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Format

Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File

Summary

Name
Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/202
Format type
Image (Raster)
Description
Nikon Digital SLR RAW Image files are produced by the Nikon DSLR family of digital cameras.
Format encoding
Text
File extensions
nef, nrw
Submitted by
National Library of New Zealand / National Library of New Zealand

Relationships

Has lower priority than
Has priority over

Internal signatures

Nikon RAW Motorola v1

Description
#--Makernote and image data standard--# TIFF Magic, Makernote Tag, Makernote ID, Byte Order, Subfile Type, Compression
Provenance
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/droid-list/1juY20TDCcA

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D4D002A*927C{0-35536}4E696B6F6E00(0200|0210|0211)00004D4D002A00000008{0-999999}00FE00040000000100000000{36}0103000300000001(0001|8799)0000
Endianness
None

Nikon RAW Intel v1

Description
#--Makernote and image data standard--# TIFF Magic, Makernote Tag, Makernote ID, Byte Order, Subfile Type, Compression
Provenance
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/droid-list/1juY20TDCcA

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
49492A00*7C92{0-35536}4E696B6F6E00(0200|0210|0211)000049492A0008000000{0-999999}00FE00040001000000000000{36}000301030001000000(0100|9987)00
Endianness
None

Nikon RAW Motorola v2

Description
#--Makernote and image data reversed--# TIFF Magic, Makernote Tag, Subfile Type, Compression, Makernote ID, Byte Order
Provenance
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/droid-list/1juY20TDCcA

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D4D002A*927C{0-35536}00FE00040000000100000000{36}0103000300000001(0001|8799)0000{0-999999}4E696B6F6E00(0200|0210|0211)00004D4D002A00000008
Endianness
None

Nikon RAW Intel v2

Description
#--Makernote and image data reversed--# TIFF Magic, Makernote Tag, Subfile Type, Compression, Makernote ID, Byte Order
Provenance
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/droid-list/1juY20TDCcA

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
49492A00*7C92{0-35536}00FE00040001000000000000{36}000301030001000000(0100|9987)00{0-999999}4E696B6F6E00(0200|0210|0211)000049492A0008000000
Endianness
None

Nikon RAW Motorola v3

Description
#--Makernote in the Middle--# TIFF Magic, Subfile Type, Compression, Makernote Tag, Makernote ID, Byte Order
Provenance
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/droid-list/1juY20TDCcA

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D4D002A*00FE00040000000100000000{36}0103000300000001(0001|8799)0000{0-999999}927C{0-2046}4E696B6F6E00(0200|0210|0211)00004D4D002A00000008
Endianness
None

Nikon RAW Intel v3

Description
#--Makernote in the Middle--# TIFF Magic, Subfile Type, Compression, Makernote Tag, Makernote ID, Byte Order
Provenance
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/droid-list/1juY20TDCcA

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
49492A00*00FE00040001000000000000{36}000301030001000000(0100|9987)00{0-999999}7C92{0-2046}4E696B6F6E00(0200|0210|0211)000049492A0008000000
Endianness
None

Nikon D1 RAW Motorola

Description
TIFF Magic, Makernote ID, Makernote Tag
Provenance
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/droid-list/1juY20TDCcA

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D4D002A*4E494B4F4E20434F52504F524154494F4E004E494B4F4E2044312000{1-16384}927C{0-512}524157
Endianness
None

Nikon D1 RAW Intel

Description
TIFF Magic, Makernote ID, Makernote Tag
Provenance
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/droid-list/1juY20TDCcA

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
49492A00*4E494B4F4E20434F52504F524154494F4E004E494B4F4E2044312000{1-16384}7C92{0-512}524157
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V86

    Release date
    27 July 2016
    • Updated

      Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File: Improved signature due to research and contributions from KU Leuven and Archives New Zealand.

  • V81

    Release date
    18 February 2015
    • Added signature

      Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File: New signature submitted by National Library of New Zealand.