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[[Main Page]] > [[Documentation]] > [[Format-specific preservation issues]] > Nikon Electronic Format
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[[Main Page]] > [[Documentation]] > [[Media type preservation plans]] > Nikon Electronic Format
  
  
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*NEF
 
*NEF
 
*Nikon Image Format
 
*Nikon Image Format
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*Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File
  
 
===File extension(s)===
 
===File extension(s)===
 
.nef
 
.nef
  
===Format Registry Information===
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===Format registry information===
[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/Format/proFormatSearch.aspx?status=detailReport&id=690 PRONOM]
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[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/Format/proFormatSearch.aspx?status=detailReport&id=927 PRONOM]
  
===Preservation Action Plan===
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===Significant characteristics===
*Normalization to OpenDocument Format (ODF) using [http://xena.sourceforge.net/ Xena]
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See [[Significant characteristics of raster images]]
*Possible normalization to Portable Document Format/Archival (PDF/A).
 
  
===More information===
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===Preservation action plan===
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See [[Raw camera files]]
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===Preservation issues===
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*NEF is a proprietary format with an unpublished specification.
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*NEF files can be very large - 70 MB or more.
  
*For more information on the ODF format see [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/Format/proFormatSearch.aspx?status=detailReport&id=778 PRONOM: OpenDocument Format].
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===Conversion test results===
*For more information on the PDF/A format see [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000125.shtml Library of Congress Sustainability of Digital Formats: PDF/A-1].
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*[[NEF to DNG using DNGConverter]]
*A list of tools used to convert files to PDF format is available at [http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/pdf-editing-creation-50-open-sourcefree-alternatives-to-adobe-acrobat/ Codswallop technology + productivity blog].
 
  
===Preservation Issues===
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===More information===
*Proprietary, unpublished format
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*NEF is a raw (i.e. pre-processed) image format produced by Nikon cameras.
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*Information on NEF files is available at [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000241.shtml Library of Congress Sustainability of Digital Formats: Camera Raw Formats].
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:08, 29 March 2011

Main Page > Documentation > Media type preservation plans > Nikon Electronic Format


Also known as[edit]

  • NEF
  • Nikon Image Format
  • Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File

File extension(s)[edit]

.nef

Format registry information[edit]

PRONOM

Significant characteristics[edit]

See Significant characteristics of raster images

Preservation action plan[edit]

See Raw camera files

Preservation issues[edit]

  • NEF is a proprietary format with an unpublished specification.
  • NEF files can be very large - 70 MB or more.

Conversion test results[edit]

More information[edit]