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Exif

Exchangeable image file format (officially Exif, according to JEIDA/JEITA/CIPA specifications) is a standard that specifies formats for images, sound, and ancillary tags used by digital cameras (including smartphones), scanners and other systems handling image and sound files recorded by digital cameras. The specification uses the following existing…

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Developed by
JEIDA, now JEITA, CIPA
Extended from
TIFF, JPEG, WAV
Extended to
DCF
Initial release
1995; 31 years ago (1995)
Latest release
3.1 30 January 2026; 6 months ago (2026-01-30)

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Technical

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Exif fields

FlashPix extensions

Exif audio files

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Exif

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples213
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
Components1

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Exif

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related to Technical · 52
Exif → Although, APP1, Application Segments, As, By, CIPA, DateTimeOriginal, DCF, FlashPix, For, Global Positioning System, GPSImgDirection, GPSPitch, GPSRoll, IFD, Image File Directory, In, Interoperability IFD, IPTC Information Interchange Model, It
related to MakerNote data · 38
Exif → Agfa, Canon, Casio, Epson, Fujifilm, GE, HP, ISL, JVC/Victor, KDDI, Kodak, Konica/Minolta, Kyocera/Contax, Leaf, MakerNote, Mamiya, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Olympus/Epson
related to history · 18
Exif → Adobe RGB, April, ASCII, CIPA, DCF, Development Association, Exif Print, February, JEIDA, JEITA, July, June, May, September, The, The Japan Electronic Industries, UTF-8, Version
see also · 14
Exif → APEX, Camera File, DCF, Design, Digital, Electronic Photography, Geotagged, Image File Format, Information Interchange ModelJPEG File, Interchange FormatMetadata Working GroupTag, JEIDA, Metadata Platform, TIFF/EP, XMP
related to Privacy and security · 13
Exif → Belize, For, GPS, GPS-enabled, Guatemala, ID, In December, John McAfee, Many, McAfee, Since, The, Vice
related to FlashPix extensions · 12
Exif → APP2, Below, FlashPix, FlashPix-ready, FPXR, FPXR JPEG, Hewlett-Packard, JPEG, Kodak, Kodak EasyShare V570, The Exif, These FlashPix
related to Program support · 12
Exif → Adobe XMP Toolkit, ExifTool, Exiv2, Java, LEADTOOLS, Many, Metadata Extractor, Perl, PIL/Pillow, Python, Software, While
related to Geolocation · 9
Exif → As, Flickr, GPS, Panoramio, Photo-sharing, Recorded GPS, Some, The, The Exif
related to Related standards · 9
Exif → Adobe Systems Inc, Extensible Metadata Platform, International Press Telecommunications Council, IPTC, ISO, Metadata Working Group, November, Version, XMP
related to External links · 8
Exif → Camera, CIPA Standards, Exchangeable Image File Format, Imaging Products AssociationExif, MakerNote, TIFF Tag Directory Archived, Version, Wayback MachineMetadata

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image information data tags tag standard file metadata jpeg camera images files tiff digital used specification version time makernote also

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ExifDeveloped byJEIDA, now JEITA, CIPA1.00infobox
ExifExtended fromTIFF, JPEG, WAV1.00infobox
ExifExtended toDCF1.00infobox
ExifFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .JPG, .TIF, .WAV, .PNG,.WEBP1.00infobox
ExifInitial release1995; 31 years ago (1995)1.00infobox
ExifLatest release3.1 30 January 2026; 6 months ago (2026-01-30)1.00infobox
the camera modelinstance ofThis includes static information0.80text
makeinstance ofThis includes static information0.80text
and information that varies with each image such as orientationinstance ofThis includes static information0.80text
ppi are meaningless.Privacyinstance ofimage resolution values0.80text
securitySince the Exif tag contains metadata about the photoinstance ofimage resolution values0.80text
it can pose a privacy probleminstance ofimage resolution values0.80text

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