diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/photo-viewer.spec.ts b/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/photo-viewer.spec.ts
index e1372e37daa4be..25c0640154eb5e 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/photo-viewer.spec.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/photo-viewer.spec.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ describe('PhotoViewer component', () => {
     const asset = assetFactory.build({ originalPath: 'image.gif', originalMimeType: 'image/gif' });
     render(PhotoViewer, { asset });
 
-    expect(getAssetThumbnailUrlSpy).not.toBeCalled();
-    expect(getAssetOriginalUrlSpy).toBeCalledWith({ id: asset.id, checksum: asset.checksum });
+    expect(getAssetThumbnailUrlSpy).toBeCalledWith({
+      id: asset.id,
+      size: AssetMediaSize.Original,
+      checksum: asset.checksum,
+    });
   });
 
   it('loads original for shared link when download permission is true and showMetadata permission is true', () => {
@@ -58,8 +61,11 @@ describe('PhotoViewer component', () => {
     const sharedLink = sharedLinkFactory.build({ allowDownload: true, showMetadata: true, assets: [asset] });
     render(PhotoViewer, { asset, sharedLink });
 
-    expect(getAssetThumbnailUrlSpy).not.toBeCalled();
-    expect(getAssetOriginalUrlSpy).toBeCalledWith({ id: asset.id, checksum: asset.checksum });
+    expect(getAssetThumbnailUrlSpy).toBeCalledWith({
+      id: asset.id,
+      size: AssetMediaSize.Original,
+      checksum: asset.checksum,
+    });
   });
 
   it('not loads original image when shared link download permission is false', () => {
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/photo-viewer.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/photo-viewer.svelte
index e24751b3c83fdd..1f8a778a90e341 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/photo-viewer.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/photo-viewer.svelte
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
   import { alwaysLoadOriginalFile } from '$lib/stores/preferences.store';
   import { SlideshowLook, SlideshowState, slideshowLookCssMapping, slideshowStore } from '$lib/stores/slideshow.store';
   import { photoZoomState } from '$lib/stores/zoom-image.store';
-  import { getAssetOriginalUrl, getAssetThumbnailUrl, handlePromiseError } from '$lib/utils';
-  import { isWebCompatibleImage, canCopyImageToClipboard, copyImageToClipboard } from '$lib/utils/asset-utils';
+  import { getAssetThumbnailUrl, handlePromiseError } from '$lib/utils';
+  import {
+    isRawImage,
+    isWebCompatibleImage,
+    canCopyImageToClipboard,
+    copyImageToClipboard,
+  } from '$lib/utils/asset-utils';
   import { getBoundingBox } from '$lib/utils/people-utils';
   import { getAltText } from '$lib/utils/thumbnail-util';
   import { AssetMediaSize, AssetTypeEnum, type AssetResponseDto, type SharedLinkResponseDto } from '@immich/sdk';
@@ -66,25 +71,23 @@
     $boundingBoxesArray = [];
   });
 
-  const preload = (useOriginal: boolean, preloadAssets?: AssetResponseDto[]) => {
+  const getAssetUrl = (id: string, targetSize: AssetMediaSize, checksum: string) => {
+    if (sharedLink && (!sharedLink.allowDownload || !sharedLink.showMetadata)) {
+      return getAssetThumbnailUrl({ id, size: AssetMediaSize.Preview, checksum });
+    }
+
+    return getAssetThumbnailUrl({ id, size: targetSize, checksum });
+  };
+
+  const preload = (targetSize: AssetMediaSize, preloadAssets?: AssetResponseDto[]) => {
     for (const preloadAsset of preloadAssets || []) {
       if (preloadAsset.type === AssetTypeEnum.Image) {
         let img = new Image();
-        img.src = getAssetUrl(preloadAsset.id, useOriginal, preloadAsset.checksum);
+        img.src = getAssetUrl(preloadAsset.id, targetSize, preloadAsset.checksum);
       }
     }
   };
 
-  const getAssetUrl = (id: string, useOriginal: boolean, checksum: string) => {
-    if (sharedLink && (!sharedLink.allowDownload || !sharedLink.showMetadata)) {
-      return getAssetThumbnailUrl({ id, size: AssetMediaSize.Preview, checksum });
-    }
-
-    return useOriginal
-      ? getAssetOriginalUrl({ id, checksum })
-      : getAssetThumbnailUrl({ id, size: AssetMediaSize.Preview, checksum });
-  };
-
   copyImage = async () => {
     if (!canCopyImageToClipboard()) {
       return;
@@ -144,21 +147,26 @@
       loader?.removeEventListener('error', onerror);
     };
   });
+
   let isWebCompatible = $derived(isWebCompatibleImage(asset));
+  // RAW files may have corresponding extracted JPEGs
+  let isRaw = $derived(isRawImage(asset));
   let useOriginalByDefault = $derived(isWebCompatible && $alwaysLoadOriginalFile);
-  // when true, will force loading of the original image
 
+  // when true, will force loading of the original image
   let forceUseOriginal: boolean = $derived(
-    asset.originalMimeType === 'image/gif' || ($photoZoomState.currentZoom > 1 && isWebCompatible),
+    asset.originalMimeType === 'image/gif' || ($photoZoomState.currentZoom > 1 && (isWebCompatible || isRaw)),
   );
 
-  let useOriginalImage = $derived(useOriginalByDefault || forceUseOriginal);
+  const targetImageSize = $derived(
+    useOriginalByDefault || forceUseOriginal ? AssetMediaSize.Original : AssetMediaSize.Preview,
+  );
 
   $effect(() => {
-    preload(useOriginalImage, preloadAssets);
+    preload(targetImageSize, preloadAssets);
   });
 
-  let imageLoaderUrl = $derived(getAssetUrl(asset.id, useOriginalImage, asset.checksum));
+  let imageLoaderUrl = $derived(getAssetUrl(asset.id, targetImageSize, asset.checksum));
 </script>
 
 <svelte:window
diff --git a/web/src/lib/utils/asset-utils.ts b/web/src/lib/utils/asset-utils.ts
index 37041ecbc43a4a..bd57ab6b63754d 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/utils/asset-utils.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/utils/asset-utils.ts
@@ -351,6 +351,44 @@ export function isWebCompatibleImage(asset: AssetResponseDto): boolean {
   return supportedImageMimeTypes.has(asset.originalMimeType);
 }
 
+// TODO: share with server
+const supportedRawImageMimeTypes = new Set([
+  'image/3fr',
+  'image/ari',
+  'image/arw',
+  'image/cap',
+  'image/cin',
+  'image/cr2',
+  'image/cr3',
+  'image/crw',
+  'image/dcr',
+  'image/dng',
+  'image/erf',
+  'image/fff',
+  'image/iiq',
+  'image/k25',
+  'image/kdc',
+  'image/mrw',
+  'image/nef',
+  'image/nrw',
+  'image/orf',
+  'image/ori',
+  'image/pef',
+  'image/psd',
+  'image/raf',
+  'image/raw',
+  'image/rw2',
+  'image/rwl',
+  'image/sr2',
+  'image/srf',
+  'image/srw',
+  'image/x3f',
+]);
+
+export function isRawImage(asset: AssetResponseDto): boolean {
+  return supportedRawImageMimeTypes.has(asset.originalMimeType!);
+}
+
 export const getAssetType = (type: AssetTypeEnum) => {
   switch (type) {
     case 'IMAGE': {