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RawDigger Changelog

What's new in RawDigger 1.4.9.800 Beta

Apr 12, 2024
  • Camera/RAW format support:
  • Nikon HE/HE* compression support (note: not supported in Windows/32 bit and macOS/Legacy builds)
  • Olympus/OM System 14-bit files (OM-1 Mark II HighRes shots)
  • Other changes:
  • Exiftool updated to version 12.82
  • Windows 7/8/8.1: if you're using Windows 7-8-8.1 and do not update it via Windows Update, you may need to install Windows KB2999226 update

New in RawDigger 1.4.8.795 (Apr 12, 2024)

  • Camera/RAW format support:
  • Nikon NEFX (Zf/Z8 Pixel-Shift shot merged via NX Studio)
  • Camera support:
  • Canon EOS R100
  • DJI Air 3
  • Fujifilm GFX100-II, X100VI
  • GoPro HERO12
  • Hasselblad CFV-100c, CFV-50c
  • Nikon Z f (standard/lossless compression only)
  • Olympus TG-7, OM-1 Mark II (standard resolution/12-bit files only)
  • Panasonic DC-ZS200D / ZS220D, DC-TZ200D / TZ202D / TZ220D, DC-G9 Mark II
  • Pentax K III Monochrome, KF
  • Sony A7C-II, A7CR, ILX-LR1, A9-III
  • Fixes/changes:
  • DNG 1.7 support, incl JpegXL compression (not available in Windows/32bit and Mac/Legacy versions)
  • Better handling of DNG RAW previews with Stage2 opcodes
  • Better handling of PhaseOne compressed files
  • Exiftool updated to version 12.68

New in RawDigger 1.4.9.794 Beta (Mar 17, 2024)

  • Camera/RAW format support:
  • Olympus/OM System 14-bit files (OM-1 Mark II HighRes shots)

New in RawDigger 1.4.8.793 (Mar 17, 2024)

  • Camera/format support:
  • Nikon NEFX (Zf/Z8 Pixel-Shift shot merged via NX Studio)
  • DNG 1.7/JPEG-XL compression
  • Canon EOS R100
  • DJI Air 3
  • Fujifilm GFX100-II, X100VI
  • GoPro HERO12
  • Hasselblad CFV-100c, CFV-50c
  • Nikon Z f (standard/lossless compression only)
  • Olympus TG-7, OM-1 Mark II (standard resolution/12-bit files only)
  • Panasonic DC-ZS200D / ZS220D, DC-TZ200D / TZ202D / TZ220D, DC-G9 Mark II
  • Pentax K III Monochrome, KF
  • Sony A7C-II, A7CR, ILX-LR1, A9-III
  • Other changes:
  • Several minor improvements, see details in our blog post.

New in RawDigger 1.4.8.775 Beta (Aug 11, 2023)

  • Camera support:
  • Canon EOS R100
  • Panasonic DC-ZS200D / ZS220D, DC-TZ200D / TZ202D / TZ220D
  • Fixes/changes:
  • Better handling of DNG RAW previews with Stage2 opcodes

New in RawDigger 1.4.7.773 (Aug 11, 2023)

  • Camera/RAW Format support:
  • Sony A7x lossless compressed format: support for latest FW updates.
  • Sony YCC-format pseudo-RAW support (Small/Medium lossy compression on Sony A1, A7-IV, and A7R-V cameras):
  • RGB and YCC output available
  • For YCC output: Cr/Cb channels midpoint adjusted to 8191 to fit Y channel histogram range
  • Camera support:
  • Canon EOS R8, EOS R50
  • Fujifilm X-S20
  • Leica Q3
  • Nikon Z8 (HE/HE* formats are not supported)
  • Panasonic DC-S5-II
  • Sony ZV-E1, ZV-1 Mark II, ILCE-6700
  • Better support for Fujifilm X-H2/H2S/T5 crop modes
  • Fixes/changes:
  • Exiftool updated to version 12.64
  • Menu - File - Screenshot is disabled (hidden) if OpenGL rendering of main view area is turned off: it is not possible to capture such window from application itself, use operating system screenshot functions if you need RawDigger screenshot.
  • Use OpenGL rendering option: default is off

New in RawDigger 1.4.7.763 Beta (Feb 5, 2023)

  • Camera/RAW Format support:
  • Sony YCC-format pseudo-RAW support (Small/Medium lossy compression on A1, A7-IV, and A7R-V cameras):
  • RGB and YCC output available
  • For YCC output: Cr/Cb channels midpoint adjusted to 8191 to fit Y channel histogram range

New in RawDigger 1.4.6.761 (Feb 5, 2023)

  • Camera/format support:
  • Canon CRM and film roll/raw burst CR3 files
  • Canon CRN files: embedded RAW displayed
  • OM System OM-1 and OM-5
  • Panasonic DC-GH6
  • PhaseOne/Leaf IIQ S v2 format support
  • Sony A7R-V
  • Canon R7 and R10
  • Canon R6 Mark II
  • Fujifilm X-H2S, X-H2, X-T5
  • Other changes:
  • Several minor improvements, see details in our blog post.

