Format
Digital Negative Format (DNG)
Summary
- Name
- Digital Negative Format (DNG)
- Version
- 1.7
- Identifiers
-
- PUID: fmt/1943
- MIME: image/dng
- Format type
- Image (Raster)
- Description
- The Digital Negative (DNG) specification describes a non-proprietary file format for storing camera raw files that can be used by a wide range of hardware and software vendors. DNG is an extension of the TIFF format, and is compatible with the TIFF-EP standard. This version was published in May 2023.
- File extensions
-
dng - Submitted by
- Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University
Relationships
- Has priority over
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
DNG 1.7 (Little Endian, BOF)
- Description
- TIFF header plus DNGVersion tag near BOF
- Provenance
- 04/2024 (v.117)- Signature modified to identify 1.7.0 and 1.7.1 versions. Submitted by Brigham Young University.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
49492A00{0-4080}12C60100040000000107- Endianness
- None
DNG 1.7 (Big Endian, BOF)
- Description
- TIFF header plus DNGVersion tag near BOF
- Provenance
- 04/2024 (v.117)- Signature modified to identify 1.7.0 and 1.7.1 versions. Submitted by Brigham Young University.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
4D4D002A{0-4080}C6120001000000040107- Endianness
- None
DNG 1.7 (Little Endian, BOF+EOF)
- Description
- TIFF header plus DNGVersion tag near EOF
- Provenance
- 04/2024 (v.117)- Signature modified to identify 1.7.0 and 1.7.1 versions. Submitted by Brigham Young University.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
49492A00- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from EOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 128000
- Byte Sequence
12C60100040000000107- Endianness
- None
DNG 1.7 (Big Endian, BOF+EOF)
- Description
- TIFF header plus DNGVersion tag near EOF
- Provenance
- 04/2024 (v.117)- Signature modified to identify 1.7.0 and 1.7.1 versions. Submitted by Brigham Young University.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
4D4D002A- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from EOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 128000
- Byte Sequence
C6120001000000040107- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V118
- Release date
- 30 April 2024
-
Updated
Digital Negative Format (DNG) 1.7: Signature modified to identify both version 1.7.0 and 1.7.1. Submitted by Brigham Young University.
-
V115
- Release date
- 15 November 2023
-
Added format
Digital Negative Format (DNG) 1.7: Full entry added. Submitted by Brigham Young University.
-
Added signature
Digital Negative Format (DNG) 1.7: Signature researched and samples provided by Brigham Young University.