Exporting or copying [EXIF] metadata

[Daniel Bauer]

Am 06.02.26 um 20:31 schrieb Sveinn í Felli:
> Hi,
> 
> Anyone have an idea on how to copy the EXIF-metadata of a single photo 
> to a textfile?
> It's possible in digiKam to export those into a binary .exif file, but 
> how about just a normal textfile?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sveinn í Felli

Instead of selecting "Exif" select the "ExifTool"-Tab in the right 
sidebar/Metadata. Click the tool-icon and select "save to file".

if you want to have only a subset of the data you can use the exiftool 
standalone:

- download exiftool from https://exiftool.org for your OS and install it
- open a terminal / command prompt
- cd to the folder containing your photo
- enter "exiftool your-photo.jpg > metadata.txt" (without quotes)
this writes ALL Metadata to the file

You can also:

Only EXIF tags:
exiftool -exif:all your-photo.jpg > exif.txt
Skips file system info, XMP, IPTC, etc.

Short tag names:
exiftool -s -exif:all your-photo.jpg > short.txt
Shows internal tag names (e.g. ExposureTime instead of "Exposure Time")

Very minimal (just key camera settings):
exiftool -Make -Model -Lens -FNumber -ExposureTime -ISO -FocalLength 
your-photo.jpg > quick.txt
Pick only tags you care about

If you want only specific tags ask Grok (or ChatGPT):

"Give me the commandline for exiftool on OS (Linux/Win/Mac) for Camera X 
to get the following information from 1 *.jpg image:
- Date and Time
- Aperture
..."

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