---
title: orientation
framework: imagecapturecore
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: imagecapturecore/iccamerafile/orientation
---

# orientation

The orientation to use when downloading the image.

## Declaration

```swift
var orientation: ICEXIFOrientationType { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property is initially set to ICEXIFOrientationType.orientation1 If the format of the file supports the EXIF orientation tag, then this property updates to match the value of that tag on receipt of the thumbnail or metadata for this file.

## See Also

### Inspecting a File’s EXIF Data

- [ICEXIFOrientationType](imagecapturecore/icexiforientationtype.md)
- [exifCreationDate](imagecapturecore/iccamerafile/exifcreationdate.md)
- [exifModificationDate](imagecapturecore/iccamerafile/exifmodificationdate.md)