FLASH

Value is unsigned integer The 8 bits can be extracted and evaluated in this way:

1. Bit 0 indicates the flash firing status
2. bits 1 and 2 indicate the flash return status
3. bits 3 and 4 indicate the flash mode
4. bit 5 indicates whether the flash function is present
5. and bit 6 indicates "red eye" mode
6. bit 7 unused

• 0000.H = Flash did not fire
• 0001.H = Flash fired
• 0005.H = Strobe return light not detected
• 0007.H = Strobe return light detected
• 0009.H = Flash fired, compulsory flash mode
• 000D.H = Flash fired, compulsory flash mode, return light not detected
• 000F.H = Flash fired, compulsory flash mode, return light detected
• 0010.H = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
• 0018.H = Flash did not fire, auto mode
• 0019.H = Flash fired, auto mode
• 001D.H = Flash fired, auto mode, return light not detected
• 001F.H = Flash fired, auto mode, return light detected
• 0020.H = No flash function
• 0041.H = Flash fired, red-eye reduction mode
• 0045.H = Flash fired, red-eye reduction mode, return light not detected
• 0047.H = Flash fired, red-eye reduction mode, return light detected
• 0049.H = Flash fired, compulsory flash mode, red-eye reduction mode
• 004D.H = Flash fired, compulsory flash mode, red-eye reduction mode, return light not detected
• 004F.H = Flash fired, compulsory flash mode, red-eye reduction mode, return light detected
• 0059.H = Flash fired, auto mode, red-eye reduction mode
• 005D.H = Flash fired, auto mode, return light not detected, red-eye reduction mode
• 005F.H = Flash fired, auto mode, return light detected, red-eye reduction mode
• Other = reserved

See Also
<a href="http://www.exif.org/Exif2-2.PDF">http://www.exif.org/Exif2-2.PDF</a>