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ExifTool => Developers => Topic started by: nagibator on November 14, 2018, 08:49:04 AM

Title: Orientation and CameraOrientation
Post by: nagibator on November 14, 2018, 08:49:04 AM
Currently in my app I'm working on photo's orientation handling. I've seen two properties in metadata: `Orientation and `CameraOrientation`.(Sometimes there is only `Orientation`). Are they are always the same? Can I omit `CameraOrientation`?
Title: Re: Orientation and CameraOrientation
Post by: Phil Harvey on November 14, 2018, 08:52:46 AM
Orientation is standard EXIF.  CameraOrientation is a proprietary MakerNote tag used by some manufacturers.  There is also a Rotation tag written by other manufacturers.  Typically the MakerNote tags represent the orientation at the time the image was taken, but only Orientation reflects the current orientation of the image (after possible editing).

- Phil