
" Exif Print"), dated 20 February 2002 and released in April 2002. JEITA established Exif version 2.2 (a.k.a.
Version 2.1 of the specification is dated 12 June 1998. The Japan Electronic Industries Development Association (JEIDA) produced the initial definition of Exif. This section needs expansion with: changes.
A thumbnail for previewing the picture on the camera's LCD screen, in file managers, or in photo manipulation software. Digital cameras will record the current date and time and save this in the metadata. Image metrics: Pixel dimensions, resolution, colorspace, and filesize. Camera settings: This includes static information such as the camera model and make, and information that varies with each image such as orientation (rotation), aperture, shutter speed, focal length, metering mode, and ISO speed information. The metadata tags defined in the Exif standard cover a broad spectrum: This standard consists of the Exif image file specification and the Exif audio file specification.Įxif is supported by almost all camera manufacturers. It does not support JPEG 2000 or GIF encoded images. 6.0 ( RGB or YCbCr) for uncompressed image files, and RIFF WAV for audio files (linear PCM or ITU-T G.711 μ-law PCM for uncompressed audio data, and IMA- ADPCM for compressed audio data).
The specification uses the following existing encoding formats with the addition of specific metadata tags: JPEG lossy coding for compressed image files, TIFF Rev. 26 April 2010 12 years ago ( ), revised May 2019 3 years ago ( 2019-05)Įxchangeable 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.