Minolta MRW

MRW (Minolta RAW) is a raw image format used by Minolta (later Konica-Minolta) cameras. After the Sony purchase, Sony branded SLR use a different format: ARW.

Identification
Files start with bytes.

Related formats
Though not based on TIFF, MRW files do contain Exif and MakerNote data.

Specifications

 * Dalibor Jelinek's documentation (from archive.org)
 * Stephane Chauveau documentation (from archive.org)
 * Cedric Rousseau documentation from one of the developers of DxO (from archive.org)
 * ExifTool: Minolta Tags

Software

 * See also Cameras and Digital Image Sensors: Software
 * ImageCooker

Sample files

 * RAW-Samples: Minolta
 * http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/TEST_IMAGES/ → RAW/HORIZONTAL/, RAW/VERTICAL/, NOISE/, METADATA/digiKam/, TestRotation/
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/mrw/