Canon RAW 2 2.0
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The .CR2 file format (Canon RAW version 2) is a digital photography RAW format created by Canon.
Identify it
| Extensions | .cr2 |
|---|---|
| MIME types | image/x-canon-cr2 |
| Signatures | 49492a001000000043520200 at byte 0 (Canon RAW 2)49492a00100000004352 at byte 0 |
| PRONOM | fmt/592 |
| Wikidata | Q27866048 |
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Open it
- libexiv2Open source
- AbydosOpen source
- ConverseenOpen source
- ExifToolOpen source
- ImageMagickOpen source
- ImageMagick (WebAssembly)Open source
- LibRawOpen source
- PhotoRecOpen source
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Convert it
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| To | With | Fidelity | Command and losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVIF | ImageMagick (WebAssembly) | Partial | in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| BMP 5.0 | ImageMagick (WebAssembly) | Partial | in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| GIF 89a | ImageMagick (WebAssembly) | Partial | in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| ICO | ImageMagick (WebAssembly) | Partial | in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| JFIF 1.02 | ImageMagick (WebAssembly) | Partial | in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| JPEG XL | ImageMagick (WebAssembly) | Partial | in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| ImageMagick (WebAssembly) | Partial | in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. | |
| PNG | ImageMagick | Partial | convert in.cr2 out.pngDemosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| PNG | ImageMagick (WebAssembly) | Partial | in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| Quite OK Image Format | ImageMagick (WebAssembly) | Partial | in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| TIFF | ImageMagick | Partial | convert in.cr2 out.tifDemosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| TIFF | ImageMagick (WebAssembly) | Partial | in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| WebP | ImageMagick (WebAssembly) | Partial | in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost. |
| GIF 89a | ImageMagick | Lossy | convert in.cr2 out.gifReduced to 256 colours. |
| JFIF 1.02 | ImageMagick | Lossy | convert in.cr2 out.jpgLossy compression. |
| WebP | ImageMagick | Lossy | convert in.cr2 out.webpLossy compression. |
Sources
From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), WebAssembly engines (ImageMagick, FFmpeg, Pandoc, 7-Zip, GDAL, Assimp, resvg), Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-26.