diff --git a/src/decoder/mod.rs b/src/decoder/mod.rs
index f3e254c..b15a2f9 100644
--- a/src/decoder/mod.rs
+++ b/src/decoder/mod.rs
@@ -1865,3 +1865,70 @@ impl<'l> IfdDecoder<'l> {
             })
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::Decoder;
+    use crate::{
+        bytecast,
+        tags::{ByteOrder, Tag, ValueBuffer},
+    };
+
+    #[test]
+    fn equivalence_of_tag_readers() {
+        let file = std::fs::File::open(concat!(
+            env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
+            "/tests/images/int8_rgb.tif"
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let mut decoder = Decoder::new(file).unwrap();
+        let file_bo = decoder.byte_order();
+        let mut ifd = decoder.image_ifd();
+
+        {
+            let value = ifd
+                .find_tag(Tag::BitsPerSample)
+                .unwrap()
+                .expect("must have BitsPerSample");
+
+            let samples = value.into_u16_vec().unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(samples.as_slice(), [8, 8, 8]);
+        }
+
+        {
+            let mut value = ValueBuffer::from_value(&[0u16; 4]);
+            let _entry = ifd
+                .find_tag_buf(Tag::BitsPerSample, &mut value)
+                .unwrap()
+                .expect("must have BitsPerSample");
+
+            value.set_byte_order(ByteOrder::native());
+            assert_eq!(value.as_bytes(), bytecast::u16_as_ne_bytes(&[8, 8, 8]));
+        }
+
+        {
+            let mut by_bytes = [0u16; 4];
+            let entry = ifd
+                .find_entry(Tag::BitsPerSample)
+                .expect("must have BitsPerSample");
+
+            let byte_len = ifd
+                .find_tag_bytes(
+                    Tag::BitsPerSample,
+                    bytecast::u16_as_ne_mut_bytes(&mut by_bytes),
+                    0,
+                )
+                .unwrap()
+                .expect("must have BitsPerSample");
+            assert_eq!(byte_len, 3 * std::mem::size_of::<u16>());
+
+            file_bo.convert(
+                entry.field_type(),
+                bytecast::u16_as_ne_mut_bytes(&mut by_bytes[..3]),
+                ByteOrder::native(),
+            );
+            assert_eq!(&by_bytes[..3], &[8, 8, 8]);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/tags.rs b/src/tags.rs
index 45f5ed9..a689dfa 100644
--- a/src/tags.rs
+++ b/src/tags.rs
@@ -432,9 +432,13 @@ impl ValueBuffer {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Internal method to change the type and count while re-interpreting the byte buffer.
+    ///
+    /// Should only be called after writing bytes to the internal buffer prepared with
+    /// `Self::prepare_length`.
     pub(crate) fn assume_type(&mut self, ty: Type, count: u64, bo: ByteOrder) {
         debug_assert!({
-            ty.value_bytes(self.count)
+            ty.value_bytes(count)
                 .is_ok_and(|n| n < self.bytes.len() as u64)
         });