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EXIF Quick Reference

Over the past few years, I’ve used the EXIF data stored by modern digital cameras in a couple of programs I’ve worked on. Having access to the date the photo was taken – or which way the camera was rotated when it was – is useful information to have. Even though it’s relatively easy to do, finding the right identifier for the information you want is much harder than it should be. This page fills that niche – the most useful/popular EXIF properties in an easy-to-find format.

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