Photo rescue from a damaged RAW file
A camera RAW file carries the sensor data and, beside it, an ordinary JPEG preview that the camera made itself — usually at full resolution and usually near the front of the file. When the file is damaged the sensor data is beyond recovery, but the preview very often is not, and that is why a photo can come back from a RAW that no converter will open. This tool reads it out, along with the camera and the date.
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Open the RAW file
Any of them: .cr2, .cr3, .nef, .arw, .dng, .rw2, .orf. It is read on your device, and a large file is normal.
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Look at what came out
The largest preview is shown at full size, with the camera and the date if they survived.
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Save the picture
A JPEG that any program opens. If you need a smaller size, the other previews are listed below.
Get the picture out of a CR2, NEF, ARW, DNG or RW2 that will not open
Drop a file here
A camera RAW file: .cr2, .cr3, .nef, .arw, .dng, .rw2, .orf, .raf, .srw, .pef
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