X-Nico

7 unusual facts about Raw image format


Canon Digital IXUS

Raw image files are not accessible without the use of third party firmware such as CHDK.

Canon PowerShot A

Many models from the A450 to the A720 can run the CHDK firmware add-on adding features such as recording raw image files and remotely triggering the camera shutter using a USB cable.

Canon PowerShot G

The G series offers features such as the use of a lithium-ion battery, an articulated LCD screen (G7, G9, G10 and G15 have a fixed panel), Raw image format capture (all models except G7), a lens with a wider maximum aperture than standard PowerShot models, remote capture (except G11), and faster electronics.

Previous G series models had featured a fast lens, Raw image format capture, and a tilt-and-swivel LCD.

Canon PowerShot S100

Raw image file format; one of few "point and shoot" cameras to have raw formatting.

Canon PowerShot S95

Raw image file format; one of few "point-and-shoot" cameras to have raw formatting.

Herbar Digital

The herbar specimens get scanned to RAW data with a scanner camera attached to a standard personal computer and stored on a server using SilverFast Ai software.


PDFCreator

PDFCreator can convert to the following file formats: PDF (including PDF/A (1b) and PDF/X (X-3:2002, X-3:2003 and X-4), PNG, JPEG, SVG, TIFF, PS, EPS, TXT, PSD, PCL, BMP, PCX, RAW.

Photo Mechanic

Other keywording solutions typically cannot write keywords directly to the RAW file, but instead create a "sidecar" XMP file.


see also

Image file formats

Adobe's Digital Negative (DNG) specification is an attempt at standardizing a raw image format to be used by cameras, or for archival storage of image data converted from undocumented raw image formats, and is used by several niche and minority camera manufacturers including Pentax, Leica, and Samsung.