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[[Exif]] tag 37500, "MakerNote", is (unfortunately) a popular way to store custom metadata, particularly in image files created by digital cameras (see [[Cameras and Digital Image Sensors]]).
  
[[Exif]] tag 37500, "MakerNote", is (unfortunately) a popular way to store custom metadata.
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By the Exif standard, MakerNote is merely a block of arbitrary bytes, which creators of Exif files may use in any way they like.
 
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By the Exif standard, it is merely a block of arbitrary bytes, which creators of Exif files may use in any way they like.
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Some of the data formats used in MakerNotes have been documented or reverse-engineered. A MakerNote usually begins with a signature of some sort, such as the name of a camera manufacturer, to help identify its contents.
 
Some of the data formats used in MakerNotes have been documented or reverse-engineered. A MakerNote usually begins with a signature of some sort, such as the name of a camera manufacturer, to help identify its contents.
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== Software ==
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* [http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ ExifTool]
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* [https://www.logipole.com/metadata++-en.htm Metadata++]
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/EXIF.html ExifTool: EXIF Tags] → 0x927c
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* [http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/makernote_types.html ExifTool: Makernote Types]
 
* [http://www.exiv2.org/metadata.html Exiv2 metadata reference]
 
* [http://www.exiv2.org/metadata.html Exiv2 metadata reference]
 
* http://ozhiker.com/electronics/pjmt/jpeg_info/makernotes.html
 
* http://ozhiker.com/electronics/pjmt/jpeg_info/makernotes.html
* [http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/makernote_types.html Exiftool Makernote Types]
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[[Category:Graphics]]
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[[Category:Cameras and Digital Image Sensors]]

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Exif tag 37500, "MakerNote", is (unfortunately) a popular way to store custom metadata, particularly in image files created by digital cameras (see Cameras and Digital Image Sensors).

By the Exif standard, MakerNote is merely a block of arbitrary bytes, which creators of Exif files may use in any way they like.

Some of the data formats used in MakerNotes have been documented or reverse-engineered. A MakerNote usually begins with a signature of some sort, such as the name of a camera manufacturer, to help identify its contents.

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