New in RawDigger 1.4.5.727 (Feb 17, 2022)

  • Camera Support:
  • Canon EOS R3
  • DJI Mavic 3
  • Fujifilm GFX50S II
  • Nikon Z fc
  • Olympus E-P7
  • Panasonic DC-GH5M2
  • Pentax K-3 Mark III
  • Sony ZV-E10, ILCE-7RM3A (A7R-IIIA), ILCE-7RM4A (A7R-IVA), ILCE-7M4 (A7-IV)
  • Preliminary support for Nikon Z 9 (High Efficiency raw compression formats are currently unsupported)
  • Other Changes:
  • GUI toolkit used updated to Qt 5.12.11 for non-legacy versions
  • Exiftool updated to version 12.36
  • Experimental Rawspeed version 3 (actual) raw decoder support
  • Preferences - Vendor Specific - DNG: Stage 2/Stage 3 opcodes will be applied only if OpcodeList2/OpcodeList3 are present in the input file
  • Preferences - Vendor Specific - DNG: Option to extract/display transparency mask(s)
  • Optional raw decoders controls moved to Preferences - Misc Options - Optional raw decoders with sections:
  • Adobe DNG SDK:
  • Exotic DNG formats: use for some rare DNGs: 8 bits, linear, floating point
  • All DNG formats: speaks for itself
  • RawSpeed V1/V3:
  • Use: use this decoder for known files
  • Also for unknown cameras: for all files with raw data formats supported by RawSpeed
  • Check for warnings: if file is unpacked w/ warnings, discard unpack result and use standard LibRaw

New in RawDigger 1.4.4.712 (Jun 2, 2021)

  • Corrected (wrong) linear response limit reported in some Panasonic files metadata
  • Fixed decoding error for compressed Samsung files (some old models) on modern macOS if RawSpeed decoder was used
  • Fixed bug: Use RawSpeed checkbox was grayed out on macOS 11.x
  • Exiftool updated to 12.25
  • Camera support:
  • Fujifilm X-E4 and GFX 100S
  • RPi HQ camera support, improved support for older RPi cameras

New in RawDigger 1.2.24.560 (Mar 22, 2018)

  • Exiftool updated to version 10.87
  • Bugs fixed: Sigma Quattro H 'AF points interpolation' was not interpolating last AF points row
  • Camera support:
  • Olympus E-PL9
  • Fujifilm X-A5, X-A20, X-H1
  • Panasonic DC-GF10/90, GH5S, GX9, TZ200/ZS200, G9 in high-res mode.
  • Sony ARQ format support

New in RawDigger 1.2.21.540 (Aug 2, 2017)

  • Exiftool updated to 10.60
  • Camera support added:
  • Canon 200D, 6D Mark II
  • Fujifilm X-A10
  • Gitup GIT2P
  • Leica TL2
  • Nikon D7500
  • CGATS export:
  • LinearMax=val added to DESCRIPTOR field if camera provides this data (note: black level is not subtracted)
  • WBAsShot=a,b,c,d added to DESCRIPTOR field if camera provides as-shot white balance
  • New checkbox 'Add DESCRIPTOR "DCP Profile"' in Samples export dialog. Will add this text string to CGATS output (for use with BasicColor Input profiler to create DNG profiles).
  • New setting to Preferences - Histogram, 'Set linear histogram auto range'.
  • If one sets it to 'Camera data range', histogram opens (or is recalculated for a new file) with 0...camera max limits.
  • If set to 'Current frame data', linear scale range will reflect current frame min/max values
  • Bugs fixed
  • image does not move on next/prev file.
  • OS X: fixed freeze if key is expired and RawDigger was run by dragging image on program icon

New in RawDigger 1.2.20.533 (May 26, 2017)

  • Camera support added
  • Sony A9
  • Panasonic DC-TZ90/ZS70
  • Olympus TG-5
  • Better support for Leaf Credo files
  • Exiftool updated to version 10.53
  • Tiff Export: set stripe size to 64 rows for compressed TIFFs for better compatibility with OS X Preview.

New in RawDigger 1.2.19.528 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • Support for DNG DefaultCrop tags
  • Correct handling of linear DNG margins if both DNG SDK and RawSpeed are turned off
  • Exiftool updated to version 10.50
  • Fixed (rare) problem with Fuji GFX 50s handling
  • Camera support added:
  • Canon G9 X Mark II, EOS M6, 77D, 800D
  • Fujifilm X-A3
  • Hasselblad H6D-100c
  • Panasonic DC-GH5
  • Pentax KP

New in RawDigger 1.2.18.514 (Feb 13, 2017)

  • Camera support:
  • Fujifilm: X100F, X-T20, GFX 50S
  • Hasselblad X1D: fixed handling of high-ISO files
  • Leica M10
  • Nikon B700
  • Panasonic DC-FZ80
  • Other changes:
  • Histogram window title updates if missing data was read by Exiftool
  • Exiftool updated to version 10.41

New in RawDigger 1.2.18.509 Beta (Jan 22, 2017)

