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LibRaw 0.22.2 is in the binary. DNG, CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF, ORF, RW2, and the rest of the recognized families decode to 16-bit linear sRGB. No converter download. The camera file stays put.
omadesign --convert photograph.dng --output photograph.tif develops a full-resolution 16-bit file through the Photo pipeline. JPEG is 8-bit. A matching .omaphoto is applied on its own. The camera file is never overwritten.