Google Photos shows my Lumix S9 .RW2 files as pink noise, anyone else?
Hey everyone!
I recently uploaded some RAW files from my Panasonic Lumix S9 to Google Photos, and the previews look completely broken. Instead of showing the actual photo, Google Photos displays a full frame of pink/purple noise.
The weird thing is that the metadata seems to be read correctly.
The RAW files themselves don’t seem to be corrupted. They open normally in RAW-compatible software, so I’m guessing this is a Google Photos RAW decoding /preview issue rather than a camera or SD card problem.
Has anyone else with a Lumix S9, S5II, S5IIX, G9II, or other recent Panasonic cameras seen this happen in Google Photos?
I’m mainly wondering if this is a known issue with newer Panasonic .RW2 files, or if there’s any workaround besides uploading RAW+JPEG and using the JPEGs for previewing.