What is EXIF data?ĮXIF stands for “exchangeable image file format”, it allows you to store certain information in your photos. This stored data is called “EXIF Data” and it is comprised of a range of settings such as ISO speed, shutter speed, aperture, white balance, camera model and make, date and time, lens type, focal length, and much more. Reading such data can be of great importance not only for beginners but also for other photographers who want to find out what settings and tools were used to create a particular photograph. These settings can then be later used to organize photographs, perform searches and provide vital information to photographers about the way a particular photograph was captured.

Nowadays, every modern digital camera has the capability to record this information, along with many other camera settings, right into the photo file and these data are called metadata or EXIF. It was a very painful process, especially for newbies. Before the invention of digital cameras, and in the old days of film, photographers, for learning purposes and for understanding what they might do wrong when an image didn’t come out right, they use a pen and a notepad to record important information such as shutter speed, aperture, and date.

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