Lumix S5II RAW Support

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Suggestion

martin1571

Feature Request

Please add support for Lumix S5II RAW images with the .rw2 extension. Right now, when .rw2 images are loaded in Color.io, a black or pure noise image is displayed.

Use Case

Develop RAW images from my Panasonic Lumix S5 ii with Color.io

a year ago

monokee

Hi @martin1571 - that sounds like a hardware or browser incompatibility. Please go to this link: https://whatsmybrowser.org/ click copy and paste your link here. Thanks!

a year ago

martin1571

https://www.whatsmybrowser.org/b/5I5XY

a year ago

monokee

@martin1571 Hmm your specs are looking good and there don't seem to be issues for other users with similar setups.

What type of images did you try to load? (Color.io supports JPG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF and most RAW formats)
Did you open the page in Private Mode?
Do you have any blocker plugins installed?
Did you get any errors?

If you tried to open RAW images, please send me an example to jonathan@color.io if you can. This will allow me to inspect the format and see if it can be supported.

a year ago

martin1571

@monokee Hi Monokee,
I've tried to upload RAW (Lumix S5II), TIF and JPG.
The only one that shows up is the JPG.
No private or Inkognito mode
Yes, ad blockers are active
No errors at all.
Thanks for your support.
Martin

a year ago

monokee

@martin1571 Got it! Lumix S5II RAW files are not supported yet. TIFF is supported but you may be using a compressed version of TIFF that is not supported.

Lumix S5II RAW support is planned.
Compressed TIFF however is not something I'm too keen on implementing because it's rather ancient technology and I would advise against using it in 2023. Lossless 16-bit PNG has much broader compatibility and the same quality at smaller file sizes.

I've updated your bug report for clarity and have turned it into a feature request for S5ii RAW support. This allows other users to vote which increases implementation priority!

a year ago

martin1571

@monokee Oh I see,
thanks for your in depth explanation.
Yes, I'm using compressed TIF files. will try to work with PNG.
The Tif things comes from my 3D history where this was the perfect
option to render out ... ;-)

a year ago

monokee

@martin1571 Makes total sense, a lot of photographers also still use TIFF for printing for some reason so I'm also supporting it as an export format. In any case, PNG or uncompressed TIFF should work just fine! 🙌

a year ago

nebeldiener

@monokee I’d suggest posting a camera model compatibility list instead of the current RAW file format one, as it's quite confusing. Every Lumix camera since Lumix was first introduced uses the .rw2 format, but not all models are supported. For example, files from my GX85 are supported, but those from my S5II aren’t. Most major RAW developers take this approach: https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html

2 months ago

sean915

I'm having a similar issue loading rw2 files from my Lumix S9, I'm guessing since the S9 is basically a cut-down version of the S5II that it's probably the same issue.

8 days ago

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