  • New cameras support:
  • Leica M10
  • Fujifilm X100F
  • Fujifilm X-T20
  • Fujifilm GFX 50S: only uncompressed RAWs are supported

New in RawDigger 1.2.17.507 (Jan 22, 2017)

  • Support for DNG files with multiple images with different linearization data in one file
  • (again) Fixed display problem with some old Canon sRAWs
  • Support to Magic Lantern "out of camera" DNG
  • Fixed incorrect black level for Sony A350
  • Handling of black level tag in Canon (Kodak) D2000C files
  • Handling of black level for Sony A7RM2 files without black level metadata (old firmware bug?)
  • Exiftool updated to version 10.40
  • Camera support added:
  • Nikon D5600
  • Panasonic GX800/850/GF9
  • Sigma Quattro H

New in RawDigger 1.2.16.501 (Jan 5, 2017)

  • Exiftool updated to version 10.37
  • Fixed display problem with some (old) Canon sRAWs
  • Camera support added:
  • Canon EOS M5
  • Google Pixel and Pixel XL
  • Hasselblad X1D and True Zoom
  • Olympus E-M1-mkII
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ2000/2500/FZH1, DMC-LX9/10/15
  • Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
  • Sony ILCA-99M2 (A99-II), ILCE-6500

New in RawDigger 1.2.13.487 (Aug 31, 2016)

  • Exiftool updated to version 10.25
  • CGATS Export: additional grid description fields
  • Camera support added:
  • Canon 5D Mark IV (Dual Pixel RAW: use frame selection drop-down at program window bottom to select second frame)
  • Gitup GIT2
  • Several Android phone sensors

New in RawDigger 1.2.8.464 (Mar 31, 2016)

  • CHANGES/NEW FEATURES:
  • New setting Misc Options - Use small fonts in information panels Decreases the font size and shrinks the gaps between the informational panels in the upper part of the program window. Useful for the lower resolution displays.
  • EXIF informational panel re-worked:
  • it is not modal anymore, does not stay on top, and a new file can be opened without closing the EXIF panel
  • [EXIF] button opens the EXIF panel; if, however, it is already open, pressing this button brings the panel to the top

New in RawDigger 1.2.6.447 (Jan 28, 2016)

  • Exiftool updated to version 10.10
  • Camera support added: Fujifilm X-Pro2

New in RawDigger 1.2.5.445 (Jan 11, 2016)

  • Fixed bug in maximized main window state restore (occurs on some Windows 10 installations).

New in RawDigger 1.2.4 (Jan 11, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug occurring when reading a damaged .eip files.
  • Keeping the size of the main window: both the maximized statuus and the size before maximization are saved.
  • CSV exporting: integer values like file number, sample number, sample coordinates are now written without quotes.
  • Disable RGB Rendering for files larger... limit is increased to 200Mpix.
  • Standard value for 64-bit versions is increased to 120MPix for new installations, if you already have RawDigger installed please increase this value in Preferences - Display Options if you need to process raw files from Phase One IQ3.
  • Support for PhaseOne 16-bit compressed format
  • Exiftool updated to version 10.09
  • Camera support added: Phase One IQ3 100Mpix

New in RawDigger 1.2.2.433 (Nov 16, 2015)

  • Grid Setup dialog:
  • shortcut (Ctrl-G/Cmd-G) to turn it on/off
  • new checkbox Preferences - Misc. Options - Put grid setup dialog on top of all Windows (this setting will take effect after RawDigger restart).
  • Bug fixed: Histogram window title not updated correctly on file change.
  • Bug fixed: too large Zoom Out button on OS X El Capitan
  • Exiftool updated to version 10.05
  • Support for the following cameras is added:
  • Canon PowerShot G5 X, G9 X, EOS M10
  • Leica SL (Typ 601)

New in RawDigger 1.2.1.430 (Nov 10, 2015)

  • Fixed information window sizes for HiDPI screens
  • .EIP files handling requires less memory
  • Support for all floating point and 16-bit integer DNG via Adobe DNG SDK
  • Support for uncompressed 12-bit files from Nikon 1 series
  • Support for uncompressed Sony A7 files
  • Exiftool updated to version 10.02
  • Support for the following cameras is added:
  • DXO One
  • Leica S (Typ 007)
  • Olympus E-M10 Mark II
  • Ricoh GR II
  • Sony A7S-II

New in RawDigger 1.2.0.420 (Aug 25, 2015)

  • CHANGES/NEW FEATURES:
  • Fixed a bug causing wrong indication of exposure parameters in histogram window title.
  • Support for DNG files containing floating point data:
  • New data formats supported:
  • BlackMagic 1:3 compression (BlackMagic URSA CinemaDNG)
  • Pentax K-3 II 4-shot mode: new setting Data Processing - Vendor specific - Pentax K3-II - Merge data for 4-shot frames to merge 4 shots into one 4-channel (with 2 green channels)

New in RawDigger 1.1.7.411 (Aug 6, 2015)

  • Exiftool updated to version 9.99
  • Support for the following cameras is added:
  • Nikon D810A
  • Panasonic DMC-G7,DMC-GX8
  • Sony A7R-II,RX10-I1

