Image::ExifTool::Sony(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::Sony(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::Sony - Sony EXIF maker notes tags

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is loaded automatically by Image::ExifTool when required.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains definitions required by Image::ExifTool to interpret Sony maker notes EXIF meta information.

# [NOTES](#NOTES)

Also see Minolta.pm since Sony DSLR models use structures originating from Minolta.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/>

<http://homepage3.nifty.com/kamisaka/makernote/makernote\_sony.htm>

<http://www.klingebiel.com/tempest/hd/pmp.html>

(...plus lots of testing with my RX100!)

# [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS](#ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS)

Thanks to Thomas Bodenmann, Philippe Devaux, Jens Duttke, Marcus Holland-Moritz, Andrey Tverdokhleb, Rudiger Lange, Igal Milchtaich, Michael Reitinger and Jos Roost for help decoding some tags.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"Sony Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, "Minolta Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-10-28 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Image::ExifTool::Sony(3pm) from exiftool 13.60-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool