EXIF Viewer

Reading the exposure fields

Shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and focal length explain most photo problems. Motion blur usually means the shutter was open too long for a hand-held shot, roughly longer than one divided by the focal length. Grain points to a high ISO, which the camera chose because the light was poor. A soft background comes from a wide aperture, a small f-number such as f/1.8.

Dates, time zones, and location

The capture date is normally the camera's local clock with no time zone attached; newer files add a separate offset field, older ones do not. A camera never set after travelling, or never set at all, records the wrong time, which is worth knowing before relying on a date as evidence.

Location appears only when the device's location setting was on. If it is present and you are about to share the photo, remove the metadata first.

How to use it

1. Choose an image.
2. Read its local metadata.
3. Review only the fields actually present in the file.

Privacy & limitations

Metadata is read locally and is not uploaded. A missing field means it was absent, unsupported, or removed earlier.