EXIF Makernotes - Reference Information

Olympus Makernote Format Specification



Field Size Description
Header 7 Bytes "OLYMP\x00\x01" or "OLYMP\x00\x02"
Unknown 1 Byte Unknown
IFD Data Variable Standard TIFF IFD Data using Olympus Tags
Offsets are relative to the start of the TIFF header at the beginning of the EXIF segment


For format specifications of TIFF Image File Directory data, see Section 2 of: TIFF, Revision 6.0, June 3, 1992, Adobe Systems Incorporated





Olympus Makernote Tags Definition

Note: These tags are used by several other manufacturers


Tag # Name Type Details
0x0000 Makernote Version String Used by Konica / Minolta cameras
0x0001 Camera Settings Special Used by Konica / Minolta cameras
See HERE for Camera Settings format specification
0x0003 Camera Settings Special Used by Konica / Minolta cameras
Alternate Camera Settings Tag
See HERE for Camera Settings format specification
0x0040 Compressed Image Size Special Used by Konica / Minolta cameras
0x0081 Minolta Thumbnail Offset Numeric Used by Konica / Minolta cameras
0x0088 Minolta Thumbnail Offset Numeric Used by Konica / Minolta cameras
Alternate Thumbnail Offset
0x0089 Minolta Thumbnail Length Numeric Used by Konica / Minolta cameras
Length of thumbnail in bytes
0x0101 Colour Mode Numeric Lookup Used by Konica / Minolta cameras
0 = Natural Colour
1 = Black & White
2 = Vivid colour
3 = Solarization
4 = AdobeRGB
0x0102 Image Quality Numeric Lookup Used by Konica / Minolta cameras
0 = Raw
1 = Super Fine
2 = Fine
3 = Standard
4 = Extra Fine
0x0103 Image Quality? Numeric Lookup Used by Konica / Minolta cameras
0 = Raw
1 = Super Fine
2 = Fine
3 = Standard
4 = Extra Fine
0x0200 Special Mode Special Three values:
Value 1: 0=Normal, 2=Fast, 3=Panorama
Value 2: Sequence Number Value 3:
1 = Panorama Direction: Left to Right
2 = Panorama Direction: Right to Left
3 = Panorama Direction: Bottom to Top
4 = Panorama Direction: Top to Bottom
0x0201 JPEG Quality Numeric Lookup 1 = Standard Quality
2 = High Quality
3 = Super High Quality
0x0202 Macro Numeric Lookup 0 = Normal (Not Macro)
1 = Macro
0x0204 Digital Zoom Numeric Zoom Factor (0 or 1 = normal)
0x0207 Firmware Version String  
0x0208 Picture Info Data String  
0x0209 Camera ID String  
0x020B Image Width Numeric Used by Epson cameras
Units = pixels
0x020C Image Height Numeric Used by Epson cameras
Units = pixels
0x020D Original Manufacturer Model? String Used by Epson cameras
0x0E00 Print Image Matching Info PIM See Print Image Matching for specification
0x1004 Flash Mode Numeric  
0x1006 Bracket Numeric  
0x100B Focus Mode Numeric  
0x100C Focus Distance Numeric  
0x100D Zoom Numeric  
0x100E Macro Focus Numeric  
0x100F Sharpness Numeric  
0x1011 Colour Matrix Numeric  
0x1012 Black Level Numeric  
0x1012 Black Level Numeric  
0x1015 White Balance Numeric  
0x1017 Red Bias Numeric  
0x1018 Blue Bias Numeric  
0x101A Serial Number Numeric  
0x1023 Flash Bias Numeric  
0x1029 Contrast Numeric  
0x102A Sharpness Factor Numeric  
0x102B Colour Control Numeric  
0x102C Valid Bits Numeric  
0x102D Coring Filter Numeric  
0x102E Final Width Numeric  
0x102F Final Height Numeric  
0x1034 Compression Ratio Numeric  


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