diff --git a/src/modules/imageresizer/tests/Models/ResizeOperationTests.cs b/src/modules/imageresizer/tests/Models/ResizeOperationTests.cs
index ea22ccd05c..b0d843e361 100644
--- a/src/modules/imageresizer/tests/Models/ResizeOperationTests.cs
+++ b/src/modules/imageresizer/tests/Models/ResizeOperationTests.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ImageResizer.Models
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
-        public void ExecuteCopiesFrameMetadataExceptWhenMetadataCannotBeCloned()
+        public void ExecuteCopiesFrameMetadataEvenWhenMetadataCannotBeCloned()
         {
             var operation = new ResizeOperation("TestMetadataIssue2447.jpg", _directory, Settings());
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace ImageResizer.Models
 
             AssertEx.Image(
                 _directory.File(),
-                image => Assert.IsNull(((BitmapMetadata)image.Frames[0].Metadata).CameraModel));
+                image => Assert.IsNotNull(((BitmapMetadata)image.Frames[0].Metadata).CameraModel));
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
diff --git a/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/Extensions/BitmapMetadataExtension.cs b/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/Extensions/BitmapMetadataExtension.cs
index d6885c75ee..6bf4b4ace9 100644
--- a/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/Extensions/BitmapMetadataExtension.cs
+++ b/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/Extensions/BitmapMetadataExtension.cs
@@ -105,14 +105,31 @@ namespace ImageResizer.Extensions
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets all metadata
-        /// Iterates recursively through all metadata
+        /// Gets all metadata.
+        /// Iterates recursively through metadata and adds valid items to a list while skipping invalid data items.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Invalid data items are items which throw an exception when reading the data with metadata.GetQuery(...).
+        /// Sometimes Metadata collections are improper closed and cause an exception on IEnumerator.MoveNext(). In this case, we return all data items which were successfully collected so far.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// metadata path and metadata value of all successfully read data items.
+        /// </returns>
         public static List<(string metadataPath, object value)> GetListOfMetadata(this BitmapMetadata metadata)
         {
             var listOfAllMetadata = new List<(string metadataPath, object value)>();
 
-            GetMetadataRecursively(metadata, string.Empty);
+            try
+            {
+                GetMetadataRecursively(metadata, string.Empty);
+            }
+#pragma warning disable CA1031 // Do not catch general exception types
+            catch (Exception ex)
+#pragma warning restore CA1031 // Do not catch general exception types
+            {
+                Debug.WriteLine($"Exception while trying to iterate recursively over metadata. We were able to read {listOfAllMetadata.Count} metadata entries.");
+                Debug.WriteLine(ex);
+            }
 
             return listOfAllMetadata;
 
@@ -202,7 +219,17 @@ namespace ImageResizer.Extensions
         {
             var listOfAllMetadata = new List<(string metadataPath, object value)>();
 
-            GetMetadataRecursively(metadata, string.Empty);
+            try
+            {
+                GetMetadataRecursively(metadata, string.Empty);
+            }
+#pragma warning disable CA1031 // Do not catch general exception types
+            catch (Exception ex)
+#pragma warning restore CA1031 // Do not catch general exception types
+            {
+                Debug.WriteLine($"Exception while trying to iterate recursively over metadata. We were able to read {listOfAllMetadata.Count} metadata entries.");
+                Debug.WriteLine(ex);
+            }
 
             return listOfAllMetadata;
 
diff --git a/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/Models/ResizeOperation.cs b/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/Models/ResizeOperation.cs
index cf12b033f3..daf5b3137b 100644
--- a/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/Models/ResizeOperation.cs
+++ b/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/Models/ResizeOperation.cs
@@ -83,17 +83,14 @@ namespace ImageResizer.Models
                     {
                         try
                         {
-                            // Detect whether metadata can copied successfully
-                            var modifiableMetadata = metadata.Clone();
-
 #if DEBUG
                             Debug.WriteLine($"### Processing metadata of file {_file}");
-                            modifiableMetadata.PrintsAllMetadataToDebugOutput();
+                            metadata.PrintsAllMetadataToDebugOutput();
 #endif
 
                             // read all metadata and build up metadata object from the scratch. Discard invalid (unreadable/unwritable) metadata.
                             var newMetadata = new BitmapMetadata(metadata.Format);
-                            var listOfMetadata = modifiableMetadata.GetListOfMetadata();
+                            var listOfMetadata = metadata.GetListOfMetadata();
                             foreach (var (metadataPath, value) in listOfMetadata)
                             {
                                 if (value is BitmapMetadata bitmapMetadata)