EXIFLOG
A Software Tool for Logging Digital Photos

EXIFLOG is a simple freeware program I wrote in C# to help me keep logbooks of my digital photographs. It runs on Windows 98 and up.

EXIFLOG reads a group of files and creates a text file summarizing the EXIF exposure data in them, sorted by camera (original image) date and time, like this:

2004/09/24 14:07:01 IMGP0007.jpg M 1/60s ISO:800 55mm f/3.5 PENTAX *ist 2004/09/24 14:08:27 IMGP0011.jpg M 1/60s ISO:800 50mm f/3.5 PENTAX *ist 2005/03/03 20:07:07 CRW_0952.THM 1/60s ISO:800 28mm f/3.5 Canon EOS 2005/03/03 20:07:24 CRW_0953.JPG 1/40s ISO:800 28mm f/3.2 Canon EOS 2005/04/06 14:54:53 DSCN2502.JPG P 1/148s ISO:100 17.8mm f/5.4 NIKON E990 2005/04/06 14:55:04 DSCN2503.JPG P 1/127s ISO:100 16mm f/5.1 NIKON E990 2005/04/06 14:55:15 DSCN2504.JPG P 1/140s ISO:100 16mm f/5.1 NIKON E990 2005/04/06 14:57:16 DSCN2505.JPG P 1/145s ISO:100 16mm f/5.1 NIKON E990 2005/08/26 23:48:40 DSC_0022.JPG M 30s 50mm f/4 NIKON D70s 2005/08/27 00:28:40 DSC_0032.JPG M 30s 50mm f/4 NIKON D70s

To create a logbook page, I open this file in Word and add other information about each picture as appropriate.

Most TIF and JPG files from digital cameras contain EXIF data. So do Canon THM files. Nikon NEF files contain only the date, time, and camera model, so if you need fuller data for raw files, tell your Nikon to save NEF+JPG.

EXIFLOG version 1.1, released December 29, 2005, also provides summary information for AVI video files, including the number of frames, frame rate, format, bit depth, and codec. Since AVI files do not encode the date and time, the file creation date and time are used.

EXIFLOG version 1.2 moves to .NET 2.0 and recognizes a greater variety of AVI codecs.

EXIFLOG versions 1.3-1.5 recognize Canon raw files, although EXIFLOG does not extract much information from them.

To install EXIFLOG, simply download EXIFLOG.EXE, put it in any suitable folder, and make a shortcut to it. One of the easiest ways to install it is to simply drop it into C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs.

If you get error messages about MSCORLIB.DLL or about needing .NET Framework, you need to install .NET Framework 2.0, a Windows component that not everyone has yet.

You can also download the full source code for EXIFLOG as EXIFLOG-source.zip.