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Digital camera RAW file type extensions
(83 file extension database entries)
File extensions used for digital camera photos saved in RAW file format
Digital camera RAW file extension list
File extensions used for digital camera photos saved in RAW file format.
Digital camera RAW file extensions category contains various RAW image file formats taken by various digital cameras, image scanners or other suitable devices for recording pictures. These RAW files contain "raw" unprocessed data directly from the image sensor of the device. They are called "raw" because they are not ready to be printed or directly edited with common bitmap graphics editor. RAW files are edited using special photo software, which performs a variety of photo correction and photos are exported to a common bitmap formats such as .jpg and original photos in RAW format remains unchanged.
These files contain all the data needed to produce a viewable image, they are however, considerably 2-6 times larger in the file size. Most RAW files are based on TIFF standard. However, each vendor might include some non-standard meta data like header, image tags as well as encryption for some of the tagged data.
Each vendor usually uses his own file extension for its RAW format. Some of the common ones include CR2 (Canon digital cameras), NEF (Nikon), IIQ (Phase One), 3FR (Hasselblad), DCR, K25, KDC (Kodak), ERF (Epson), MEF (Mamiya), MOS (Leaf), ORF (Olympus), PEF (Pentax), RW2 (Panasonic) and ARW, SRF, SR2 (Sony).
The structure of RAW files in the the ISO standard raw image format look similar to this:
- A short file header that contains an indicator of the byte-ordering of the file, a file identifier and an offset into the main file data.
- Camera sensor metadata needed to exactly interpret the sensor image data.
- Image metadata required for inclusion in any photo database software - the exposure settings, camera/scanner/lens model, date, place of shoot, author etc.
- Some RAW file formats might also contain standardized metadata section in EXIF format.
- Image thumbnail, sometimes also small image in JPEG format used for a quick preview.
- The sensor image data.
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file extension czi | Zeiss CZI microscope image |
file extension zvi | Zeiss AxioVision microscope image |
file extension lms | Zeiss Axio CSM image |
file extension wgi | WildGame Innovations flexi video |
file extension craw | Sony RAW image |
file extension srf | Sony digital camera RAW image file |
file extension sr2 | Sony digital camera RAW image |
file extension arw | Sony Digital Camera RAW digital image |
file extension x3f | Sigma Camera RAW picture image |
file extension st8 | SBIG CCD camera ST-x photo |
file extension st5 | SBIG CCD camera ST-x image |
file extension st6 | SBIG CCD camera ST-x image |
file extension st7 | SBIG CCD camera ST-x image |
file extension stx | SBIG CCD camera ST-x (astronomical image) |
file extension st4 | SBIG CCD Camera ST-4 image |
file extension srw | Samsung Raw picture image |
file extension ia | Rollei RAW image |
file extension r3d | REDCODE multimedia data |
file extension rwz | Rawzor compressed RAW image |
file extension ycbcra | Raw Y Cb Cr and alpha sample |
file extension grey | Raw image format |
file extension gry | Raw image (Raw GREY) |
file extension gray | RAW gray samples bitmap image |
file extension iiq | Phase One RAW image |
file extension cap | Phase One RAW image |
file extension ptx | Pentax RAW bitmap graphic file |
file extension pef | Pentax Digital Camera Raw Image Format |
file extension rw2 | Panasonic Lumix RAW image |
file extension olr | Openlab RAW image |
file extension oir | Olympus microscope RAW image |
file extension oif | Olympus Image File |
file extension oib | Olympus Image Binary (raw) graphics |
file extension orf | Olympus Digital camera raw image |
file extension nop | Nokia Smart Shoot RAW photo |
file extension nrw | Nikon RAW image |
file extension nd2 | Nikon microscope RAW image |
file extension nef | Nikon Digital SLR camera RAW image |
file extension nwb | Nikon Capture white balance |
file extension ndd | Nikon Capture Digital DEE data |
file extension mdc | Minolta RD175 image |
file extension mrw | Minolta Dimage RAW image |
file extension mef | Mamiya ZD MEF digital raw photograph |
file extension mos | Mamiya Digital Camera RAW image |
file extension mfw | Mamiya camera RAW image |
file extension m02 | Magic Lantern RAW video |
file extension m03 | Magic Lantern RAW video |
file extension lfp | Lytro Lightfield camera RAW image |
file extension lfr | Lytro Illum digital photo |
file extension rwl | Leica D-Lux 4 RAW image |
file extension kqp | Konica camera photo impage |
file extension dcs | Kodak RAW image |
file extension kc2 | Kodak RAW image |
file extension pcd | Kodak Picture CD multiresolution image |
file extension fpx | Kodak FlashPiX bitmap image |
file extension dcr | Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image Format |
file extension dc2 | Kodak DC25 Digital Camera RAW image |
file extension kdc | Kodak DC120 digital camera RAW image |
file extension is2 | IRT Cronista infrared image |
file extension liff | Improvision Openlab LIFF image |
file extension ics | Image Cytometry Standard |
file extension fff | Hasselblad Camera RAW file format |
file extension 3pr | Hasselblad Camera RAW file format |
file extension 3fr | Hasselblad 3F RAW image |
file extension dm3 | Gatan Digital Micrograph data |
file extension raf | Fuji CCD-RAW graphic image |
file extension ra2 | Flare RAW data |
file extension exf | Exchangeable Image File Format |
file extension erf | Epson camera RAW file |
file extension raw | Digital camera photo RAW image format |
file extension sd0 | Dali Raw image |
file extension sd1 | Dali Raw image |
file extension ce1 | Computer Eyes Raw image format |
file extension ce2 | Computer Eyes Raw image format |
file extension cib | Compressed RAW image |
file extension cmt | Chinon ES-1000 digital camera image format |
file extension bay | Casio RAW picture image |
file extension eip | Capture One Enhanced Image Package |
file extension apu | Canon G3 corrupted RAW image |
file extension cr3 | Canon digital RAW format (3.0) |
file extension cr2 | Canon digital camera RAW image format version 2.0 |
file extension crw | Canon digital camera RAW image format |
file extension ari | ARRIRAW file |
file extension dng | Adobe Digital Negative |