Exiftool is awesome

Using exiftool, you can get the exif data you want from a image pretty quickly in a text format for online use.

Using this command on a bunch of jpg’s in a folder,

exiftool -model -LensModel -ExposureProgram -WhiteBalance -ExposureTime -FNumber -ISO -FocalLength -FocalLengthIn35mmFormat ./*.jpg >> exif.txt

Produces this output, almost ready to use in a forum or wherever you need it!

======== ./DSC_2140-2.jpg
Camera Model Name : NIKON D7000
Lens Model : 35.0 mm f/1.8
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
White Balance : Auto
Exposure Time : 1/1250
F Number : 4.0
ISO : 100
Focal Length : 35.0 mm
Focal Length In 35mm Format : 52 mm
======== ./DSC_2140.jpg
Camera Model Name : NIKON D7000
Lens Model : 35.0 mm f/1.8
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
White Balance : Auto
Exposure Time : 1/1250
F Number : 4.0
ISO : 100
Focal Length : 35.0 mm
Focal Length In 35mm Format : 52 mm

Exiftool has a huge amount of tags (the -somethinghere in the command above) you can use to customize the output. Use exiftool -list -EXIF:All to see them all.

To install exiftool on Mac, get the installer bundle from Pil Harveys’ website http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

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