What is a .SR2 file?
SR2 is an older Sony camera RAW format, predating ARW. Opened in Adobe Lightroom.
- Did you know
- SR2 came from Sony’s earlier DSLR cameras before ARW took over.
- SR2 was a short-lived Sony raw format, appearing on cameras such as the Cyber-shot DSC-R1 between the earlier SRF and the later ARW.
- The name reflects its lineage: SR2 is essentially version two of the original SRF, “Sony Raw File”, before the Alpha line standardised on ARW.
- Like Sony’s other raw formats, SR2 wraps the 12-bit sensor readout in a TIFF-based container with Sony-specific metadata tags.
- When Sony launched the Alpha DSLR-A100 in 2006 it switched to the ARW format, leaving SR2 as a brief transitional step.
- What Analyser shows you
- Open camera RAW files from Sony (ARW), Canon (CR2, CR3, CRW), Nikon (NEF, NRW), Fujifilm X-Trans (RAF), Sigma Foveon (X3F), Olympus (ORF), Panasonic (RW2), Pentax (PEF), Adobe DNG and many more. Reads full EXIF and lens data, the true sensor resolution, GPS and histograms, recovers the Sony and Nikon shutter actuation count, and develops the RAW - decoding the sensor to a full-resolution image, or extracting the embedded preview when a true demosaic is not available.
- Open a .SR2 file
- Drag a .SR2 file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It opens entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.