New in RawDigger 1.1.6.409 (Jul 7, 2015)

  • Exiftool updated to version 9.98
  • Support for the following cameras is added:
  • Canon 5DS/5DS R in sRAW/mRAW modes
  • Fujifilm X-T10
  • Leica Q
  • Olympus AIR-A01
  • Pentax K3 II (standard mode only, 1-st subframe extracted for 4-shot images)
  • Sigma dp3 Quattro
  • Sony RX100-IV

New in RawDigger 1.1.5.406 (May 19, 2015)

  • Restoring the positions of program windows: before restoring the position of a window position check is performed for every window (main program window, table with sample data / measurements, histogram windows) to ensure window visibility for current monitor configuration, and that at least the title bar of a window is visible
  • OS X 10.10: support for new Drag'n'Drop API (file://.id=)
  • File export dialogue is reworked to address those rare cases when it causes program crash under OS X
  • Exiftool updated to version 9.95
  • Support for the following cameras is added:
  • Canon: 750D, 760D, M2, M3
  • Leica: Monochrom (Typ 246)
  • Nikon: J5
  • Olympus: SH-2, TG-4

New in RawDigger 1.1.4.400 (Mar 26, 2015)

  • Adopted for small screens:
  • Histogram window minimum height reduced if Histogram RGGB mode is set to Average G1 and G2 or to G1 only
  • New setting Misc Options - Place EXIF button on bottom bar cleans space in metadata area (this setting takes effect after program restart)
  • Exiftool updated to version 9.90
  • New Camera Support:
  • Canon 5DS and 5DS R (full resolution RAW only, not tested in sRAW/mRAW modes)
  • Fujifilm X-A2 and XQ2

New in RawDigger 1.1.4.398 (Mar 25, 2015)

  • Exiftool updated to version 9.90
  • Adopted for small screens:
  • Histogram window minimum height reduced if Histogram RGGB mode is set to Average G1 and G2 or to G1 only
  • New setting Misc Options - Place EXIF button on bottom bar cleans space in metadata area (this setting takes effect after program restart)
  • New Camera Support:
  • Canon 5DS and 5DS R (full resolution RAW only, not tested in sRAW/mRAW modes)
  • Fujifilm X-A2 and XQ2
  • Several smartfones with RAW mode: Lenovo a820, HTC UltraPixel, Samsung Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Nexus (and other smartfones on MTK 6589 and Sony IMX135/072 chips)
  • Nikon D5500 and D7200
  • Pentak K-S2
  • Samsung NX500

New in RawDigger 1.1.3.391 (Feb 10, 2015)

  • Changes/New features:
  • New Action:
  • Menu - File - Close File:
  • closes the current file, frees up memory
  • closes all additional windows (samples, histograms)
  • changes the current folder to %HOME%/Pictures or %HOME%
  • Useful when working with removable media (flash cards, and others), allows to un-mount and eject the device without closing RawDigger
  • Exiftool updated to version 9.83
  • New Camera Support:
  • Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite Silver
  • Hasselblad Stellar II
  • Olympus E-M5 Mark II (including high-resolution mode)
  • Panasonic DMC-CM1, DMC-GF7

New in RawDigger 1.1.2.388 (Dec 11, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • OS X: Upon the first start of RawDigger it will be added to the OpenWith list for the extensions, supported in RawDigger (this list appears if Control-click or right-click is pressed while in Finder)
  • Exiftool updated to version 9.77
  • Additional camera support:
  • Fujifilm X100T
  • Leaf Credo 50
  • Leica M-P, X (Typ 113)
  • Olympus STYLUS1s
  • Panasonic GM1s, GM5
  • Pentax K-S1, Q-S1
  • Samsung NX1
  • Sigma dp1 Quattro
  • Sony A7-II

New in RawDigger 1.1.1.382 (Oct 8, 2014)

  • Support for Nikon Coolscan NEFs:
  • Unfortunately we can't read gamma setting directly from the scan NEF file. To address this, RawDigger provides an option to manually set the gamma in Preferences - Data Processing/Vendor Specific - Coolscan NEF files gamma.
  • Exiftool updated to version 9.72
  • Additional camera support:
  • Canon: 7D Mark II, SX60 HS, G7 X
  • Fujifilm X30
  • Leica D-Lux (Typ 109), V-Lux (Typ 114)
  • Nikon D750
  • Panasonic DMC-LC100
  • Sony ILCE-QX1
  • Minor bug in CGATS export fixed: for manual black level setting, in CGATS export black level was indicated as zero

New in RawDigger 1.1.0.377 (Sep 15, 2014)

  • Histograms:
  • for 3-channel and 1-channel raw data only 3-channel and 1-channel histograms are displayed, correspondingly. Empty histogram windows for non-existing channels are not displayed now.
  • additional settings to control the display of 4-channel histograms for Bayer RGBG raw data (Preferences - 'Histograms' - "Histogram for RGBG bayer images"):
  • Display G1 and G2 - to display 4 histograms

New in RawDigger 1.0.9.359 (Aug 7, 2014)

