IO DeveloperWhat is an PEF file?
PEF is extension of Pentax's RAW file format .PEF (.PEF), an PEF file is a RAW photo taken with an Pentax digital camera.
PEF files are used to store information of captured images including, camera sensor information, metadata such as EXIF (lenses, focal lengths, shutter speeds, apertures, ISOs).
The data stored in the PEF file is uncompressed or lossless compressed data.
PEF files store information like white balance, HUE, tone and sharpen, all of this information is stored under instruction format and can adjust these instruction, which in turn can produce a change in the color result of the image.
How to open a PEF file on Windows?
Many apps supports open and edit PEF file on Windows (including free or paid apps). You can try to download Raw Image Extension from Microsoft Store, it is not app, after install you can view PEF file or other extension same as JPEG or PNG on Windows, not only PEF, it supports many type of extension such as CR2, CR3, ARW, MEF, etc.
If you want to convert multiple PEF files to JPEG or PNG for other purpose such as sharing or emailing, you can download PEF to - Image Converter from Microsoft Store. This app convert PEF file to JPG locally on your computer, it do not upload your file to server so your files will be safe.
