Digital Negative Format (DNG) 1.2

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The Digital Negative (DNG) Specification describes a non-proprietary file format for storing camera raw files that can be used by a wide range of hardware and software vendors. DNG is an extension of the TIFF 6.0 format, and is compatible with the TIFF-EP standard. This version, published May 2008, was based on experience and feedback from other companies about DNG since its launch. It introduced many new features, especially several new options for colour specification under the general heading of "Camera Profiles". These are mainly of value to software products wanting their own flavour of colour handling. This version permits administrative control of Camera Profiles, including calibration signatures and copyright information.

Identify it

Extensions	`.dng`
MIME types	`image/dng`
Signatures	`49492a00` at byte 0 (DNG 1.2 (little-endian, BOF)) `4d4d002a` at byte 0 (DNG 1.2 (big-endian, BOF))
PRONOM	`fmt/437`
Wikidata	`Q27866061`

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And 32 more in the JSON record.

Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Portable Network Graphics	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.dng out.png` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
Tagged Image File Format	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.dng out.tif` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.dng out.gif` Reduced to 256 colours.
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.dng out.jpg` Lossy compression.
WebP	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.dng out.webp` Lossy compression.

Sources

From PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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