  • New Preferences Tab: Settings related to specific data formats or manufacturers only (that is, Sony ARW2, Panasonic, PhaseOne, Sigma dp2 Quattro, Canon/Nikon sRAW/Small RAW), have been moved to the "Vendor Specific" subsection within the Data Processing settings section. Settings affecting all cameras/data formats remain in the main "Data Processing" section.
  • Sigma dp2 Quattro support:
  • The following settings in the "Data Processing -> Vendor Specific" Preferences subsection have been added:
  • R and G channels interpolation - turns on the duplication of pixels in the R and G channels to form a 2x2 square
  • Low sensitivity pixel interpolation - turns on the normalization of pixels with lower sensitivity found in the R and G channels (in the dp2 Quattro camera, every 64th pixel in the R and G channels has a sensitivity lowered by about 2 stops. What these pixels are used for is currently not certain, possibly for exposure control in overexposed areas).
  • Histogram window changes:
  • the bug on rare occasions causing the histogram to appear unopulated upon the change of the size of the histogram window is resolved
  • the labels on horizontal axis are continued all the way to the right instead of reaching only to the maximum of the range settings on top of histogram window
  • New camera support:
  • Casio EX-100
  • Hasselblad H5D
  • Nikon D810, 1 J4, 1 S2
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ1000, AG-GH4
  • Pentax 645Z
  • Samsung NX3000
  • Sony A7S, DSC-RX100III
  • New color data for some Hasselblad cameras
  • Exiftool is updated to version 9.69

New in RawDigger 1.0.8.344 (May 24, 2014)

  • Added indicators for Statistics box headers:
  • [M] in Image Statistics box - Masked Pixels is ON
  • [F] in Selection/Sample box - Discard abnormal pixel values mode is ON (pixels with outlying values are filtered off)
  • If a damaged RAW file is detected, the warning is issued and an attempt to open the file is still performed (previously such a file was just skipped with a warning)
  • New keyboard shortcuts added (you can use both old and new ones)
  • Ctrl-1 (Mac: Cmd-1) - 100% zoom
  • Ctrl-0 (Cmd-0) - Fit to window
  • Exiftool updated to 9.61
  • New setting (Windows only): Misc Options - Faster Program close, to allow the program to quit faster.
  • Updates check:
  • the last update check date was recorded only if the update notification was received
  • if "Updates check frequency: On program start" is enabled, the updates are checked no more than once every 6 hours.
  • Libraw updated:
  • new routine for flat field for PhaseOne cameras
  • improved support for Canon 1D-X sRAW files
  • added camera support:
  • Canon A550, G1 X Mark II, SD950, EOS 1200D
  • Leica T (Typ 701)
  • Nikon 1V3, Coolpox P340
  • Panasonic GH4
  • Samsung NX30, NX mini
  • Sony ILCE-3000, ILCE-6000, ILCA-77M2 (A77-II)

New in RawDigger 1.0.7.339 (Mar 28, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • For DNG files having CFA pattern dimensons different from the dimensions in BlackLevelRepeatDim tag black level is displayed correctly:
  • on the BlackLevel button
  • in the black level fields in Prefernces, given Reset Black Level on file load is enabled
  • When the black level is set manually Black Level button at the lower left corner of the main window indicates the number of black level values according to the number of channels (it was always 4 numbers previously)

New in RawDigger 1.0.6.335 (Mar 25, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Support for Nikon Small Raw (D4s NEF Size S):
  • To extract unprocessed YCC data, switch on
  • Show YCbCr data for Canon/Nikon sRAW files in Preferences - Data Processing.
  • To disable Cb/Cr interpolation, switch on "Do not interpolate Cb/Cr channels data (Canon/Nikon sRAW)" in Preferences - Data Processing.
  • In RGB-mode ("Show YCbCr…" setting is off) the image is rendered from luma and color-difference data:
  • linearized
  • chromaticities are close to sRGB so no additional color transformations are performed.
  • LibRaw updated:
  • support for DNG files that originate from Fuji X-Trans RAFs
  • support for DNG files that include tonal (linearization) curves with more than 4096 entries.
  • Problems fixed: Qt 4.8.5 has a feature that prevents from building a single distribution, compatible with all current Mac OS X versions in 32- and 64-bit modes. Starting from RawDigger 1.0.6 we will be offering two distributions for Mac OS X:
  • Main distribution: Universal binary 32/64 bits which is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 to 10.9 in 64-bit mode, and with Mac OS X 10.8 to 10.9 in 32-bit mode
  • Legacy 32-bit version compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 to 10.9 but without support for Retina display.

