Digital Light & Color

An update is available to Version 8.0.32 (10-Jan-2020)
The changes (taken from the update log) are:

Fixed problems with Levels and Color tool with mask transparency set to Mask Only.

Resize: Added Pixel Bounding Rectangle, Physical Bounding Rectangle, Pixel Percentage and Physical Percentage options. Reworked the transformation extensively to fix a range of problems with applying settings to new images.

Changed the way version numbers are added to filenames when saving image files to fix certain special cases.

Updated to ExifTool 11.83.

I have a problem with the orientation of an image:
My workflow:
I develop a RAW (*.PEF) wih dxo and create a *.jpg
This *.jpg seemes to be correct .
output from exif-tool [ExifTool] ExifTool Version Number : 11.62
[IFD0] Make : RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
[IFD0] Camera Model Name : PENTAX K-1
[IFD0] Orientation : Horizontal (normal)
[IFD0] X Resolution : 360
[IFD0] Y Resolution : 360
[IFD0] Resolution Unit : inches
[IFD0] Software : DxO PhotoLab 3.1
[IFD0] Modify Date : 2020:01:10 11:20:17
[IFD0] Artist : Winfried Schwolgin
[IFD0] Copyright : Winfried Schwolgin

If I open this file in PWP 8.0.32 and just save it back
the output is different and the file image is turned 180 degree
[IFD0] Make : RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
[IFD0] Camera Model Name : PENTAX K-1
[IFD0] Orientation : Rotate 180
[IFD0] X Resolution : 360
[IFD0] Y Resolution : 360
[IFD0] Resolution Unit : inches
[IFD0] Software : DxO PhotoLab 3.1
[IFD0] Modify Date : 2020:01:10 11:20:17
[IFD0] Artist : Winfried Schwolgin
[IFD0] Y Cb Cr Positioning : Centered
[IFD0] Copyright : Winfried Schwolgin

Maybe it is a glitch in the new ExifTool 11.83.
I had no problems with PWP 8.0.31

I did make one small change that I did not mention in the update log to the way ExifTool deals with the orientation tag to try to fix a problem someone else was having, also as it happens, with Pentax raw files. Apparently the Pentax raw format includes some other orientation tag in addition to the standard EXIF tag. It turned out an older version of RawTherapee was converting the Pentax raw files incorrectly and causing problem with ExifTool. When he reconverted the raw file with the latest RawTherapee the problem went away.

I will put the code back the way it was for the next release. If you use RawTherapee, try converting again using the latest version if the file you were having problems with was converted with an older version.

No big problem. I was able to fix the files with exiftool.

Someone posted this remark today on another website, maybe relevant:

All the photos I took using a rented Pentax 645Z are upside down. I shot them in backup mode, so both cards are recording raw (PEF). All the photos are upside down, both my faststone image viewer and LR are showing them upside down.
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/ ... t-63513757

Not sure if this will help: Phill Harvey's lists all Pentax tags, and I can find two on this list that have to do with image orientation:

Pentax ShotInfo Tags
Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes
1 CameraOrientation int8u (K-5, K-7, K-r and K-x)
0x10 = Horizontal (normal)
0x20 = Rotate 180
0x30 = Rotate 90 CW
0x40 = Rotate 270 CW
0x50 = Upwards
0x60 = Downwards

Pentax LevelInfo Tags
Tags decoded from the electronic level information for the K-5. May not be valid for other models.
Index1 Tag Name Writable Values / Notes
0 LevelOrientation int8s [val & 0xf]
0 = n/a
1 = Horizontal (normal)
2 = Rotate 180
3 = Rotate 90 CW
4 = Rotate 270 CW
9 = Horizontal; Off Level
10 = Rotate 180; Off Level
11 = Rotate 90 CW; Off Level
12 = Rotate 270 CW; Off Level
13 = Upwards
14 = Downwards

But how would they even migrate into EXIF IFD0 Orientation when PWP/ExifTool copies metadata between files?

I don't think this is a Pentax related problem.
I did a test with a *.jpg from a friend he took with a Canon D5 IV and produced with Lightroom and Photoshop. Same result.
I save the image with Metadata "All" in PWP.

... and by the way: "Metadata are a mess" :-)