About the Rw2 file format
- Name
- Panasonic Lumix Raw Image
- Extension
- .rw2
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Camera
- Developer
- Panasonic
- Description
- It is a Panasonic camera (like LX5 and LX7) RAW image format file that is mainly used by professional photographers because it can be easily edited. Many applications can't open RW2 files, so you have to convert them into one of the popular image formats if you need to print the photos.
- MIME Type
- image/x-panasonic-rw2
- Wikipedia
- .rw2 on Wikipedia
RW2 is a RAW image format taken by the Panasonic Lumix digital cameras. Many professional photographers like the Panasonic Lumix Raw images because the images are easier to edit. You can add or remove some aspects from these raw images with minor struggle. However, the format does not open in most popular applications. To open the images you have to start by converting them into one of the most popular formats.
The most popular cameras in taking these raw images are the Panasonic LX7 and the LX5. These cameras have modern designs which allow them to capture even variation in colors when taking raw images. The raw images taken are in different dimensions, mainly depending on the geometry of the lens used.
Raw images by the top Panasonic cameras have either 12 or 14 bits of intensity data per channel. This is much higher compared to the JPEG format which has 8 bits per channel. The images can also use an assortment of demosaicing logarithms, and this provides a chance to use more logarithms besides the ones on the camera.
Changes made on these raw images are not destructive because most components of the images remain intact. The only thing that changes is the metadata that controls the rendering. Adobe Photoshop, Corel PaintShop Pro, ACD Systems, and IrfanView are some of the popular image editing applications that can open and edit RW2 files.