Re: [gthumb-list] Extension idea: auto-rotate

["Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc avtechpulse com>]

> If I import a portrait orientated picture, exif tag "right-top"
>
> 1. Unselect "Rotate image physically"
> - Image appears "portrait" oriented
> - Orientation tag : "right-top"
> - other programs (eog, gimp) open it as portrait

Sounds correct.

> 2. Select "Rotate image physically"
> - Image appears "landscape" oriented
> - Orientation tag : "right-top"
> - other programs (eog, gimp) open it as landscape

Something is broken here. The orientation tag should be top-left, and 
the image should be displayed in portrait orientation (because the data 
has been physically transformed that way).

This is a bug. Please file a report. And fix it too :-)

I don't have any cameras that use the orientation flag, unfortunately. 
And gthumb + exiv2 on Fedora 13 seems broken also 
(https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=619714).


- Mike