[Gimp-user] EXIF support in latest Gimp

[Maxim Cournoyer <maxim cournoyer gmail com>]

Dear Gimp community,

I would like to inquire about the state of the EXIF support in Gimp, as
per the title.

It seems that Gimp 2.8.6 (Fedora 19) is ignoring the colorspace (Adobe
RGB) that is written by my camera as per the EXIF 2.21 specifications
(that is, setting the InteropIndex to 'R03' for Adobe RGB, see
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/EXIF.html)

It seems hard to find proper documentation (or even the 2.21
specifications online), but some software (e.g. Geeqie) manage to parse
the useful information very well (see
https://gitorious.org/geeqie/geeqie/blobs/master/src/image.c#line288)

Is there a workaround for this? It cripples the Adobe RGB workflow to a
point I prefer sticking to sRGB for now, which is not ideal given that
printers and monitors keep improving in gamut.

Here are two test files:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/176092/_DSF2455.JPG (Adobe RGB)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/176092/DSCF2456.JPG (sRGB)

Thanks for the great software :)