Our friendly neighborhood @LebedevRI pointed out to me a little while ago that we had reached some nice milestones for https://raw.pixls.us. Not surprisingly I had spaced out and not written anything about it (or really any sort of social posts). Bad Pat!

So let’s talk about raw.pixls.us (RPU) a bit!

For anyone not familiar with RPU, a quick recap (we had previously written about raw.pixls.us earlier this year). There used to be a website for housing a repository of raw files for as many digital cameras as possible called rawsamples.ch. It was created by Jakob Rohrbach and had been running since March of 2007. Back in 2016 the site was hit with a SQL injection attack that left the Joomla database corrupted (in a teachable moment, the site also didn’t have a database backup).

With the rawsamples.ch site down, @LebedevRI and @andabata worked to get a replacement option in-place and working: https://raw.pixls.us!

We grabbed all the files we could salvage from rawsamples.ch and @andabata setup the new page. We’ve had a slowly growing response as folks have filled in gaps for camera models we still don’t have.

For reference, we currently have unique cameras, and unique samples.

As @LebedevRI has said, we still really need folks to check RPU and send us more samples!

We currently only have about 77% coverage.

We want to replace any non-CC0 (public domain) samples with CC0 licensed samples.

We are still missing some rarer samples like any medium-format or Sigma samples.

Our hope is that some casual reader out there might look at the list and say “Hey! I’ve got that camera lying around - let me submit a sample!”.

Here’s the current list of missing camera samples:

Canon EOS Kiss Digital F Canon EOS Kiss X7 Canon EOS Kiss X70 Canon EOS Kiss X80 Canon EOS Kiss X9 Canon EOS Rebel SL2 Canon EOS Kiss Digital Canon EOS Kiss Digital X Canon Kiss Digital X2 Canon Kiss X2 Canon EOS 5DS Canon EOS Kiss X5 Canon EOS Kiss X6i Canon EOS Rebel T4i Canon EOS Kiss X7i Canon EOS Kiss X8i Canon EOS 8000D Canon EOS Rebel T6s Canon EOS 9000D Canon EOS Kiss X9i Canon EOS M10 Canon EOS M2 Canon PowerShot G9 X Canon PowerShot S95 Canon PowerShot SX260 HS Fujifilm FinePix HS30EXR Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR Fujifilm FinePix S100FS Fujifilm FinePix S5200 Fujifilm FinePix S5500 Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd Fujifilm FinePix S9000 Fujifilm FinePix S9600fd Fujifilm IS-1 Fujifilm XF1 Fujifilm XQ2 Kodak EasyShare Z980 Kodak P880 Leaf Aptus-II 5 Leaf Credo 40 Leaf Credo 60 Leaf Credo 80 Leica D-LUX 4 Leica D-LUX 5 Leica D-LUX 6 Leica X2 Minolta DiMAGE 5 Minolta Alpha 5D Minolta Maxxum 5D Minolta Alpha 7D Minolta Maxxum 7D Nikon 1 J3 Nikon 1 J4 Nikon 1 S1 Nikon 1 V3 Nikon Coolpix A Nikon Coolpix P7700 Nikon D1H Nikon D2H Nikon D2Hs Nikon D3S Nikon D4S Nokia Lumia 1020 Olympus E-10 Olympus E-400 Olympus E-PL1 Olympus E-PL2 Olympus SP320 Olympus SP570UZ Olympus Stylus1 Olympus XZ-10 Panasonic DMC-FZ80 Panasonic DMC-FZ85 Panasonic DC-FZ91 Panasonic DC-FZ92 Panasonic DC-FZ93 Panasonic DC-ZS70 Panasonic DMC-FX150 Panasonic DMC-FZ100 Panasonic DMC-FZ35 Panasonic DMC-FZ40 Panasonic DMC-FZ50 Panasonic DMC-G5 Panasonic DMC-G8 Panasonic DMC-G85 Panasonic DMC-GF2 Panasonic DMC-GM5 Panasonic DMC-LX9 Panasonic DMC-TZ110 Panasonic DMC-ZS110 Panasonic DMC-ZS40 Panasonic DMC-ZS50 Panasonic DMC-TZ85 Panasonic DMC-ZS60 Pentax 645Z Pentax K2000 Pentax Q10 Pentax Q7 Phase One IQ250 Ricoh GR Ricoh GR II Samsung EK-GN120 Samsung GX10 Samsung GX20 Samsung NX10 Samsung NX1000 Samsung NX11 Samsung NX1100 Samsung NX20 Samsung NX2000 Samsung NX210 Samsung NX5 Sinar Hy6 Sony DSC-RX1 Sony DSC-RX1R Sony DSLR-A230 Sony DSLR-A290 Sony DSLR-A380 Sony DSLR-A390 Sony DSLR-A450 Sony DSLR-A500 Sony DSLR-A560 Sony ILCE-3000 Sony ILCE-3500 Sony NEX-5N Sony NEX-C3 Sony NEX-F3 Sony SLT-A33

