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EXIF Viewer by

Bits Per Sample

Bit depth per colour channel.

EXIF tag ID
0x0102
Group
Image
Example
8 8 8 (JPEG) · 16 16 16 (TIFF)
Editable in EXIF Viewer
No (fixed by the image data)

What iPhone writes

8 for JPEG/HEIF; ProRAW DNG is 12–14 bit.

What dedicated cameras write

JPEG is always 8; RAW/TIFF 12–16.

How to view Bits Per Sample on iPhone

Open the photo in Photos, tap Share, then View EXIF (EXIF Viewer’s action extension). The field is listed under “Image”. Or drop the photo into the free online EXIF viewer.

Related tags

  • Color Space — The colour space the image data is in: sRGB, or 'Uncalibrated' when a wider space such as Adobe RGB or Display P3 is defined by an embedded ICC profile.