---
name: "metacam"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "metacam"
version: "1.2-14"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/metacam"
---

# metacam(1)

extract EXIF information from digital camera files

## NAME

**metacam** - extract EXIF information from digital camera files

## SYNOPSIS

```
     metacam [-v|-a|-x] [FILE]...
```

## DESCRIPTION

**metacam** supports all standard EXIF fields in addition to (known) vendor specific blocks from Nikon, Olympus, Canon and Casio.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Output help information and exit.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Output unknown tags too.

- **-a, --all**

  Output ALL tags (implies **-v**).

- **-x, --xml**

  Output as XML.

## AUTHORS

**metacam** was developed by Daniel Stephens \<daniel@cheeseplant.org\>.

This manual page was written by Alp Toker \<alp@atoker.com\>, Jarno Elonen \<elonen@debian.org\> and Juan Angulo Moreno \<juan@apuntale.com\> for Debian project (but may be used by others).