Orientation
How the stored pixels should be rotated or flipped for display. The pixels themselves aren't rotated.
- EXIF tag ID
- 0x0112
- Group
- Image
- Example
- Horizontal (normal) · Rotate 90 CW · Rotate 270 CW
- Editable in EXIF Viewer
- Yes
What iPhone writes
Set from the accelerometer; iPhone stores landscape pixels and marks portrait shots with Orientation, which is why some old software shows them sideways.
What dedicated cameras write
Set from the orientation sensor.
How to view Orientation on iPhone
Open the photo in Photos, tap Share, then View EXIF (EXIF Viewer’s action extension). The field is listed under “Image”. Tap Edit to change it, or select several photos in the app to change them all at once. Or drop the photo into the free online EXIF viewer.
Related tags
- Image Width (Exif Image Width / Pixel X Dimension) — Width of the image in pixels, as recorded in the EXIF.
- Image Height (Exif Image Height / Pixel Y Dimension) — Height of the image in pixels, as recorded in the EXIF.