Retaining photo EXIF data

[jaysen]

So first off I might be overthinking this and I apologize if it’s something simple. I am trying to send photos that were originally taken two years ago that are stored in iCloud.
When I attempt to email the photos the receiver receives them however it appears the EXIF data is stripped from it.

If it makes any difference I’ve replicated the same thing when sending the photos to myself and opening them up in Outlook on a desktop.

When I open the photos on my iPhone via the email client and I save them to my photos I can view EXIF data. ; phone make model, time, date, etc…

And last question will any exif data show If a filter was used of some sort?

 

[Slartibart]

It seems that iOS/iPadOS 15 converts at least RAW, PNG, TIFF (HEIC/HEIF?) automatically to JPG when attaching them in Apple’s Mail. In this process it seemingly strips the EXIF data.

EXIF seems to be preserved for original JPGs -if the file is already a JPEG make sure that you mail it using the original size - click on Images: xxMb/kB right to the CC:-entry field in the mail header AFTER having an image attached.

The only way I found for mailing PNG, TIFFS etc. including their EXIF-data is to attach them via the file- and NOT via the photos-selector. But this means that you have to download the photos first to your iphone or transfer them from iCloud to your iCloud drive.