# Metadata from a GEV camera **URL:** \ **Category:** Programming Questions\ **Created:** [September 14, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.commonvisionblox.com/t/metadata-from-a-gev-camera/229 "2017-09-14T16:25:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LincolnshirePoacher](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.commonvisionblox.com/lincolnshirepoacher/32/44_2.png) [@LincolnshirePoacher](https://forum.commonvisionblox.com/u/LincolnshirePoacher)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.commonvisionblox.com/t/metadata-from-a-gev-camera/229/1 "2017-09-14T16:25:36Z")
Hello all, I have a prospective application that will need to access the metadata from a camera (thermal camera, GigE Vision). I’ve not done this before and don’t know quite where to start. Can you give me some clues, maybe point me towards a tutorial example (C#, ideally)? ---
**Author:** ![parsd](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.commonvisionblox.com/parsd/32/7_2.png) [@parsd](https://forum.commonvisionblox.com/u/parsd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.commonvisionblox.com/t/metadata-from-a-gev-camera/229/2 "2017-09-17T08:24:35Z")
Hi @LincolnshirePoacher, what kind of metadata do you need to access? And do you know how this data is accessible? - Is it a feature of the camera (i.e. it is visible in one of our configuration grids)? - Or is this data delivered with the sensor data? - Is it delivered by the camera via events/messages? ---
**Author:** ![LincolnshirePoacher](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.commonvisionblox.com/lincolnshirepoacher/32/44_2.png) [@LincolnshirePoacher](https://forum.commonvisionblox.com/u/LincolnshirePoacher)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.commonvisionblox.com/t/metadata-from-a-gev-camera/229/3 "2017-09-20T08:03:28Z")
Hello @parsd, I think you asked the right questions. It looks like all of the data that I need comes either as events or as Genicam parameters. I think I can work through that - it looks like there are some good code snippets in the CVB Genicam User Guide. Thanks for your subtle but useful direction!