CR2 Knowledgebase
Learn what's CR2, file extension, MIME and more
What is a CR2 (Canon Digital Camera Raw Image Format) file?
The .CR2 file format (Canon RAW version 2) is a digital photography RAW format created by Canon. "RAW" here means that this file stores information directly coming from the sensor, almost without processing. RAW files can be seen as a digital negative format, and do not contains a "ready to view" picture, like jpeg..
What are the CR2 Technical details?
RAW file is the best quality/size ratio storage a photograph can use to store his picture, mainly because each primary color (R, G or B) is recorded in 12 or 14bits (8bits for Jpeg), and a lossless compression is used (lossy for Jpeg). Jpeg files on the opposite are "ready to use" files, but a lot a processing is necessary to obtain such file, it is made automatically by the Camera embedded software..
What's the File extension(s) of CR2?
CR2 file extension includes .crw.cr2.cr3.
What's MIME of CR2?
The MIME of CR2 is image/cr2.
What's the developer of CR2?
CR2 developed by Canon.
What's the type of format?
CR2 is a Raster image .