# Scanning with Fuji: RAF vs DNG

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**Category:** Digital Camera Scanning\
**Created:** [December 31, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/scanning-with-fuji-raf-vs-dng/4502 "2021-12-31T22:11:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![elijah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@elijah](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/elijah)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/scanning-with-fuji-raf-vs-dng/4502/1 "2021-12-31T22:11:28Z")

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Is it okay to use Fuji’s RAW format when inverting negatives in NLP, or is it advisable to convert them to DNG first?

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![nate](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.negativelabpro.com/nate/32/4_2.png) [@nate](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/nate)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/scanning-with-fuji-raf-vs-dng/4502/2 "2022-01-03T14:29:07Z")

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Hi,

You can use either.

I use a Fuji XT2, and I typically use “Photo \> Enhance Details” first (which creates a DNG file), and then I convert the DNG file. But there is nothing wrong with just using the original RAF file – I just find that in some cases, using enhanced details helps prevent “worm artifacts” that you can see in some situations with Lightroom’s default interpretation of RAF files.

Hope that helps!  
-Nate

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**Author:** ![Belinda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@Belinda](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/Belinda)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/scanning-with-fuji-raf-vs-dng/4502/3 "2022-03-19T00:27:15Z")

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Fuji files are a bit of a special case due to their unique sensor configuration. The best conversion software for this RAW format is Iridient X-Transformer. It’s not expensive and the results are much better than Lightroom, etc Once converted the resulting DNG behaves like any other RAW file and doesn’t develop the dreaded ‘worms’ on sharpening.