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 "id": "exchangeable-image-file-format-compressed-2-21",
 "name": "Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed)",
 "category": "image",
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   "fmt/645"
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  "wikidata": [
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  ],
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   "jpg",
   "jpeg"
  ],
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  ],
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    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "ffd8ffe1",
    "notes": "EXIF Compressed Image 2.21 (big-endian)"
   }
  ],
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   {
    "name": "EXIF Compressed Image 2.21 (big-endian)",
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     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "ffd8ffe1{2}4578696600004d4d002a*900000070000000430323231"
     },
     {
      "position": "eof",
      "offset": 0,
      "max_offset": 65536,
      "pattern": "ffd9"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "name": "EXIF Compressed Image 2.21 (little-endian)",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "ffd8ffe1{2}45786966000049492a00*009007000400000030323231"
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      "position": "eof",
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  ],
  "priority_over": [
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  ]
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 "status": "partial",
 "summary": "Exchangeable image file format (Exif) is a standard that specifies the formats for images, sound, and ancillary tags used by digital cameras (including smartphones), scanners and other systems handling image and sound files recorded by digital cameras.",
 "tools": [
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   "name": "Adobe Bridge",
   "url": "https://creative.adobe.com/products/bridge",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "commercial software"
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  {
   "name": "Canon EOS 5D",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64955",
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   "writes": true
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   "name": "Canon EOS 5D Mark II",
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   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS 5D Mark III",
   "url": "https://www.canon.es/for_home/product_finder/cameras/digital_slr/eos_5d_mark_iii/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS 5D Mark IV",
   "url": "https://www.canon.es/cameras/eos-5d-mark-iv/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  }
 ],
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   "name": "Kaitai Struct: exif",
   "url": "https://formats.kaitai.io/exif/",
   "kind": "grammar",
   "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/645",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/645",
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  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q26385158",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26385158",
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  }
 ],
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  "sources": [
   "kaitai",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "version": "2.21",
 "parsers": [
  {
   "engine": "kaitai",
   "url": "https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/image/exif.ksy",
   "license": "CC0-1.0"
  }
 ],
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 "structure": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": [],
 "family": "exif"
}