RAW photos from EOS RP can't be edited on EOS R6 Mark II

[TedR]

Pictures made with the R6 itself can be RAW edited in the normal way. However, pictures in the normal CR2 and CR3 formats (on the same card) made using my EOS RP are not recognized by the in-camera RAW editor and can't be edited. Is this normal? I would like to fix this.

[shadowsports · Accepted solution]

Greetings,

You should not use cards between 2 cameras without formatting before use.  Issues can arise from different naming conventions, file numbering, and color space, etc.  By doing so, you risk losing data. This also effectively alters the editing environment.  It's best not to do this.

[TedR]

Thank you but you ignored the question. Unhelpful.

[jrhoffman75]

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@TedR wrote:

Pictures made with the R6 itself can be RAW edited in the normal way. However, pictures in the normal CR2 and CR3 formats (on the same card) made using my EOS RP are not recognized by the in-camera RAW editor and can't be edited. Is this normal? I would like to fix this.

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In-camera RAW file editing will only work with RAW images taken by that camera.

If you have .CR2 files on the card I suspect they weren't taken by the EOS RP; but they still can't be edited using the R6M2.

[TedR]

My question applies to the RP and R6mk2 models specifically rather than cards. RP images are displayed by the R6 in-camera, but it is R6 in-camera RAW editing of RP RAW images that doesn't work.

I have found that .cr2 and .cr3 file formats seem to be compatible as regards to in-camera image editing and desktop image editing. I note the presence of the HEIF format in the R6mk2, this is not present in the RP, however both use .cr3 format. I wonder if the HEIF format has introduced a break in backwards and forwards compatibility? 

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

I did not intentionally ignore your question.  Canon didn't introduce a format in order to break functionality.  My reference in regards to the card was only that you were sharing images captured on two different cameras.  Canon periodically makes tweaks or changes too an image format based on the camera's sensor or capabilities.  This isn't done to break functionality, it's done to support (for example) a feature set.  I understand if this is not the answer you were hoping for.

[TedR]

Thank you, yes the .cr2 files come from yet another camera, I like to keep cards for image subject collections and swap them between cameras. My confidence that RAW editing is possible on swapped cards is based on experiences with the older cameras I will check later between new and old. Both the RP and the R6m2 are new cameras, well new to me, I know things have moved on a bit since those arrived. Another happy Pro 100 owner here.

[pcs1]

CR3(and CR2) files are not the same between camera's, it's the reason many people complain they need new software when they get a new camera, even though they both use CR3.

I don't think Canon meant the RAW editing for photos from other camera's, you've just been lucky in the past.