diff --git a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
index 04015d7..9aaa4cf 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
+++ b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import mimetypes
 import os
 import re
 import sys
+import shutil
 import tempfile
 import warnings
 import traceback
@@ -138,9 +139,30 @@ class MarkItDown:
             self._llm_model = kwargs.get("llm_model")
             self._exiftool_path = kwargs.get("exiftool_path")
             self._style_map = kwargs.get("style_map")
+
             if self._exiftool_path is None:
                 self._exiftool_path = os.getenv("EXIFTOOL_PATH")
 
+            # Still none? Check well-known paths
+            if self._exiftool_path is None:
+                candidate = shutil.which("exiftool")
+                if candidate:
+                    candidate = os.path.abspath(candidate)
+                    if any(
+                        d == os.path.dirname(candidate)
+                        for d in [
+                            "/usr/bin",
+                            "/usr/local/bin",
+                            "/opt",
+                            "/opt/bin",
+                            "/opt/local/bin",
+                            "/opt/homebrew/bin" "C:\\Windows\\System32",
+                            "C:\\Program Files",
+                            "C:\\Program Files (x86)",
+                        ]
+                    ):
+                        self._exiftool_path = candidate
+
             # Register converters for successful browsing operations
             # Later registrations are tried first / take higher priority than earlier registrations
             # To this end, the most specific converters should appear below the most generic converters
diff --git a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/converters/_exiftool.py b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/converters/_exiftool.py
index 5a316f0..43c100f 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/converters/_exiftool.py
+++ b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/converters/_exiftool.py
@@ -5,26 +5,16 @@ import sys
 import shutil
 import os
 import warnings
-from typing import BinaryIO, Optional, Any
+from typing import BinaryIO, Any, Union
 
 
 def exiftool_metadata(
-    file_stream: BinaryIO, *, exiftool_path: Optional[str] = None
+    file_stream: BinaryIO,
+    *,
+    exiftool_path: Union[str, None],
 ) -> Any:  # Need a better type for json data
-    # Check if we have a valid pointer to exiftool
+    # Nothing to do
     if not exiftool_path:
-        which_exiftool = shutil.which("exiftool")
-        if which_exiftool:
-            warnings.warn(
-                f"""Implicit discovery of 'exiftool' is disabled. If you would like to continue to use exiftool in MarkItDown, please set the exiftool_path parameter in the MarkItDown consructor. E.g., 
-
-    md = MarkItDown(exiftool_path="{which_exiftool}")
-
-This warning will be removed in future releases.
-""",
-                DeprecationWarning,
-            )
-        # Nothing to do
         return {}
 
     # Run exiftool
diff --git a/packages/markitdown/tests/test_markitdown.py b/packages/markitdown/tests/test_markitdown.py
index 8c34da0..25e5e33 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown/tests/test_markitdown.py
+++ b/packages/markitdown/tests/test_markitdown.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import openai
 import pytest
 import requests
 
-import warnings
-
 from markitdown import (
     MarkItDown,
     UnsupportedFormatException,
@@ -517,19 +515,6 @@ def test_exceptions() -> None:
     reason="do not run if exiftool is not installed",
 )
 def test_markitdown_exiftool() -> None:
-    # Test the automatic discovery of exiftool throws a warning
-    # and is disabled
-    try:
-        warnings.simplefilter("default")
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
-            markitdown = MarkItDown()
-            result = markitdown.convert(os.path.join(TEST_FILES_DIR, "test.jpg"))
-            assert len(w) == 1
-            assert w[0].category is DeprecationWarning
-            assert result.text_content.strip() == ""
-    finally:
-        warnings.resetwarnings()
-
     which_exiftool = shutil.which("exiftool")
     assert which_exiftool is not None