New in RawDigger 1.0.5 (Mar 6, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • New Sony processing mode
  • Preferences - Data Processing - Sony ARW2 processing options - Delta step relative to value
  • This mode is to display the ratio of the minimum delta step to the pixel value. For those image areas where this ratio is large and the contrasty details do not exist (like it is in the sky) the normally processed image may exhibit visible posterization. The values are displayed in per mil (a tenth of percent, or one per thousand).
  • See details in our RawDigger: detecting posterization in SONY cRAW/ARW2 files article.
  • Additional setting
  • Ignore shadows below level NN
  • Delta step relative to value mode necessarily highlights all the shadow areas in the image because the minimum step in raw for shadows is relatively large - with minimum step value of 2 for the pixel value of 64 the step is equal to 3%. This setting allows to switch off that (usually unnecessary) shadow highlighting.
  • Support for .EIP CaptureOne files
  • Exiftool updated to 9.54
  • LibRaw updated:
  • Support for Fujifilm S1 and Nikon D4s (small size NEFs are currently not supported)
  • New sorting for RAW extensions in Open file dialogue, old and uncommon file extensions are now in the end of the list.
  • This is to get around of the limitations imposed by older versions of Windows that impose a limit on the length of the extension list.
  • User-defined extensions are now placed at the head of the list instead of appending to the tail.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Libraw updated: shutter speed for Sigma SD9 and SD10 cameras is now displayed correctly.
  • Incompatibilities with activating RawDigger when running both 32- and 64- bit versions of the program in Windows 64-bit environment are fixed.

New in RawDigger 1.0.4 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • LibRaw updated:
  • Corrected black level setting for 12-bit NEF files for Nikon cameras that are using non-zero black levels (currently D3300 and D5300)
  • Exiftool updated to version 9.50

New in RawDigger 1.0.3 (Feb 5, 2014)

  • Setting deleted: Sony ARW2 Hack.
  • Exiftool updated to 9.49
  • New setting: Preferences - Overexposure detection - Auto - Auto OE Offset:
  • This setting allows to offset the automatically detected value of overexposure. It can be set in the range of -8 to +1 EV. Can be used to determine which areas of the raw data will be blown out if the exposure is increased (negative OE Offset values correspond to exposure increase!). If Underexposure Detection is set to 'Offset from Saturation' OE Offset shifts the underexposure detection margin accordingly, allowing to predict the underexposed areas for the new exposure setting.
  • See our new article Exposure for RAW vs. Exposure for JPEG which describes how to use this feature for fast and accurate simulations of exposure adjustments.
  • New setting: Preferences - Data Processing - Sony ARW2 processing options:
  • Applies only to processing of Sony cRAW format Settings:
  • None (standard processing) - standard processing
  • Only base pixels - In each 16-byte block, only pixels that have exact values are unpacked. The values of other pixels are set to zero.
  • Only delta pixels - In each 16-byte block, only the pixels that are coded as deltas from the minimum value in the block are unpacked. The base value (minimum in the block) is added to the result.
  • Delta pixels relative to zero - same as above but the base value is not added. This mode helps to locate compression artifacts.
  • New setting: Preferences - Overexposure detection - Auto - Sensitivity - Full Well limited camera:
  • Turns on the new method to detect OE, useful for the cases where the output is limited not by ADC but by the full well (or close to full well). The method locates the "fuzzy hump" in highlights which is specific for full-well limited raw data processing. Some cameras at certain ISO settings (base ISO or lower than base ISO) exhibit this type of behavior (one of the examples is Panasonic GX7 at ISO 125 setting)
  • LibRaw updated, new cameras added:
  • cellular phones: Alcatel 5035D, Nokia 1600x1200, DJI 4438x3288, Matrix 4608x3288
  • Canon PowerShot A3300 IS (CHDK hack)
  • Fujifilm F900EXR and X-T1
  • Leica X2
  • Nikon D3300 (preliminary support, no data to compute color transform for RGB rendering yet)
  • Olympus E-PL6 and E-M10
  • Panasonic FZ7,FX70 and TZ60/61
  • PhaseOne IQ250
  • Sony ILCE-5000 (preliminary support, no data to compute color transform for RGB rendering yet)
  • Bugs fixed:
  • In one rare case the histogram maximum was calculated incorrectly.

New in RawDigger 1.0.2 (Dec 19, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • To allow users to activate RawDigger in both trial and fully licensed modes without direct Internet access, manual activation mode is added.
  • Camera support: Nikon Df color data were copied to D4 (the Df device data is better, and the CFAs are practically identical).
  • Bug fix: There used to be a possibility of the program crashing while opening new files in a very rapid succession because the new file was opened before exiftool was finished processing the previous one.
  • Exiftool is updated to version 9.44

New in RawDigger 1.0.1 (Dec 9, 2013)

  • Export to TIFF: option ‘Copy EXIF tags from RAW file’:
  • for RGB rendering the output files are tagged with sRGB color space
  • for all other modes of export the output files are untagged; you may need to assign the proper color space on import to a graphics editor program
  • ‘Selection by numbers’ dialog:
  • ‘Center selection on image’ checkbox is added to the dialogue; if the checkmark is set, the center of selection is aligned to the center of the image
  • For OS X the dialogue is adjusted so that the wording is not truncated
  • Processing of registration information is improved:
  • On license key input all extra characters (spaces, tabulation marks, etc) are ignored. Also, lowercase letters are automatically replaced with uppercase ones
  • The key is checked at input, if they key does not pass the sanity check, a warning is issued
  • Camera support:
  • The size of the image area for Nikon Df camera is adjusted
  • Correct RGB rendering for Fujifilm cameras X-E2 and XQ1
  • Correct parameters of Bayer Pattern for Canon A3300 (CHDK)
  • Exiftool is updated to version 9.43

