Show specific metadata from a Sony camera

[toyotadesigner]

When I run exiftool on a Sony ARW file, all details are listed.
However, I would like to view only some of the data:
Lens         : FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
Date Created      : 2024:10:18
Aperture      : 6.3
Lens ID         : Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
Shutter Speed      : 1/160
Focus Distance 2   : 2.015 m
Field Of View       : 60.3 deg
Focal Length      : 31.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 31.0 mm)
Hyperfocal Distance   : 5.08 m
Light Value      : 11.6

How can I use exiftool to show only the »Focus Distance 2« and the other parameter mentioned above?

[greybeard]

if you run exiftool with the -s switch such as the following it will show you the tag names in alphabetic order

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exiftool -s -sort <imagename>.ARW
you then use those tag names in the exiftool command as follows:

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exiftool -LensType -DateTimeOriginal -ShutterSpeed -LightValue -FocusDistance2 <imagename>.ARW
(these are just examples of tagnames)

[StarGeek]

This is FAQ #3.

[toyotadesigner]

Thank you very much for the samples! No wonder I couldn't get the Focus Distance 2: I put it into quotations marks because of the space between that parameters (-"Focus Distance 2").

It really helps to see some sample code!