EXIF Viewer

How to read the EXIF data of a photo

1. Drop a photo on the drop zone, or click it to choose one. JPEG, HEIC, PNG, WebP, TIFF and AVIF files are supported.
2. The summary shows the Camera, Lens, Exposure (shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length and exposure compensation), Date taken, Dimensions, Software and Orientation.
3. The Location section shows the GPS coordinates when the photo has them, in decimal degrees and in degrees, minutes, seconds, with the altitude. Copy coordinates puts the decimal pair on your clipboard, ready to paste into any map app.
4. All metadata fields lists every tag, grouped by block: Image (IFD0), Exif (shooting settings), GPS, IPTC, XMP, color profile, thumbnail and so on. Click a group to open or close it.
5. Download all fields (JSON) saves everything as a JSON file, useful for archiving or comparing photos.

What is EXIF data?

EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is a standard that cameras and phones use to write information into the photo file itself. Alongside the pixels, a typical smartphone photo carries dozens of fields: the make and model of the device, the lens, the exposure time, the f-number, the ISO sensitivity, whether the flash fired, the date and time to the second, the orientation, and often the precise GPS position.

Other blocks can be present too:

• IPTC holds captions, keywords, the photographer’s name and copyright, mostly added by photo agencies and editing software.
• XMP is Adobe’s XML metadata, used by Lightroom, Photoshop and many phones for ratings, edit history and descriptions.
• ICC describes the color profile (sRGB, Display P3, Adobe RGB) needed to show colors correctly.

Reading the exposure settings

An exposure line such as “1/250 s · f/2.8 · ISO 400 · 50 mm” means: the shutter was open for one 250th of a second, the aperture was f/2.8 (a small number means a wide aperture and a blurry background), the sensor sensitivity was ISO 400, and the focal length was 50 mm. When the camera records a 35 mm-equivalent focal length, it is shown after it as “24×36”: a phone’s 6 mm lens often corresponds to about 26 mm on a full-frame camera.

Location data and privacy

Most phones record where a photo was taken, accurate to a few meters, unless location is turned off for the camera. Anyone who receives the original file can read it with a tool like this one, and see your home, your school or your workplace. Many social networks remove this data when you post, but email, messaging apps sending “files”, cloud links and marketplaces often keep it. Check before sharing, and use the EXIF Remover to strip the location and other metadata when needed.

This viewer reads the file in your browser. The photo is not uploaded, and the coordinates are shown as text only, without loading any map from an external service.