata Preset.
  2. Type in the IPTC information you want stored in the camera. You can import this information into the Sony IPTC Metadata Preset software if you already have it in an XML file.
  3. Format a SD card in your Sony A1, A9, A9II, A9III or A7RIV (it MUST be formatted in the camera).
  4. Put the camera formatted SD card into a card reader attached to your PC/Mac.
  5. Go to Sony IPTC Metadata Preset software and EXPORT the file to the formatted SD card. You can save the info on your PC/Mac but it must be EXPORTED onto the SD card.
  6. Put the SD card into Slot 1 of your Sony A1, A9, A9II, A9III or A7RIV. Do not have two cards in the camera.
  7. Open the Shooting Menu on the Sony A1 (or your model): Shooting>3File>IPTC Information>Register IPTC Info>Select Slot 1
  8. If successful you get the message “Registered IPTC Information”. Select OK.
  9. Now select Write IPTC Info in your camera menu and turn it on/off as you desire. When turned on, the customised IPTC Information will be written by the camera to the images.

Procedures listed in Point 7 will vary between the various Sony camera models. Warning: you must use the Sony supplied software as the camera will only upload the IPTC information exported from the Sony app.