The following description of the MakerNote information generated by Panasonic digital cameras is based on considerable experimentation with a DMC-FZ10 camera as well as examination of images from other Panasonic cameras found on the web. It should be read in conjunction with TsuruZoh Tachibanaya’s description of the EXIF format.
The MakerNote tag in the EXIF data generated by Panasonic digital cameras starts with twelve bytes which contain the text “Panasonic” padded with three nul bytes to make up the header. This is followed by a standard IFD which starts at offset twelve and contains a number of tags:
| Tag | Name | Format | Components | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0x0001 | Image Quality | Unsigned Short | 1 | 2 = High, 3 = Standard |
| 0x0002 | ? | Undefined | 4 | Always 0, 1, 0, 7 in my camera - firmware version? |
| 0x0003 | White Balance | Unsigned Short | 1 | 1 = Auto, 2 = Daylight, 3 = Cloudy, 4 = Halogen, 5 = Manual, 8 = Flash |
| 0x0007 | Focus Mode | Unsigned Short | 1 | 1 = Auto, 2 = Manual |
| 0x000f | Spot Mode | Unsigned Byte | 2 | Byte 1: Meaning unknown Byte 2: 1 = Spot mode on, 16 = Spot mode off |
| 0x001a | Image Stabilizer | Unsigned Short | 1 | 2 = Mode 1, 3 = Off, 4 = Mode 2 |
| 0x001c | Macro Mode | Unsigned Short | 1 | 1 = Macro, 2 = Normal |
| 0x001f | Shooting Mode | Unsigned Short | 1 | 2 = Portrait, 3 = Scenery, 4 = Sports, 5 = Night Portrait, 6 = Program, 7 = Aperture Priority, 8 = Shutter Priority, 9 = Macro, 11 = Manual, 13 = Panning, 18 = Fireworks, 19 = Party, 20 = Snow, 21 = Night Scenery |
| 0x0020 | Audio | Unsigned Short | 1 | 1 = Yes, 2 = No |
| 0x0021 | ? | Undefined | Varies | |
| 0x0022 | ? | Unsigned Short | 1 | |
| 0x0023 | White Balance Adjust | Short | 1 | White balance adjustment in units of 1/3EV Note that the EXIF declares this as unsigned but the data is signed |
| 0x0024 | Flash Bias | Short | 1 | Flash strength adjustment Note that the EXIF declares this as unsigned but the data is signed |
| 0x0025 | ? | Undefined | 16 | |
| 0x0026 | ? | Undefined | 4 | Always “0100” in my camera |
| 0x0027 | ? | Unsigned Short | 1 | |
| 0x0028 | Colour Effect | Unsigned Short | 1 | 1 = Off, 2 = Warm, 3 = Cool, 4 = Black and White, 5 = Sepia |
| 0x0029 | ? | Unsigned Long | 1 | Some sort of subject distance measure? |
| 0x002A | ? | Unsigned Short | 1 | |
| 0x002B | ? | Unsigned Long | 1 | |
| 0x002C | Contrast | Unsigned Short | 1 | 0 = Standard, 1 = Low, 2 = High |
| 0x002D | Noise Reduction | Unsigned Short | 1 | 0 = Standard, 1 = Low, 2 = High |
| 0x002E | ? | Unsigned Short | 1 | |
| 0x002F | ? | Unsigned Short | 1 | |
| 0x4449 | ? | Undefined | 512 |