Free Online EXIF Viewer

What Is EXIF Data?

EXIF stands for Exchangeable Image File Format. It is a metadata standard built into nearly every modern camera and smartphone. The instant you press the shutter, the device writes dozens of structured fields into the image file alongside the pixel data. That metadata travels with the photo — through email, cloud storage, AirDrop, and any platform that doesn't actively strip it — and any EXIF viewer can read it back out.

The fields fall into a handful of common groups, each covered in our guide to what EXIF data is. Here are the tags you'll see most often when you open a photo in this viewer:

• Make — the camera manufacturer (e.g., Apple, Canon, Sony).
• Model — the specific camera or phone model (e.g., iPhone 15 Pro, Canon EOS R5).
• DateTimeOriginal — the exact second the shutter fired, often including timezone.
• ExposureTime — shutter speed, written as a fraction like 1/125.
• FNumber — the aperture, written as an f-stop like f/1.8.
• ISOSpeedRatings — the sensor sensitivity used for the exposure.
• FocalLength — the focal length the lens was set to, in millimeters.
• GPSLatitude / GPSLongitude — the exact location where the photo was taken, often accurate to a few meters.
• Software — the application that last wrote the file (Lightroom, Photoshop, Snapseed, an AI tool).
• Orientation — the original rotation flag set by the camera.

Those are the ten you will meet on almost any photo. A typical phone file carries dozens more — EXIF data explained is the full glossary, field by field.

What You Can Learn From a Photo's EXIF

EXIF is more than a list of camera settings — it's a small forensic record of how a photo came to exist. With a good EXIF viewer — or by following our how to read EXIF data guide for iPhone, Android, Mac, and Windows — you can answer questions a photo alone can't:

• The exact camera settings.Aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focal length, flash status, white balance, and metering mode. Photographers use these to learn from other people's work; investigators use them to verify how a shot was actually taken.
• When and where the photo was taken. DateTimeOriginal and the GPS tags pin a photo to a moment and a place — often the most privacy-sensitive thing in the entire file.
• Whether the photo was edited. The Softwaretag frequently reveals Lightroom, Photoshop, mobile filter apps, or AI generators like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and DALL·E. If a photo claims to be untouched but the Software field says "Adobe Photoshop", that's a strong tell.
• The original orientation. The Orientation tag records whether the photo was shot portrait, landscape, or upside down — useful when a viewer is showing the image rotated and you want to know which way the camera was actually held.
• The device identity. Make, Model, and (on some cameras) a unique serial number. Multiple photos with the same serial number can be linked to the same physical device.

Supported File Types

The viewer parses any image format that carries an EXIF block, including:

• JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg) — the universal camera format.
• HEIC / HEIF(.heic) — Apple's default since iPhone 7.
• PNG (.png) — limited EXIF support via eXIf chunks.
• WebP(.webp) — Google's format, EXIF in RIFF chunks.
• TIFF (.tif, .tiff) — full EXIF support.
• RAW (.cr2, .nef, .arw, .dng, etc.) — the richest metadata, including proprietary maker notes.
• AVIF (.avif) — modern HEIF-based format with EXIF support.

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