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Questions tagged [exif]

Exif (Exchangeable image file format) is a specification followed by manufacturers of digital cameras that is used to record information about the technical conditions for image capture within the image file itself in the form of tagged metadata.

Exif (Exchangeable image file format) is a specification followed by manufacturers of digital cameras that is used to record information about the technical conditions for image capture within the image file itself in the form of tagged metadata. Exif metadata can be found on JPEG photographs and TIFF images.

Metadata tags defined in the Exif standard

  • Date and time information
  • Camera settings
  • A thumbnail for previewing the picture
  • Geolocation
  • Descriptions
  • Copyright information
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"batch" removal of EXIF MPF data on Android phone before uploading to Google Photos

My Canon camera sets MPF in its EXIF data on and if there is a way to stop it, I can not find it. This results in Google Photos saving the pictures in Original quality even though Storage Saver option is on - a known problem with Google Photos as…
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How can I change my pictures' and videos' date on my phone by their filenames?

Yesterday, I moved a bunch of old pictures and videos to my phone, using a FTP server I installed on my phone. Everything went fine, but today I discovered that the date of all the copied photos and videos was set to yesterday. As a result, my…
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Dates changed on the photos

Photos were taken in 2011 on Samsung phone GT-B3310 (not a smartphone). This phone was switched off for over 2 years in 2013. On 24 January 2015 the phone was switched on and transferred the pictures via Bluetooth onto my Samsung Galaxy S3. The…
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Changed EXIF dates and file attributes are not recognized on Android

I had several jpeg images stored on a MicroSDXC card that had incorrect dates, year 2000, which were taken in 2010. I inserted this SD card into slot and used EXIFtool to correct dates, which were correct afterwards - date information was stored in…
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Is time in Exif or other metadata in a Nexus 5x video?

I have some MP4 videos taken with a Nexus 5x. I no longer have that device. Which of the Exif or XMP or the metadata (if any) contains time in UTC that the video started or ended? I'm trying to get them in chronological order with all the still…
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Why aren't my images geotagged?

I have a Blackview A60Pro running Android 9. Location is enabled (Settings -> Security & location -> Location is "On") The Camera app has all the permissions it requests, including Location (both "access approximate location (network-based)" and…
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Change default EXIF data

Is there a way to change "hardcoded" default EXIF data when taking photos? i.e I have Make 'LG Electronics', I want it to be 'Apple' Model 'LG-D802', change it to 'iPhone X' I know there are a lot of software that can change EXIF data after photo…
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Strange image orientation with all camera apps

I've just noticed that on my Wileyfox Swift there's something strange going on with image orientation: taking a landscape image, everything is fine: the resulting JPG is in landscape, and Exif has Orientation:0 – as one would expect. taking a…
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Rear or Front Facing Camera through EXIF Data?

I am creating an app that separates selfies from picture taken with the rear-facing camera. I am not doing this 'in real-time' so I started looking at the EXIF data. I have compared the standard EXIF data from a picture taken with the rear camera…
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What is the difference between the Tag Buddy and Face tag stock Gallery options, and where is the related info stored?

I would like to know what the difference is between the Tag Buddy and Face tag stock Gallery options (as available on the Samsung Galaxy SIII stock Gallery application). Also, why is one option activated via a sliding-button and the other one via a…
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Gallery application replacement for adding text based Photo Notes

The Samsung Galaxy SIII Neo stock Gallery application has (and other models do too) an option to set a Photo Note when you're viewing a picture. When you select it the picture rotates via some OpenGL animation, and you can scribble on its back. But…
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Where are Samsung's "Gallery" app's automatic "tags" stored and how can they be used downstream (i.e. in non-Android photo mgmt / dam software)?

Samsung's "Gallery" does a fantastic job at automatically / on its own assigning "tags" to photos, making it easy to find photos with certain keywords (e.g. "sunset" or "furniture" or what not). Where exactly are these tags stored and will they be…
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Android phone camera sets "dav" comment in metadata

Nearly every picture taken by my Android phone has a comment added "dav" in the metadata. I'd like to understand why and if possible stop the comments from being added. They appear to be in EXIF and some other metadata field. Images taken with fast…
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