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RAW Photo Transfer

Transfer RAW photos
up to 2× faster.

.ARW  ·  .CR3  ·  .NEF  ·  .DNG  ·  .RAF  ·  .ORF  ·  .RW2  ·  BRAW  ·  R3D

Our pipeline is purpose-built for RAW files. Your client downloads the manufacturer's original file, byte for byte — we only shrink it in transit, losslessly, so the delivery finishes sooner. No account needed.

10 GB a day, free with a verified email — it refills every day. No account? Send up to 1 GB per transfer right away.

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Why RAW file transfer needs special treatment

Standard file-sharing services treat a 50 MB .ARW the same as a 50 MB PDF. Rabbitdrop understands RAW file structure and processes it more efficiently, resulting in meaningfully faster transfers without touching your image data.

New to delivering RAW over the internet? Our guide on how to send RAW photo files fast covers why uploads crawl and what actually fixes it — or see free large file transfer for photographers if you're weighing up the free tier.

Lossless, every time

Your .ARW or .CR3 arrives byte-for-bit identical. No JPEG conversion, no resampling, no metadata stripping.

Up to 2× faster upload

Our pipeline is optimised specifically for RAW files, achieving significantly faster transfer speeds compared to standard upload.

Batch transfers

Upload an entire RAW shoot — hundreds of files — at once and deliver it to your client with a single link.

No account, no friction

Your client downloads directly in their browser. No app install, no account to create, no wait.

Supported RAW photo formats

Camera RAW

  • .ARW — Sony Alpha, RX series
  • .CR3 / .CR2 — Canon EOS, Cinema
  • .NEF / .NRW — Nikon Z, D series
  • .DNG — Adobe DNG, Leica, DJI
  • .RAF — Fujifilm X, GFX series
  • .ORF — Olympus / OM System
  • .RW2 — Panasonic Lumix
  • .SRW — Samsung NX
  • .PEF — Pentax, Ricoh

Cinema & Medium Format RAW

  • .BRAW — Blackmagic Design
  • .R3D — RED Digital Cinema
  • .CRM — Canon Cinema RAW Light
  • .ARX — Sony VENICE
  • .3FR / .FFF — Hasselblad
  • .IIQ — Phase One
  • .MOS — Leaf / Mamiya
  • .RWL — Leica S system
Pause & Resume

Uploading a shoot on hotel Wi-Fi? Stop and continue any time

A full wedding day can be hundreds of gigabytes of .ARW or .CR3 — and it rarely goes up on a perfect connection. Rabbitdrop uploads each RAW file in parts, so a dropped hotel network, a closed laptop lid, or a checkout time never sends you back to 0%.

Pause the shoot, not the day

Need the bandwidth for a client call or a Lightroom sync? One click on Pause stops the transfer instantly; Resume continues from the same part.

Weak on-location Wi-Fi survives it

When the venue's network drops out or your laptop goes to sleep, the upload waits and starts flowing again on its own — the files that already made it stay uploaded.

Finish the delivery back at the studio

Closed the tab before it finished? Open Rabbitdrop again within 24 hours and select the same shoot. Only the parts that never arrived are uploaded.

Started on the field laptop, finish on the desktop

If you're signed in, an upload begun on one machine can be continued on another: select the same files there and the rest goes up from the faster connection.

Resuming never risks your files. Rabbitdrop asks storage which parts truly arrived rather than trusting the browser, and if the file you pick isn't byte-for-byte the one you started with, it uploads from scratch instead of stitching two versions together. Every RAW file that lands is still bit-for-bit identical to the original. More on resumable uploads.

Use cases for RAW photo transfer

Wedding & event photographers — deliver the full RAW event to a client or second shooter without compression or cloud sync delays.
Commercial photographers — send selects and raw tethered captures to the retoucher immediately during or after a shoot.
Real estate & aerial photographers — transfer DJI DNG files from drone shoots to editors without a cloud drive subscription.
Cinematographers — send BRAW or R3D dailies to a DIT or colour suite for same-day grading.

Frequently asked questions

Is the RAW transfer truly lossless? +

Yes. Our pipeline uses reversible compression only — your file arrives with identical bytes to the original. You can verify with a checksum.

How do I transfer a RAW photo to someone who doesn't have Lightroom? +

Upload the RAW file to Rabbitdrop, copy the link, and send it. The recipient clicks the link and downloads the file directly in their browser. Rabbitdrop doesn't require any software on either end.

Can I send a whole RAW shoot (hundreds of files) at once? +

Yes. Multi-file upload is supported. Select or drag all your RAW files at once and they'll be grouped under one shareable link.

What if the upload breaks halfway through a shoot? +

You continue instead of starting over. Uploads can be paused and resumed with one click, and a dropped connection recovers by itself. If the tab was closed, reopen Rabbitdrop within 24 hours and select the same files — only the parts that never reached storage are uploaded. See how it works.

How long will my RAW files be available after upload? +

Files are available during the active window set by your plan. On plans that include it, they then enter a paid recovery period before being permanently hard-deleted. See the pricing page for retention details per plan.

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