If you have any of the cameras on this list and don’t mind spending a few minutes uploading a sample file, we would be very grateful for the help!

Don’t forget that we are looking for:

Lens mounted on the camera, cap off

Image in focus and properly exposed

Landscape orientation

and we are not looking for:

Series of images with different ISO, aperture, shutter, wb, lighting, or different lenses

DNG files created with Adobe DNG Converter

Photographs of people, for legal reasons.

If you don’t see your camera on this list, you’re not off the hook yet! We are also looking for files that are licensed very freely…

We have many raw samples that were not licensed as freely as we would like. Ideally we are looking for images that have been released Creative Commons Zero (CC0). This list is all samples we already have that are not licensed CC0, so if you happen to have one of the cameras listed below please consider uploading some new samples for us!

Canon IXUS900Ti Canon PowerShot A550 Canon PowerShot A570 IS Canon PowerShot A610 Canon PowerShot A620 Canon PowerShot A630 Canon Powershot A650 Canon PowerShot A710 IS Canon PowerShot G7 Canon PowerShot S2 IS Canon PowerShot S5 IS Canon PowerShot SD750 Canon Powershot SX110IS Canon EOS 10D Canon EOS 1200D Canon EOS-1D Canon EOS-1D Mark II Canon EOS-1D Mark III Canon EOS-1D Mark II N Canon EOS-1D Mark IV Canon EOS-1Ds Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III Canon EOS-1D X Canon EOS 300D Canon EOS 30D Canon EOS 400D Canon EOS 40D Canon EOS 760D Canon EOS D2000C Canon EOS D60 Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS Canon EOS M Canon EOS Rebel T3 Canon EOS Rebel T6i Canon PowerShot A3200 IS Canon Powershot A720 IS Canon PowerShot G10 Canon PowerShot G11 Canon PowerShot G12 Canon PowerShot G15 Canon PowerShot G1 Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II Canon PowerShot G2 Canon PowerShot G3 Canon PowerShot G5 Canon PowerShot G5 X Canon PowerShot G6 Canon PowerShot Pro1 Canon PowerShot Pro70 Canon PowerShot S30 Canon PowerShot S40 Canon PowerShot S45 Canon PowerShot S50 Canon PowerShot S60 Canon PowerShot S70 Canon PowerShot S90 Canon PowerShot SD450 Canon Powershot SX110IS Canon PowerShot SX130 IS Canon PowerShot SX1 IS Canon PowerShot SX50 HS Canon PowerShot SX510 HS Canon PowerShot SX60 HS Canon Poweshot S3IS Epson R-D1 Fujifilm FinePix E550 Fujifilm FinePix E900 Fujifilm FinePix F600EXR Fujifilm FinePix F700 Fujifilm FinePix F900EXR Fujifilm FinePix HS10 HS11 Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR Fujifilm FinePix S200EXR Fujifilm FinePix S2Pro Fujifilm FinePix S3Pro Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Fujifilm FinePix S5600 