I found out that tag 0xa406 EXIF:SceneCaptureType with value 4 means HDR capture mode on Samsung GT-I9300 (Galaxy S III), for both original image and HDR image. Probably for other Samsung devices? ExifTool currently reports Unknown:
$ exiftool -EXIF:SceneCaptureType -ext jpg *
======== 2014-04-15 00.53.44-1.jpg
Scene Capture Type : Unknown (4)
======== 2014-04-15 00.53.44-2.jpg
Scene Capture Type : Unknown (4)
Thanks. I'm not exactly sure what to do about this because it is a non-standard use of a standard EXIF tag. I have to be careful because I don't want people to think this is an accepted use of this tag.
Various Samsung models also write a non-standard value of 3 for EXIF:ExposureMode, but I don't know what this means.
- Phil
Quote from: Phil Harvey on April 15, 2014, 07:05:00 AM
Thanks. I'm not exactly sure what to do about this because it is a non-standard use of a standard EXIF tag. I have to be careful because I don't want people to think this is an accepted use of this tag.
I don't have a strong opinion. If ExifTool doesn't have special treatment of standard EXIF tags used in non-standard ways by some manufacturers, it may indeed be better not to start doing so. At least, you can mention this value in code comments or in the documentation?
Hi François,
For now, I will just put a comment in the code. Thanks.
- Phil
For SM-J100H (Samsung Galaxy J1) and SM-J500F (Samsung Galaxy J5), value 4 is used for Panorama capture. You may consider this as "other" than standard/landscape/portrait/night.
Thanks. I'll add this as 'Other' then.
- Phil