New in RawDigger 1.0.0 (Nov 19, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Exiftool updated to 9.41
  • LibRaw updated:
  • New cameras supported:
  • Leica C, X VARIO
  • Nikon D5300, D610, Df, 1 AW1
  • Nokia Lumia 1020, 1520
  • Olympus STYLUS1
  • Pentax K-3
  • Sony RX10, A3000 (ILCE-3000)
  • New color data for the following cameras:
  • Canon S120
  • Nikon P7800, 1 J3
  • Olympus E-M1
  • Visible area size adjusted for the following cameras:
  • Canon G16
  • Sigma pre-Merrill: Low- and Medium-size RAW
  • Improved EXIF parsing:
  • Processing of non-standard Nikon ISO tag (numeric values for Lo and Hi ISO are indicated)
  • Nikon Black Level tag is deciphered and processed (currently Nikon D5300 only is using this tag)
  • New RawDigger update mechanism:
  • check for updates is now independent from the display of the splash screen
  • improved the speed of the program start if internet connection is slow
  • Preferences-Misc Options-Check for updates controls the update check frequency (on each program start or once in 1-3-7-15-30 days).
  • GUI BUGS FIXED:
  • EXIF window:
  • EXIF display button overlaps only with the last line of EXIF data and does not limit the width of the table.
  • EXIF window stays coherent when the window is stretched.
  • Mac GUI:
  • Retina support: improved rendition on HiDPI displays; Retina "look" are supported in all views except the histogram, where a low resolution bitmap is used.
  • Mac OS X 10.8+: the "look" is improved due to font substitution used on program start. The bug with the "reduce" button style is fixed.

New in RawDigger 0.9.20 Beta (Oct 26, 2013)

  • Foveon support:
  • Raw data decoding support for all known Foveon-based cameras
  • For Sigma SD1 and Sigma Merrill cameras black level is computed automatically
  • For Sigma SD1 and Merrill cameras all raw sizes are supported, High, Medium, and Low.
  • For Medium size RGB rendering is disabled because the aspect ratio in RAW is ~4800x1600 vs. ~3300x2200 in RGB
  • RGB rendering is supported for all cameras, but with different quality; for SD1 and Merrills it is more usable, for DPxx pre-Merrill series it is just usable, for SD9-SD14 and Polaroid x530 it is very rough.
  • For SD9-SD14 and Polaroid x530 cameras only Auto White Balance is available.
  • LibRaw library updated to support:
  • with full RGB rendering
  • Canon G16
  • Hasselblad Lunar, Stellar
  • Panasonic GM1
  • Pentax K50, K500, Q7
  • Samsung Galaxy NX (EK-GN120)
  • Sony NEX-5T, ILCE-A7, ILCE-A7R, ILCE-A3000
  • preliminary RGB rendering (but of course RAW data is extracted in full)
  • Canon S120
  • Fujifilm X-A1
  • Nikon P7800
  • For Sony and Samsung cameras black level is now based on EXIF information
  • For Sony cameras model name is now based on EXIF tag SonyModelID
  • Support for DNG files without compression tag is added
  • Added support for black level subtraction for non-Bayer (full-color) raw formats
  • Precision of the of floating point values is increased in exported files.
  • EXIF data can be copied to clipboard as a table and as a text, additional button for text export is available in the dialogue
  • EXIFTool updated to version 9.39
  • Bugs fixed, problems solved:
  • For Samples window, clipboard copy (Ctrl/Cmd-C) now works also for the files with less than 4 color channels
  • Due to compatibility issues for Mac OS X 10.5 RawSpeed support is switched off if running under this version.

New in RawDigger 0.9.19 Beta (Sep 9, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Exporting Bayer RAW data as single channel (grayscale) TIFFs. This feature is most useful for exporting data obtained from DIY black and white cameras with removed CFAs (maxmax.com and similar methods).
  • It is now possible to switch off auto exposure compensation for RGB render display
  • Preferences - Display Options - Automatic exposure correction for RGB render

New in RawDigger 0.9.18 Beta (Jul 16, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Data export as TIFF:
  • Menu -> File -> Export TIFF)
  • This feature allows exporting RGB rendition, composite RAW, or single RAW channel as a TIFF file.
  • For more detailed discussion please see Data Export section in manual.
  • Better analyses of Canon sRAW data format:
  • New settings:
  • Preferences -> Data Processing -> Show YCbCr data for Canon sRAW files
  • Preferences -> Data Processing -> Do not interpolate Cb/Cr channels data (Canon sRAW)
  • The first setting allows to switch off conversion of YCbCr into RGB for Canon sRAW format, while the second switches off interpolation of Cb/Cr channels
  • New setting:
  • Preferences -> Display Options -> Display RGB Render in RAW colors
  • This setting allows to switch off the conversion of RGB render into sRGB. This way the output remains in camera "color space".
  • For RAW data containing four different colors (RGBE, CMYG) this also switches off RGB render display. TIFF export for such RAW is still possible and results in a four-channel TIFF.
  • ADDED CAMERA SUPPORT FOR:
  • Baumer TXG14
  • Canon EOS C500
  • Nikon D5200
  • OmniVision OV5647 (Raspberry Pi)
  • Panasonic DMC-GF6
  • Samsung NX300, NX1100, NX2000
  • Sony NEX-3N
  • MINOR CHANGES:
  • CGATS output reworked to include additional data and for better standard conformance

