.CR2?

I took my Canon out to play at the weekend and took a few pictures. However,

when I uploaded them to my PC some of them were saved as .CR2 instead of .jpg.

Can anyone tell me what this means and how to convert to .jpg? I tried changing

the extension of the file but it doesnt work!

 

Thanks

 

K x

That is Canon's raw format tag. You need software to convert the raw to the TIFF, PSD or JPEG formats. Canon's DPP is good and should have come with your camera.

.CR2 is the extension for a Canon Raw image file. Youcan download Adobe's free raw convertor (converts raw image files to the .DNG open standard).

 

Then convert with a camera raw processor. Or, you can use your already avalible software that came with your Canon when you bought it (DPP I think is its name). (or--read your camera's manual? that usually helps a lot.)

Thanks guys!

 

Can anyone tell me why some were .jpg and some .CR2? The camera was always on the same settings.

 

K x

Kimberly; Check your camera settings if you where getting jpegs and are now getting raw you must have changed the setting on the camera. My Canon is a 20D so may be different to your Canon but on mine if I hit the menu button the first item on the list is " Quality " this allows for several file sizes for jpeg plus several options for jpeg plus CR.2, or just CR2 which I suspect your camera is now set on. Just switch the setting back to jpeg if that is what you like to shoot.

Kimberly our posts crossed in the ether. Are you getting a jpeg and a CR2 for each image?

Gordon

 

Some of them are .CR2 and some are .jpg

Kimberly;

 

If you have two files with the same file number for each image then the camera is set on CR2 plus jpeg and you only have to change the setting back to just jpeg. I will attach a screen shot, note that there are two files side by aside with the same file number.<div></div>

Thanks Gordon, I knew what you meant but I think maybe I wasnt clear in what I said. I hadnt (to my knowledge) changed the settings when taking pictures but some of tehm saved in a different format.

 

K x

Well so long as the camera is now working in the correct format the only thing lost is the bother of having to convert the Raw files into jpegs. As was mentioned by others, you camera included canon software or any number of other RAW converters will to the job for you.

What happens is when you put the camera in Full Auto (Green box) it will not take raw, even if you have raw set. So if you switch modes, you'll get some jpeg and some raw (cr2)

--Jim

Jim,

 

Thanks for that explanation I have never had my camera in full auto before so it never occured to me. There you go I learnt something new.

Thanks you guys, I think I have the problem sorted now!

 

K x