4 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/exiv2wrapper.cpp b/src/exiv2wrapper.cpp
index ce0c7fc..34abd6d 100644
--- a/src/exiv2wrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/exiv2wrapper.cpp
@@ -481,12 +481,21 @@ ExifTag::ExifTag(const std::string& key): _key(key), _datum(_key)
     _sectionName = Exiv2::ExifTags::sectionName(tag, ifd);
     _sectionDescription = Exiv2::ExifTags::sectionDesc(tag, ifd);
     _raw_value = _datum.toString();
+    if(_datum.getValue().get() != 0)
+    {
+        std::ostringstream buffer;
+        buffer << _datum;
+        _human_value = buffer.str();
+    }
 }
 
 void ExifTag::setRawValue(const std::string& value)
 {
     _datum.setValue(value);
     _raw_value = _datum.toString();
+    std::ostringstream buffer;
+    buffer << _datum;
+    _human_value = buffer.str();
 }
 
 const std::string ExifTag::getKey()
@@ -534,6 +543,11 @@ const std::string ExifTag::getRawValue()
     return _raw_value;
 }
 
+const std::string ExifTag::getHumanValue()
+{
+    return _human_value;
+}
+
 
 IptcTag::IptcTag(const std::string& key): _key(key), _datum(_key)
 {
diff --git a/src/exiv2wrapper.hpp b/src/exiv2wrapper.hpp
index 9ea95e4..4098123 100644
--- a/src/exiv2wrapper.hpp
+++ b/src/exiv2wrapper.hpp
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ public:
     const std::string getSectionName();
     const std::string getSectionDescription();
     const std::string getRawValue();
+    const std::string getHumanValue();
 
 private:
     Exiv2::ExifKey _key;
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ private:
     std::string _sectionName;
     std::string _sectionDescription;
     std::string _raw_value;
+    std::string _human_value;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/exiv2wrapper_python.cpp b/src/exiv2wrapper_python.cpp
index 88c1353..11c0eb9 100644
--- a/src/exiv2wrapper_python.cpp
+++ b/src/exiv2wrapper_python.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(libexiv2python)
         .def("_getSectionName", &ExifTag::getSectionName)
         .def("_getSectionDescription", &ExifTag::getSectionDescription)
         .def("_getRawValue", &ExifTag::getRawValue)
+        .def("_getHumanValue", &ExifTag::getHumanValue)
     ;
 
     class_<IptcTag>("IptcTag", init<std::string>())
diff --git a/src/pyexiv2/exif.py b/src/pyexiv2/exif.py
index d09bcf3..9a0b0cb 100644
--- a/src/pyexiv2/exif.py
+++ b/src/pyexiv2/exif.py
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ class ExifTag(libexiv2python.ExifTag, ListenerInterface):
 
     value = property(fget=_get_value, fset=_set_value, doc=None)
 
+    @property
+    def human_value(self):
+        return self._getHumanValue() or None
+
     # Implement the ListenerInterface
     def contents_changed(self):
         """