in reply to Re^3: How to encode for non-unicode output
in thread How to encode for non-unicode output

Probably (I'm really tired at moment, don't follow), but check http://search.cpan.org/grep?cpanid=EXIFTOOL&release=Image-ExifTool-7.51&string=utf8&i=1&n=1&C=0
and maybe even The Perl UTF-8 and utf8 Encoding Mess
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