via the lens wrote:
I use LR for processing. The program shows in the metadata what the focal length of the lens is, both the original and when used in crop mode. See the clip from the LR panel below. Maybe your EXIF data in the program you use does not show the crop focal length, but if you used the crop mode the resultant image would equate to the 1.5 factor.
He may not have it in EXIf, but default, and thinks he has it in EXIF.....