SR2 Converter
FileFlip converts SR2 files into 62 other formats entirely inside your browser, using ImageMagick, MuPDF and Pandoc compiled to WebAssembly. The SR2 file is never uploaded to a server: it is read off your disk, converted on your own machine, and saved back by the browser. There is no file-size limit and no account to create.
How do I convert an SR2 file?#
- Drop your SR2 file onto the converter at the top of this page, or click it to pick one from your computer.
- Choose the format you want out of it. FileFlip downloads the engine that conversion needs, once, and your browser caches it.
- Conversion starts the moment you pick the format, and the result is yours to download. The work happens in this tab, so nothing is uploaded and nothing is queued.
Is it safe to convert SR2 files online?#
Yes, because nothing is uploaded. FileFlip converts SR2 files inside the browser tab you already have open, using WebAssembly builds of the same engines a desktop converter would install. Your file is read from your own disk into the page's memory, and no request carrying it is ever made.
You do not have to take that on trust. Open your browser's network panel, run a conversion, and you will see the engine come down and your file go nowhere. There is no upload, no server-side copy, no retention window, and no account tied to what you converted.
How FileFlip works lists every engine, its version and its download size, and shows how to check for yourself that nothing leaves your machine.
What happens to a SR2 file#
FileFlip converts SR2 into 62 formats with ImageMagick, MuPDF and Pandoc, all of it inside the browser tab. Each conversion below names the engine it uses, what it downloads, and exactly what that conversion keeps or drops.
| Category | Image Files |
|---|---|
| File extension | .sr2 |
| FileFlip support | Read only, so it is a source rather than a target |
| Conversions available | 62 |
| Engines | ImageMagick, MuPDF and Pandoc |
| Downloaded to your browser | 14.1 MB on the first conversion, then cached |
What is an SR2 file?#
An SR2 file holds raw sensor data from Sony's 2005 Cyber-shot DSC-R1, using less encryption than Sony had applied to its earlier SRF format, before Sony replaced it with ARW the following year.
SR2 only turns up from a small set of Sony cameras from 2005, most notably the Cyber-shot DSC-R1; there's no active reason to choose it.
Convert SR2 files to DNG or JPEG, since current raw processors and Sony's own software support ARW and DNG far better than this short-lived intermediate format.
The SR2 file format reference covers the specification, the programs that open one, and what each conversion keeps or drops.
SR2 questions people ask#
What's the difference between SR2 and SRF?
SR2 is the raw format Sony introduced after SRF, on cameras like the Cyber-shot DSC-R1, and it carries far less of the file-level encryption that made SRF hard for third-party software to decode correctly.
What's the difference between SR2 and ARW?
SR2 was the raw format Sony used briefly around 2005, on cameras like the Cyber-shot DSC-R1, before replacing it with ARW starting with the Alpha DSLR-A100 in 2006. Every Alpha DSLR, SLT and mirrorless camera Sony has released since has written ARW instead.
What Sony cameras produced SR2 files?
SR2 appeared on the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1, a bridge camera released in 2005. Sony replaced it with ARW the following year when it launched the Alpha DSLR-A100, its first Alpha-branded DSLR, and every Sony camera since has written ARW instead.