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 .