Fujifilm FinePix S6500fd Fujifilm FinePix X100 Fujifilm X100S Fujifilm X-A2 Fujifilm XQ1 Hasselblad CF132 Hasselblad CFV Hasselblad H3D Kodak DC120 Kodak DC50 Kodak DCS460D Kodak DCS560C Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n Kodak EOS DCS 1 Kodak Kodak C330 Kodak Kodak C603 / Kodak C643 Kodak Z1015 IS Leaf Aptus 75 Leaf Leaf Aptus 22 Leica Leica Digilux 2 Leica Leica D-LUX 3 Leica M8 Leica M (Typ 240) Leica V-LUX 1 Mamiya ZD Minolta DiMAGE 7 Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi Minolta DiMAGE 7i Minolta DiMAGE A1 Minolta DiMAGE A200 Minolta DiMAGE A2 Minolta Dimage Z2 Minolta Dynax 5D Minolta Dynax 7D Minolta RD-175 Minolta RD-175 Nikon 1 S2 Nikon 1 V1 Nikon Coolpix P340 Nikon Coolpix P6000 Nikon Coolpix P7000 Nikon Coolpix P7100 Nikon D100 Nikon D1 Nikon D1X Nikon D2X Nikon D300S Nikon D3 Nikon D3X Nikon D40 Nikon D60 Nikon D70 Nikon D800 Nikon D80 Nikon D810 Nikon E5400 Nikon E5700 Nikon LS-5000 Nokia Lumia 1020 Olympus C5050Z Olympus C5060WZ Olympus C8080WZ Olympus E-1 Olympus E-20 Olympus E-300 Olympus E-30 Olympus E-330 Olympus E-3 Olympus E-420 Olympus E-450 Olympus E-500 Olympus E-510 Olympus E-520 Olympus E-5 Olympus E-600 Olympus E-P1 Olympus E-P2 Olympus E-P3 Olympus E-PL5 Olympus SP350 Olympus SP500UZ Olympus XZ-1 Panasonic DMC-FZ150 Panasonic DMC-FZ18 Panasonic DMC-FZ200 Panasonic DMC-FZ28 Panasonic DMC-FZ30 Panasonic DMC-FZ38 Panasonic DMC-FZ70 Panasonic DMC-FZ72 Panasonic DMC-FZ8 Panasonic DMC-G1 Panasonic DMC-G3 Panasonic DMC-GF3 Panasonic DMC-GF5 Panasonic DMC-GF7 Panasonic DMC-GH2 Panasonic DMC-GH3 Panasonic DMC-GH4 Panasonic DMC-GM1 Panasonic DMC-GX7 Panasonic DMC-L10 Panasonic DMC-L1 Panasonic DMC-LF1 Panasonic DMC-LX1 Panasonic DMC-LX2 Panasonic DMC-LX3 Panasonic DMC-LX5 Panasonic DMC-LX7 Panasonic DMC-TZ60 Panasonic DMC-TZ71 Pentax *ist D Pentax *ist DL2 Pentax *ist DS Pentax K100D Super Pentax K10D Pentax K20D Pentax K-50 Pentax K-m Pentax K-r Pentax K-S1 Pentax Optio S4 Polaroid x530 Ricoh GR DIGITAL 2 Samsung EX2F Samsung NX100 Samsung NX300 Samsung NX300M Samsung NX500 Samsung WB2000 Sigma DP2 Quattro Sigma DP1s Sigma DP2 Merrill Sigma SD10 Sigma SD14 Sigma SD9 Sony DSC-R1 Sony DSC-RX100 Sony DSC-RX100M2 Sony DSC-RX100M3 Sony DSC-RX100M4 Sony DSC-RX10 Sony DSC-RX10M2 Sony DSLR-A100 Sony DSLR-A200 Sony DSLR-A300 Sony DSLR-A330 Sony DSLR-A350 Sony DSLR-A550 Sony DSLR-A580 Sony DSLR-A700 Sony DSLR-A850 Sony DSLR-A900 Sony NEX-3 Sony NEX-5R Sony NEX-7 Sony SLT-A35 Sony SLT-A58 Sony SLT-A77 Sony SLT-A99

We are really working hard to make sure we are a good resource of freely available raw samples for all Free Software imaging projects to use. Thank you so much for helping out if you can!