.RW2 File

The rw2 file extension is related to Panasonic Lumix digital camera devices.

The rw2 file contains RAW picture image captured with Panasonic Lumix digital camera.

The RAW image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of either a digital camera, image or motion picture film scanner. RAW files are so named because they are not yet processed and therefore are not ready to be used with a bitmap graphics editor or printed.

An rw2 file extension is used for RAW format saved from pictures taken with Panasonic Lumix digital camera. Usually RAW formats can be opened in specialized Photo editors and exported to another format, like JPG.

How to open:

Most modern professional digital photo management program should be able to work with *.rw2 files from Panasonic cameras.

How to convert:

These RAW files can be either exported for sharing to JPG or similar image format, or to DNG to preserve RAW data.