See the camera, lens, and date on a photo
Someone sent a picture and you want to know if it is from a phone or a dedicated camera, and when it was shot. Drop it here. This is a reader, not a social network. We never see the file.
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Drop images anywhere on this page
JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, SVG, or HEIC. Your photos stay on this device.
Photo info is read on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
When to use this
Use this for curiosity and journalism: camera make and model, lens, ISO, aperture, shutter, and when the photo was taken.
The filename is a weak source of truth. EXIF date is better, unless an editor re-saved the file and stamped “today.”
If you are worried about a pin on a map, use the GPS page. It highlights coordinates. To download a copy without them, use Remove EXIF & GPS.
How to do it
- Drop the photo. JPG usually has the most camera info; some PNGs keep extra fields too.
- Read the fields under the file. Empty means the exporter stripped EXIF.
- If fields are empty, WhatsApp, some Slack clients, and “save image” from social apps often wiped them.
Tips
- RAW files are not decoded here. Export a JPG from Lightroom first.
- Screenshots almost never have a camera block.
- A missing date is not proof of fraud. Plenty of pipelines strip EXIF.
Related
FAQ
- Can I trust the date?
- It is what the camera wrote, unless software overwrote it. It may not include a time zone.
- Do you show a map?
- Yes, if the file has GPS. Map tiles load from OpenStreetMap. The photo itself stays on this device.
- Is the photo uploaded to read EXIF?
- No. Parsing happens in the browser.