The file extension on a Nikon RAW file (.NEF) will be different from a Canon RAW file (.CR3), for example. But Adobe created an open-source digital negative format called DNG.

One of my cameras isn't supported by ACR in CS5 so I've been forced to convert to DNG. I really like the smaller file size so I want to convert all of my RAW files to DNG to save space. Most of my ...

To start, Adobe added support for DNG raw files in the Android app. This means you can now shoot photos in raw, save them as DNG files, and import the files directly from your Android device. You ...

Adobe has included lossy compression in the recently announced 1.4 specification for its Digital Negative (DNG) RAW file format.

Convert raw files to DNG is probably the best long term compatibility for raw files, although I expect that converts would still be able to read the old files for quite a long time.

Adobe DNG Converter and Camera Raw 3.7: access RAW image files. This release adds support for the Nikon D40 and Pentax K10D.

Photographers interested in printing their pictures will usually record raw files at the same time as the regular JPEG format, and most serious cameras include a RAW+JPEG setting for this purpose.

Where JPEG image files are processed in-camera (exposure, white balance, contrast, etc.) and compressed, DNG files are not. They leave the camera as a raw, un-adjusted image file.