New in RawDigger 0.9.17 Beta (Jun 3, 2013)

  • New functionality and major improvements:
  • New Preferences parameter:
  • Data Processing -> Selection/Sample stats: discard abnormal pixel values
  • If the checkbox is set statistics for Selection and Sample discards 10% of highest and 10% of lowermost pixel values to filter off dust, scratches, small specular reflections, and other target/sensor defects
  • New cameras supported:
  • Canon 100D (Rebel SL1), 700D (Rebel T5i)
  • Fujifilm: X20, X100S,SL1000, HS50EXR
  • Sony SLT-A58
  • Nikon 1 J3, 1 S1, Coolpix A, Coolpix P330, D7100
  • Olympus XZ-10
  • Panasonic G6
  • Pentax MX-1
  • ExifTool updated to version 9.30
  • sRAW/mRAW Canon raw formats are processed faster, now using RawSpeed

New in RawDigger 0.9.15 Beta (Mar 11, 2013)

  • Data conversion while saving the table of measurements:
  • The table for flat field calculation can be saved
  • Normalization using the saved table for flat field calculation can be applied.
  • White balance calculation for a user-selected patch can be performed.
  • Normalization based on user-selected brightest patch and gamma compensation can be applied.
  • Non-compressed NEFs for Nikon D5100 and D7000 cameras are supported (this mode is available with hacked camera firmware).
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Fixed over- and under-exposure statistics for RAW files recorded by 16 bit digital backs
  • Fixed partial disappearance of the file select dialogue while saving Samples, Histogram, and table data for histograms.

New in RawDigger 0.9.13 Beta (Dec 27, 2012)

  • New functionality and major improvements:
  • Improved: Most of the time-consuming operations are now performed using parallel processing, to the effect that opening a file and computing statistics and histogram is 3 to 5 time faster if performed on a 4-core processor.
  • New: Display of blown-out and underexposed areas. The values for under- and overexposure can be adjusted through
  • Preferences -> Over/Under Exposure
  • Please see the manual for the detailed description.
  • New: Open Next or Previous file in the current directory.
  • This can be done either through File menu or using the hotkeys: Ctrl + Arrow Right, Ctrl + Arrow Left on a Windows platform; Cmd + Arrow Right, Cmd + Arrow Left on OS X.
  • The sorting order for these commands is set in
  • Preferences - Misc Options - File sort order for Next/Previous.
  • New: To open Raw files RawDigger now defaults to RawSpeed library, which is much faster than the standard one. The user can change this default through
  • In order to set these options differently the user needs to switch off the option to use RawSpeed library. This is because RawSpeed library does not support all the options standard processing does.
  • New: On a Windows platform the user has the control to allow and disallow running multiple instances of the program, using
  • Preferences - Misc Options - Run single Program instance.
  • If single instance mode is On, starting a new RawDigger process results in the following:
  • The new process passes the file name that was used to start it (if the file name was passed to to the process as a command-line parameter) to the already existing process.
  • The user can force mode off if RawDigger is started with newinstance parameter like: RawDigger -newinstance [file name]. This will cause the new RawDigger process to start; the process started like that will not accept file names from other RawDigger processes. On an OS X platform new RawDigger instances can be started via Terminal.
  • Minor improvements:
  • The user can set additional file extensions for file open operations (Open and Next/Previous) using
  • Preferences - Misc options - Aditional Raw extensions.
  • The format to set an extension is *.ext; if adding multiple extensions they need to be separated with a space like *.ext1 *.ext2 etc. The user-defined extension list is merged to the default list of extensions that are known to RawDigger.
  • The current file directory used to store files is set using the left column of the Save dialog.
  • When the histogram is saved as a PNG, the histogram mode, the black level and the tone curve that were used to obtain the histogram are added to the image.
  • If the user changes the settings for the black level manually the appropriate black level subtraction mode is set up automatically.
  • If the changes to the Preferences made by the user are such that the file needs to be re-read (for example, SONY ARW2 Hack mode is changed or use RawSpeed option is changed) and the option to
  • Preferences - Data Processing - Reset Black Level values on file load
  • is On, pressing the Apply button will cause the refresh of the values for the black level in Preferences dialog.
  • Bugfixes:
  • Display of EXIF information for the file names that contain non-Latin symbols is now correct.
  • File names for .csv/.txt files are now saved correctly with non-Latin symbols (UTF-8)
  • The display remains stable and does not jitter after clicking Apply button in Preferences
  • An attempt to open a non-existing (deleted) file through File History now results in a correct message and the name of the file is deleted from History.
  • An attempt to open a non-existant file using command line now results in a correct message (instead of the previous "the format is not supported").