Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF) is the standard for metadata embedded in a picture file, particularly from smart phone cameras. A few selected tag definitions:
| Tag ID | Tag Name | Values |
| 0x0112 | Orientation | 1 = Horizontal (normal) 2 = Mirror horizontal 3 = Rotate 180 4 = Mirror vertical 5 = Mirror horizontal and rotate 270 CW 6 = Rotate 90 CW 7 = Mirror horizontal and rotate 90 CW 8 = Rotate 270 CW |
| 0x8822 | ExposureProgram | 0 = Not Defined 1 = Manual 2 = Program AE 3 = Aperture-priority AE 4 = Shutter speed priority AE 5 = Creative (Slow speed) 6 = Action (High speed) 7 = Portrait 8 = Landscape 9 = Bulb (the value of 9 is not standard EXIF, but is used by the Canon EOS 7D) |
| 0x9207 | MeteringMode | 0 = Unknown 1 = Average 2 = Center-weighted average 3 = Spot 4 = Multi-spot 5 = Multi-segment 6 = Partial 255 = Other |
| 0x9209 | Flash | 0x0 = 0 = No Flash 0x1 = 1 = Fired 0x5 = 5 = Fired, Return not detected 0x7 = 7 = Fired, Return detected 0x8 = 8 = On, Did not fire 0x9 = 9 = On, Fired 0xd = 13 = On, Return not detected 0xf = 15 = On, Return detected 0x10 = 16 = Off, Did not fire 0x14 = 20 = Off, Did not fire, Return not detected 0x18 = 24 = Auto, Did not fire 0x19 = 25 = Auto, Fired 0x1d = 29 = Auto, Fired, Return not detected 0x1f = 31 = Auto, Fired, Return detected 0x20 = 32 = No flash function 0x30 = 48 = Off, No flash function 0x41 = 65 = Fired, Red-eye reduction 0x45 = 69 = Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return not detected 0x47 = 71 = Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return detected 0x49 = 73 = On, Red-eye reduction 0x4d = 77= On, Red-eye reduction, Return not detected 0x4f = 79 = On, Red-eye reduction, Return detected 0x50 = 80 = Off, Red-eye reduction 0x58 = 88 = Auto, Did not fire, Red-eye reduction 0x59 = 89 = Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction 0x5d = 93 = Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return not detected 0x5f = 95 = Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction, Return detected |