Is it just me or your raw file is actually renamed jpg one?
Feb. 7, 2026
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Correct, not a RAW file.
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My link in google photos claims it's RAW. Please click on the above link ... I am unable to upload RAW files to this website
P1011505.RW2
24.2 MP
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Click on the link...
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I did (and yes, it displayed RAW), then I chose 'Download all' - and then it (browser) dowloads some zip file, which contains file name "P1011505.RW2", what is actually JPEG file.
If I click on image, then it allows me to download it - and it downloads file named P1011505.RW2.jpg, which is identical to previous (renamed) RW2 file. (Both files have size of 1.6MB, if this tells something to you).
Maybe it is Google photos manipulation, but there is no raw file for me :(
Maybe you need change some sharing settings? I've never used Google Photos and just don't know.Looks like it behaves differently for you. You may upload raw file to google drive - this has never manipulated photos (at least not for me).
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From random reddit link:
Google Photos compress RAW file even when shared and saved at original quality, a warning!
I upload my RAW files (Fujifilm raw, .RAF files, about 26 MB per image) to Google Photos and I have it set to original quality for the back up. When I share the raw files via an album to a friend to also saves things in Original Quality in Google Photos, the file that he saved actually became a .RAF.JPG file and it became about 5 MB per image. It still has the RAW file, but I doubt it is a true RAW, as my macOS can see a preview of it. (macOS cannot see thumbnail of a lossless compress Fujifilm RAW.) This is a big warning! You cannot share original (Fujifilm at least) RAW files via Google Photos!Comments Section
You should upload them to Drive. -
Same for me ... downloaded file name is actually "P1011505.RW2.jpg"
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I downloaded it and it ended up as a .RW2 file - but only 1.6Mb.
Alan
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It may - but if you look into it (bits and bytes), then it is just jpeg file.
Like claimed everywhere - Google Photos usually does not share original raw files.Alan, how big is forum zip file size limit?
Or maybe we should just enable attaching of various raw files here? -
Haha...what can I say ? It's a 25mb file stored and you guys can't download it. I apologise on behalf of Google
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Share it on Google Drive, makes people happy :)
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Upload it here - you can upload a Zip file or a .rw2 file.
Alan
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Doesn't sound right to me either for an RW2 file from a 24 MP sensor:
www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-dc-s5-review/
Might be a clue here:
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... and there it was, gone
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Please, post your edits and not comments about file formats :)
It is clear that Google Photos usually shares raw files wrongly (as low-quality jpg ones) - but as current competition is more about ideas and less about perfect processing, then it is totally appropriate to use jpg data as edit source. I'll post something within next few hours too ;)
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I split file formats discussions here - this way main competiton thread contains (mostly) only images.
