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Digital camera RAW file type extensions
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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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Nikon Digital SLR camera RAW image | |
Canon digital camera RAW image format version 2.0 | |
file extension czi | Zeiss CZI microscope image |
file extension raw | Digital camera photo RAW image format |
file extension rw2 | Panasonic Lumix RAW image |
file extension eip | Capture One Enhanced Image Package file |
file extension wgi | WildGame Innovations flexi video |
Kodak FlashPiX bitmap image | |
![]() | Kodak Picture CD multiresolution image |
file extension fff | Hasselblad Camera RAW file format |
Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image Format | |
![]() | Kodak DC120 digital camera RAW image |
![]() | Konica camera photo impage |
file extension arw | Sony Digital Camera RAW digital image |
file extension lfr | Lytro Illum digital photo |
file extension iiq | Phase One RAW image |
file extension zvi | Zeiss AxioVision microscope image |
![]() | Pentax Digital Camera Raw Image Format |
file extension dng | Adobe Digital Negative |
file extension mdc | Minolta RD175 image |
Fuji CCD-RAW graphic image | |
file extension rwl | Leica D-Lux 4 RAW image |
file extension r3d | REDCODE multimedia data |
file extension ari | ARRIRAW file |
file extension nrw | Nikon RAW image |
Mamiya Digital Camera RAW image | |
Canon digital camera RAW image format | |
![]() | Olympus Digital camera raw image |
file extension sr2 | Sony digital camera RAW image |
file extension 3fr | Hasselblad 3F RAW image |
Sigma Camera RAW picture image | |
file extension dc2 | Kodak DC25 Digital Camera RAW image |
Minolta Dimage RAW image | |
file extension cib | Compressed RAW image |
![]() | Raw image format |
file extension srw | Samsung Raw picture image |
file extension lfp | Lytro Lightfield camera RAW image |
file extension mef | Mamiya ZD MEF digital raw photograph |
file extension apu | Canon G3 corrupted RAW image |
file extension erf | Epson camera RAW file |
file extension exf | Exchangeable Image File Format |
file extension ra2 | Flare RAW data |
file extension nop | Nokia Smart Shoot RAW photo |
file extension ndd | Nikon Capture Digital DEE data |
Sony digital camera RAW image file | |
![]() | SBIG CCD camera ST-x image |
file extension cap | Phase One RAW image |
file extension olr | Openlab RAW image |
file extension dm3 | Gatan Digital Micrograph data |
file extension ptx | Pentax RAW bitmap graphic file |
file extension dcs | Kodak RAW image |
![]() | Computer Eyes Raw image format |
![]() | Raw image (Raw GREY) |
![]() | SBIG CCD camera ST-x image |
![]() | SBIG CCD camera ST-x photo |
![]() | Dali Raw image |
![]() | SBIG CCD Camera ST-4 image |
file extension gray | RAW gray samples bitmap image |
file extension craw | Sony RAW image |
file extension ics | Image Cytometry Standard |
file extension rwz | Rawzor compressed RAW image |
file extension bay | Casio RAW picture image |
file extension kc2 | Kodak RAW image |
![]() | Computer Eyes Raw image format |
file extension 3pr | Hasselblad Camera RAW file format |
![]() | Raw Y Cb Cr and alpha sample |
file extension mfw | Mamiya camera RAW image |
file extension nwb | Nikon Capture white balance |
![]() | SBIG CCD camera ST-x image |
file extension ia | Rollei RAW image |
![]() | SBIG CCD camera ST-x (astronomical image) |
![]() | Chinon ES-1000 digital camera image format |
file extension m02 | Magic Lantern RAW video |
file extension m03 | Magic Lantern RAW video |
![]() | Dali Raw image |
file extension liff | Improvision Openlab LIFF image |
file extension lms | Zeiss Axio CSM image |