Image file metadata
EXIF stands for Exchangeable Image File Format, a standard for metadata embedded in digital photographs.
EXIF data records technical details when a photo is taken: camera model, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, date and time, and often GPS coordinates.
The EXIF data showed the photo was taken in 2019.
Photographers and forensic analysts use EXIF to verify image authenticity or reconstruct shooting conditions.
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Image file metadata
EXIF stands for Exchangeable Image File Format, a standard for metadata embedded in digital photographs.
EXIF data records technical details when a photo is taken: camera model, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, date and time, and often GPS coordinates.
The EXIF data showed the photo was taken in 2019.
Photographers and forensic analysts use EXIF to verify image authenticity or reconstruct shooting conditions.
1. metadata — camera, Image capturing device; settings (Adjustable device parameters); shutter (Hinged window covering); speed (Rate of motion); aperture · ISO · date · time · geolocation · latitude · longitude · altitude · orientation · flash
2. standard — specification, Detailed technical requirement; JPEG (Lossy photo compression standard); TIFF (Raster graphics specification); header (Top line of document); tags · format · version · directory · attribute · interoperability · baseline · extension · segment · encoding
visibility/content typeEXIF ≠ image Visual or mental likeness; picture · bitmap
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/EXIF