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L16 at a glance
L16
The slug appears in product data with Light-camera lineage, but public documentation is sparse enough that the safer interpretation is a specialist raw grayscale interchange usage rather than a fully published neutral format family.
CRW at a glance
CRW
Early Canon digital-camera workflows used raw formats like CRW before the later EOS raw families stabilized around CR2 and then CR3.
Format comparison
| Feature | L16 | CRW |
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| File type | Image | Image |
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| Created year | 2016 | 2000 |
| Inventor | Light (formerly Lytro-era competitor) | Canon |
| Status | active | proprietary |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| Layer support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Vector scaling | Not supported | Not supported |
| Camera raw data | Not supported | Supported |
| HDR support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Streaming ready | Not supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use L16
- Your source file is already in L16.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to CRW.
- L16 is commonly used in image workflows.
When to use CRW
- Your target workflow expects CRW.
- Improve delivery compatibility with CRW.
- CRW is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert L16 to CRW?
Convert to CRW when maintaining compatibility with older Canon raw libraries or recovering historical camera originals.
In most current workflows it is a source to preserve or migrate, not a preferred new output format.
What changes when converting L16 to CRW?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to CRW adds camera raw data.
What should I review after converting L16 to CRW?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.