diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index 5aa2e55e..9ff9780c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ jobs:
         clean: true
 
     - name: Test
-      run: DISPLAY=:0 ASSET_DIR=/home/pi/assets PYTHONPATH=/home/pi/_work/picamera2/picamera2:/home/pi/libcamera/build/src/py:/home/pi/kmsxx/build/py:/home/pi/python-v4l2 python3 ${{github.workspace}}/tools/run_tests.py -p ${{github.workspace}}
+      run: DISPLAY=:0 ASSET_DIR=/home/pi/assets PYTHONPATH=/home/pi/_work/picamera2/picamera2:/home/pi/libcamera/build/src/py:/home/pi/kmsxx/build/py:/home/pi/python-v4l2:/home/pi/pidng/src python3 ${{github.workspace}}/tools/run_tests.py -p ${{github.workspace}}
       timeout-minutes: 30
diff --git a/examples/capture_dng_to_buffer.py b/examples/capture_dng_to_buffer.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..85b6fad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/capture_dng_to_buffer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import io
+import time
+
+from picamera2 import Picamera2
+
+picam2 = Picamera2()
+config = picam2.create_still_configuration()
+picam2.configure(config)
+picam2.start()
+
+time.sleep(1)
+
+buf = io.BytesIO()
+picam2.capture_file(buf, name='raw')
+
+if len(buf.getbuffer()) == 0:
+    print("ERROR: DNG buffer is empty")
diff --git a/picamera2/request.py b/picamera2/request.py
index ace8bc5e..46516626 100644
--- a/picamera2/request.py
+++ b/picamera2/request.py
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ def save(self, img: Image.Image, metadata: Dict[str, Any], file_output: Union[st
     def save_dng(self, buffer: np.ndarray, metadata: Dict[str, Any], config: Dict[str, Any], file_output: Any) -> None:
         """Save a DNG RAW image of the raw stream's buffer."""
         start_time = time.monotonic()
-        raw = self.make_array(buffer, config)
+        raw = self._make_array_shared(buffer, config)
         config = config.copy()
 
         fmt = SensorFormat(config['format'])
@@ -456,12 +456,11 @@ def save_dng(self, buffer: np.ndarray, metadata: Dict[str, Any], config: Dict[st
         dng_compress_level = self.picam2.options.get("compress_level", 0)
 
         r.options(compress=dng_compress_level)
-        # PiDNG doesn't accpet a BytesIO, but returns a byte array if the filename is empty.
         if isinstance(file_output, io.BytesIO):
-            buf = r.convert(raw, "")
-            file_output.write(buf)
+            r.convert(raw, file=file_output)
         else:
-            r.convert(raw, str(file_output))
+            with open(str(file_output), 'wb') as file:
+                r.convert(raw, file=file)
 
         end_time = time.monotonic()
         _log.info(f"Saved {self} to file {file_output}.")
diff --git a/tests/test_list.txt b/tests/test_list.txt
index 19bdb1b7..48b6ff53 100644
--- a/tests/test_list.txt
+++ b/tests/test_list.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ examples/capture_circular_nooutput.py
 examples/capture_dng.py
 examples/capture_dng_and_jpeg.py
 examples/capture_dng_and_jpeg_helpers.py
+examples/capture_dng_to_buffer.py
 examples/capture_full_res.py
 examples/capture_headless.py
 examples/capture_helpers.py