---
name: "Image::ExifTool::Exif"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-image-exiftool"
version: "13.55-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Image::ExifTool::Exif"
---

# Image::ExifTool::Exif(3pm)

Read EXIF/TIFF meta information

## NAME

Image::ExifTool::Exif - Read EXIF/TIFF meta information

## SYNOPSIS

This module is required by Image::ExifTool.

## DESCRIPTION

This module contains routines required by Image::ExifTool for processing EXIF and TIFF meta information.

## AUTHOR

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## REFERENCES

- \<http://www.exif.org/Exif2-2.PDF\>

  - \<http://www.cipa.jp/std/documents/e/DC-008-2012\_E.pdf\>

  - \<http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/pdfs/tn/TIFF6.pdf\>

  - \<http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/tiff/TIFFPM6.pdf\>

  - \<http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/pdfs/dng\_spec.pdf\>

  - \<http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/tifftags.html\>

  - \<http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/TIFFTechNote2.html\>

  - \<http://www.exif.org/dcf.PDF\>

  - \<http://park2.wakwak.com/~tsuruzoh/Computer/Digicams/exif-e.html\>

  - \<http://www.fine-view.com/jp/lab/doc/ps6ffspecsv2.pdf\>

  - \<http://www.ozhiker.com/electronics/pjmt/jpeg\_info/meta.html\>

  - \<http://hul.harvard.edu/jhove/tiff-tags.html\>

  - \<http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/wmphoto.mspx\>

  - \<http://www.asmail.be/msg0054681802.html\>

  - \<http://crousseau.free.fr/imgfmt\_raw.htm\>

  - \<http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/\>

  - \<http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/content/tiff\_tags.shtml\>

  - \<http://community.roxen.com/developers/idocs/rfc/rfc3949.html\>

  - \<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-fax-tiff-fx-extension1-01\>

  - \<http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/cinemadng/pdfs/CinemaDNG\_Format\_Specification\_v1\_1.pdf\>

  - \<http://geotiff.maptools.org/spec/geotiffhome.html\>

  ## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Jeremy Brown for the 35efl tags, and Matt Madrid for his help with the XP character code conversions.

## SEE ALSO

"EXIF Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/Image::ExifTool/3pm.md)