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Details for: Sony ARW RAW Image File 1.x
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External signatures File extension: arw
Internal signatures
Name Sony ARW 1.x
Description TIFF Header{0-512}"SONY"{0-2048} Maker Note data adjusted for endianness: Sony 'FileFormat' Exif tag 0xB000, 0x0001=byte, 0x00000004=four times, 0x01 = SR2 format, 02= ARW 1.x, 03= ARW 2.x. We can distinguish between minor versions if requested. Sony Maker Note tags described at https://sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/Sony.html
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 49492A00{0-512}534F4E59{0-6144}00B001000400000002
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