What is? PAN File and How can be Open into the Desktop?
Other Panasonic products including Lumix cameras use a compressed file format called a.PAN file. Panasonic only uses this style. Usually referred to as the DCIM folder, images taken with the camera are kept in this folder. Since it is a proprietary format, the only way to access it is with software created by Panasonic, either with Image App or with software created by a third party fit for the format.
Opening a PAN file on a desktop computer will require using a file-viewer utility compatible with the PAN file format. Available for both Mac and Windows operating systems, IrfanView, XnView, and Panasonic Image App are among the several programs one may use to access and view PAN files.
IrfanView cannot open a.PAN file until you have installed the application and then opened the file. Choose then “Open” from the “File” menu. After selecting the PAN file you wish to open, click the “Open” button. The application will then show the file following processing.