JPG EXIF Data Viewer

Have you tried Irfanview with all of the plugins installed. The Information selection under the Image drag down menu sometimes returns around thirtyfive fields, including various date info, how it was captured, camera serial number sometimes, and a bunch of data about apeture, lens, etc. While the application is free, it is also widely used.

Are there other tools that also do a good job on decoding the Exif tags?

http//www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=exif+&btnG=Google+Search

Given that you've admittedly got a tool that works, but you're looking for others, I can see that you're (a) looking for verification of your results, and (b) possibly wondering if ExifPro is missing something.

So…are you thinking that ExifPro missed something? If so, what? Have you looked at the specs for EXIF data? If you're looking for an association on the system, have you considered Registry data?

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Have you tried Irfanview with all of the plugins installed. The Information selection under the Image drag down menu sometimes returns around thirtyfive fields, including various date info, how it was captured, camera serial number sometimes, and a bunch of data about apeture, lens, etc. While the application is free, it is also widely used.

Yeah… What *he* said! IrfanView is a nice little app for an even nicer price. Be careful, though. IrfanView will let you, dear user, modify an image's EXIF info, so be certain your media is write-blocked. Just in case. But you already knew to do that. 😉

-AWT

Yep I used a writeblocker - acquired the original drive using a Logicube Talon to dup to a 2nd drive, then loaded the forensic copy into EnCase V6.7 via a FastBloc.

The info I am hoping to find is something along the lines of camera mfg., model, S/N, etc. I didn't see those when I checked the image with ExifPro. I have studied some of the info at exif.org plus other Exif google hits and understand that different manufacturers have different exif tags, so what I am able to find will be dependent on who the camera manufacturer is.

I will give irfanview a try. It sounds like it may be what I am looking for.

Thanks everyone for all of the comments/suggestions.

I received the following suggestion via a private message

"Would it not be just as simple to right-click on the image, select PROPERTIES, select SUMMARY, then select ADVANCED?"

I learn something new every day -) Didn't know that feature was there. The simplest solutions are the best.

Good suggestion - thanks!

One more bit of info to share -

Using the same image (a jpg file) as a test case, I viewed the Exif data using irfanview (test 1) and Windows properties -> summary (test 2).

irfanview displayed quite a bit more information than the Windows approach. Windows seems to display a subset of available Exif data (or at least it did for my one test that I performed).

Something to keep in mind if you need to examine the Exif data.

Exif INFOTIP
http//home.pacbell.net/michal_k/exif_v.html
http//home.pacbell.net/michal_k/Download/exiftip.zip
appears to be quite handy, whilst this one should be the more complete one
http//www.opanda.com/en/iexif/

The "reference" app, easily customizable since it is written in PERL should be this one
http//www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

jaclaz

cube6512,

I don't know if you use Linux, but if you do, you have an arsenal of EXIF extracting applications available. There are many, but two I include on FBCD are the exiftags and exifprobe packages. exiv2 is another excellent program.

The exif info you pull will depend upon the camera and the implementation used. A lot of the EXIF applications do not support the high-end cameras. This is why I include exifprobe. Works excellent for RAW graphics files.

I hope this helps.

farmerdude